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Volpe Center Highlights - January 1999

Economic Growth and Trade

Director's Notes | Focus | Safety | Mobility | Human and Natural Environment |
Economic Growth and Trade | National Security | Published and Presented

Advance America's economic growth and competitiveness domestically and internationally through efficient and flexible transportation.

Implementing Emerging Technologies Discussed at TRB

Under the direction of Mr. Peter Manning, Transportation Strategic Planning and Analysis Division, a report entitled, "Public/Private Partnerships: Implications for Innovation in Transportation" was published and made available to TRB participants. The report provides an assessment of public/private partnerships, the challenges they face, and their potential for expediting innovation in the Nation's transportation system. The report includes examples that highlight activities in various modes of transportation and the lessons that can be learned. Dr. Aviva Brecher, of the Transportation Strategic Planning and Analysis Division, and Mr. Gary Ritter, of the Policy and Technology Assessment Division, disseminated the findings of the report along with the draft Volpe report, "The Surface Transportation Research and Technology Assessment", during their TRB presentation, "Deploying Emerging Technologies in Transportation: Pitfalls, Prospects and Promise." The presentation occurred during the session "Implementing Emerging Technologies: Lessons Learned", which was chaired by Dr. Brecher.

Volpe Staff Demonstrate Lease Information Management System (FAA)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is one of the major property acquisition and holding agencies in the federal government. It manages approximately 4,000 leases for facility land sites and buildings, as well as various easement and right-of-way real estate instruments. In addition, it owns real property valued at approximately $2 billion dollars. To support the FAA's management of these major assets, the Volpe Center is working with the FAA's Resource Division in the design, development, and deployment of the Lease Information Management System (LIMS). Ms. Phalla Keo, Mr. Robert Stouffer, and Ms. Diane White, of the Strategic Management Division, recently demonstrated the LIMS Prototype to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) real estate and budget personnel. In addition to the demonstration of the prototype at FAA's Great Lakes Division in Chicago, IL, and to the FAA's Southern Division in Atlanta, GA, the staff acquired new lease documents to update the LIMS database and discussed alternative ways region personnel can supply new documents.

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