By partnering with key administration and U.S. DOT leaders, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center maintains a central, crosscutting role in the Department and across the global transportation enterprise, adding value through technical excellence, innovation, and a sustained commitment to public service.

Nearly 75 percent of our work is sponsored by U.S. DOT partners. Our mandate to support the transportation enterprise is broad, and remaining projects are sponsored by state and local governments, private sector entities, and other federal agencies.

We've dedicated our careers to building a better transportation system and are proud to support organizations that keep America moving.

U.S. Department of Transportation

• Federal Aviation Administration
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Federal Railroad Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
• Maritime Administration
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

• Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy
• Build America Bureau
• Energy and Resource Efficiency Program
• Office of Aviation Consumer Protection
• Office of Civil Rights
• Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance
• Office of General Counsel
• Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response
• Office of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  • Office of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing and Spectrum Management
  • Office of Research, Development & Technology
  • Transportation Safety Institute
  • University Transportation Centers

Other Federal Agencies

Department of Agriculture

• Agricultural Marketing Service
• U.S. Forest Service

Department of Commerce

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Department of Energy

• Argonne National Laboratory
• Bioenergy Technologies Office
• National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

Department of Homeland Security

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• U.S. Coast Guard

Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Office of Chief Information Officer
• Office of Policy Development and Research

Department of the Interior

• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation
• National Park Service
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey

Department of Justice

Department of State

Department of War

• Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Office of the Secretary of War
• U.S. Air Force
  • Air Mobility Command
  • U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center
  • U.S. Air Force Flight Standards Agency
  • U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
  • U.S. Air Force Materiel Command
• U.S. Army
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command
  • Army Sustainment Command
• U.S. Navy
  • Naval Air Systems Command
  • Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity
  • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific
  • Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
  • U.S. Naval Forces Africa
  • U.S. Naval Forces Europe
  • U.S. Transportation Command
  • Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council

Joint Office of Energy and Transportation

Millennium Challenge Corporation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Presidio Trust

Surface Transportation Board

U.S. Access Board

State and Local

• City of Boston, Massachusetts
• City of New York, New York
• City of Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Maricopa Association of Governments, Arizona
• Summit County, Colorado
• New Mexico Department of Transportation
• Pitkin County, Colorado
• Rhode Island Department of Transportation

International

• Transport Canada

Nonprofit Organizations, Academia, and the Private Sector

• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute
• Boston Harbor Now
• Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation
• Columbia River Pilots
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
• Oregon State University
• Santos Family Foundation