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The U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Technical Resource Center is the knowledge repository of all Volpe-authored reports, journal articles, and conference papers and presentations. Housing 50 years of transportation research, Volpe’s Technical Resource Center actively engages in information support and research for transportation researchers both within and outside of Volpe.

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