The U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s 2020 Reports
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe Center published nearly 60 reports and conference papers in 2020 spanning a breadth of transportation topics that advance U.S. DOT’s priorities: safety, infrastructure, innovation, and accountability.
These reports are housed in the National Transportation Library and are listed below by topic areas. Select the linked report titles to preview and download copies of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s 2020 transportation resources.
You can also access the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s full collection of reports, journal articles, and conference presentations and papers through our Technical Resource Center.
Functional Safety Assessment of a Generic Accelerator Control System with Electronic Throttle Control in Electric Vehicles
Christopher Becker, Ahmad Nasser, Fouad Attioui
Hazard and Safety Analysis of Automated Transit Bus Applications, Final Report
Christopher Becker, Ahmad Nasser, John Brewer
A Literature Review of Lateral Protection Devices on Trucks Intended for Reducing Pedestrian and Cyclist Fatalities
Jonathan Badgley, Andrew Breck, Margo Dawes, Alexander Epstein, Katherine Welty, Alexandra McNally, Sean Peirce
Safety of the Intended Functionality of Lane-Centering and Lane-Changing Maneuvers of a Generic Level 3 Highway Chauffeur System
Christopher Becker, John Brewer, Larry Yount
Technology Transfer Case Study: Improving Work Zone Safety Technologies in Arizona and Kentucky
Joseph Luna, Lora Chajka-Cadin, Jennifer Gissel, Max Litvack-Winkler
Travel Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Preliminary Analysis
Kendall Mahavier, David Pace, Don Pickrell
Asset Management Field Data Collection Tools: Case Studies of Select Transportation Agencies
Bryan Lee, Scott Gilman
Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) Technical Manual, Version 3c
Cynthia Lee, Theodore Thrasher, Eric Boeker, Robert Downs, Slava Gorshkov, Andrew Hansen, Sunje Hwang, Jonathan Koopmann, Andrew Malwitz, George Noel, Clay Reherman, Meghan Ahearn Shumway, Gina Barberio Solman, Yasunari Tosa, Andrew Wilson, Alexis Zubrow
Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) User Manual Version 3c
Cynthia Lee, Theodore Thrasher, Sunje Hwang, Meghan Ahearn Shumway, Alexis Zubrow, Andrew Hansen, Jonathan Koopmann, Gina Barberio Solman
FDOT District 6 Managed Lanes Peer Exchange: A TPCB Peer Exchange Event
Patricia Cahill, Andrew Gray, Michael Kay
Fort Stanwix National Monument: Transportation Study
Emma Vinella-Brusher, Scott Gilman, Madison Burke, Heather Richardson
George Washington Memorial Parkway: Mount Vernon Trail Corridor Study
David Daddio, Jessica Baas, Travis Crayton, Rachel Galton, Emily Navarrete
Goals, Policies, Recommendations, and Action Items from Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Transportation Plans and Reports
Jacob Korn, Danielle Kittredge, Heather Richardson, Ben Rasmussen
The Importance of Highways to U.S. Agriculture
Kevin McCoy, Sean Peirce, Gary Baker, Ryan Andorf, Christina Foreman, Rachel Galton, Michelle Gilmore, Danielle Kittredge, Kendall Mahavier, D.J. Mason, David Pace, Sari Radin, Emma Vinella-Brusher
National Park Service Morristown National Historical Park Alternative Transportation Study
Jonah Chiarenza, Benjamin Bressette, Rachel Chiquoine
Noise Measurement Report: Unconventional Aircraft - Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; July 2019
David Read, David Senzig, Christopher Cutler, Eric Elmore, Hu
Palm Beach TPA Enhanced Transit Peer Exchange: A TCPB Peer Exchange Event
Jared Fijalkowski
Quick Calibration of Fracture Behaviors in TC128 Steel for Finite Element Modeling
Shaun Eshraghi, Michael Carolan
Quieter Pavement Project - Death Valley National Park: Interim Report for One-Year Post-Treatment Conditions
Aaron Hastings, Amanda Rapoza, Sophie Kaye, Daniel Flynn
Quieter Pavement Project - Death Valley National Park: Interim Report for Post-Treatment Conditions, 1-Month Age
Aaron Hastings, Amanda Rapoza, William Chupp, Sophie Kaye, Daniel Flynn
Rails-with-Trails: Lessons Learned
Jared Fijalkowski, Gina Filosa, Jamie Young, Anthony Lucivero
Research to Support New Entrants to Public Airspace and Aircraft Noise Certification
David Read, Christopher Roof
Sensitivity Analysis on Highway Noise Level Differences between Leq and Ldn
William Chupp, Aaron Hastings, Gina Solman
Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-111 (CPC-1232) Tank Car
Shaun Eshraghi, Michael Carolan
Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-105 Tank Car – 6 X 6 Inch Indenter
Shaun Eshraghi, Michael Carolan
Baseline Analysis of Driver Performance at Intersections for the Left-Turn Assist and Intersection Movement Assist Applications
Scott Stevens, Andy Lam, Jeffrey Bellone, Philip Azeredo, Emily Mui, John Guglielmi, Marisol Medri
Blockchain for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Seamus McGovern
Consistent Trespasser Intent Determination Criteria Pilot Project
Stephanie Chase, Danielle Hiltunen
Flight Deck Human Factors Issues for Trajectory Based Operations
Kim Cardosi, Tracy Lennertz
Flight Deck Human Factors Issues in Lateral Deviations during North Atlantic (NAT) Flight Operations
Divya Chandra, Andrew Kendra, Michael Zuschlag, Isobel Whittaker-Walker
Forces to Flyers Pilot Training Demonstration Evaluation and Research on Pilot Career Pathways
Lora Chajka-Cadin, Catherine Taylor
Global Benchmarking Study on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Surface Transportation: Domestic Desk Review
Stephanie Fischer, Emily Lawless, Jason Lu, Kirsten Van Fossen
Law Enforcement Strategies for Reducing Trespassing – Pilot Program
Suzanne Horton, Marco da Silva
Operational Complexity in Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) Arrival and Approach Instrument Flight Procedures (IFPs)
Divya Chandra, Andrea Sparko, Andrew Kendra, Janeen Kochan
Pre-Crash Scenario Characteristics of Motorcycle Crashes for Crash Avoidance Research
Elizabeth Swanson, Philip Azeredo, Mikio Yanagisawa, Wassim Najm
Preventing Stop Signal Overruns: Good Practices for Passenger Railroads
Hadar Safar, Megan France, Jordan Multer, Emilie Roth
Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 (QSF18) Test: Galveston, Texas, Risk Reduction for Future Community Testing with Demonstration Vehicle a Low-Boom Flight
Juliet Page, Robert Downs, Gary Baker, Christopher Cutler
Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop 3: Propagation Modeling Using PCBoom
Robert Downs, Sophie Kaye, Juliet Page
Stop Signal Overruns (SSO) & Near Miss: An Investigation Template for Passenger Railroads
Megan France, Jordan Multer, Hadar Safar, Emilie Roth
Teamwork in Railroad Operations and Implications for New Technology
Emilie Roth, Hadar Rosenhand, Jordan Multer
Trespass Risk in Quiet Zones
Tashi Ngamdung, Marco da Silva
Trespasser Detection on Railroad Property Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
William Baron, Marco da Silva
Use Cases for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in Public Transportation Systems
Jacob Wishart, Tracy Lennertz, Dylan Hasson, Max Litvack-Winkler
Building Feedback into Modelling Impacts of Automated Vehicles: Developing a Consensus Model and Quantitative Tool
Hannah Rakoff, Scott Smith, Jingsi Shaw
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) Cost-Effectiveness Tables Report
Russell Pildes, Anjuliee Mittelman, Gregory Bucci, Christina Foreman, George Noel
Emerging Automated Urban Freight Delivery Concepts: State of the Practice Scan
Joshua Cregger, Elizabeth Machek, Molly Behan, Alexander Epstein, Tracy Lennertz, Jingsi Shaw
General Modeling Network Specification: Documentation, Software and Data
Scott Smith, Ian Berg, Ci Yang
Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment: Findings from the 2019 Connected Vehicle and Automated Vehicle Survey
Lora Chajka-Cadin, Margaret Petrella, Sarah Plotnick
Intelligent Transportation Systems: Findings from the 2019 Small Urban and Rural Transit Provider Survey
Lora Chajka-Cadin, Margaret Petrella, Sarah Plotnick
Performance Comparisons of Cooperative and Adaptive Cruise Control Testing
Andrew Eilbert, Anne-Marie Chouinard, Tim Tiernan, Scott Smith
System Dynamics Perspective for Automated Vehicle Impact Assessment
Ian Berg, Hannah Rakoff, Jingsi Shaw, Scott Smith
Transit Bus Automation Market Assessment
Joshua Cregger, Elizabeth Machek, Patricia Cahill
Transit Bus Automation: State and Local Policy Scan, Final Report
Stephanie Fischer, Christopher Calley, Joshua Cregger, Elizabeth Machek, Sean Peirce, Heather Richardson
Understanding Surveys of Public Sentiment Regarding Automated Vehicles: Summary of Results to Date and Implications of Past Research on the Dynamics of Consumer Adoption
Joshua Hassol, David Perlman, Lora Chajka-Cadin, Jingsi Shaw