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Archived News
- November 20, 2024
- November 15, 2024
On October 22, 2024, the U.S. DOT Project Delivery Center of Excellence held the final event of the three-part thought leadership series: Making Good on...
- October 31, 2024The U.S. DOT Volpe Center is pleased to announce that Gregg G. Fleming has been named the new U.S. DOT Volpe Center director, effective October 1, 2024. He replaces longtime director Anne Aylward who announced her retirement in Spring 2024.
- October 29, 2024
On October 8, 2024, the U.S. DOT Project Delivery Center of Excellence held the second event of the three-part thought leadership series: Making Good on...
- October 28, 2024Highlights of recent U.S. DOT Volpe Center project stories—along with the latest news from around the U.S. DOT Volpe Center.
- October 25, 2024The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act created once-in-a-lifetime levels of funding in federal infrastructure grants that are available to communities around the nation. Applying for federal grants is a resource-intensive...
- October 25, 2024The COVID-19 pandemic posed several significant challenges for the freight rail network. As freight rail capacity initially fell and then spiked with increased e-commerce, cascading challenges across the supply chain network resulted in acute rail...
- October 25, 2024For the estimated 5.5 million Americans who use a wheelchair, travel by air can be a significant challenge with the risk of damage to their wheelchair or injury during enplaning and deplaning. To address these challenges, the U.S. DOT recently issued a...
- October 21, 2024The U.S. DOT Volpe Center is now recruiting talented individuals to join our team as part of our 2025 U.S. DOT Volpe Center Pathways Internship Program. Interested students can apply via the Pathways Internship job posting on USAJobs.gov, which opened...
- October 3, 2024FHWA Associate Administrator for the Office of Infrastructure Hari Kalla and Caltrans Deputy Director for Project Delivery and Chief Engineer Donna Berry discussed strategies for responding to natural disasters and catastrophes, with a focus on rapid...