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The 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.

Highlights of recent U.S. DOT Volpe Center project stories—along with the latest news from around the U.S. DOT Volpe Center.

The 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...

The 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...

For 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...

The 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...

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center gathered recently to say thank you and farewell to our longtime director Anne Aylward who announced her retirement plans this spring. Her last day with the U.S. DOT Volpe Center is September 30, and she is working with our...

“We know roadway deaths are preventable because some places are doing a much better job at preventing them—both abroad and within certain U.S. communities. The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to making real progress towards ending traffic...

At the 30 busiest commercial airports in the U.S., there were about 11.7 million arrivals or departures or approximately 5.9 million flights in fiscal year 2022, according to FAA’s annual publication: Air Traffic by the Numbers. Every one of these...