At what point do we begin to measure and manage the impact of travel information? Does better information about both traffic and transit influence traveler behavior with sizable route and mode shifts to merit monitoring? If so, how can we use the real...

The U.S. DOT's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, administered by Volpe released the second fiscal year 2013 solicitation, inviting small businesses to submit research proposals that address specific research challenges facing the...

Congress passed the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 in response to concerns that noise from air tours over national parks...

Volpe is interested in having tenured or tenure-track faculty members spend time at our facility in Cambridge, working on independent or sponsored research and collaborating with our talented staff.

Since 2005, enrollment in engineering programs has increased 30-50 percent. “People are recognizing this is a field I can get into if I want to change the world,” said Dr. Ian Waitz, dean of the School of Engineering at MIT.

It is important for transportation planners to remember that when they talk about livability, they are really talking about a highly personal and idealized perception of how everyday life and transport intertwine.

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The concept of intermodalism is as familiar today to transportation professionals as dedicated bike lanes. But 20 years ago, intermodalism wasn’t as common; it was just taking hold as a new concept in the federal transportation community.

Operating a modern logistics system across geopolitical borders drawn hundreds of years ago can sometimes be like fitting a square peg into a round hole—it’s impossible to cross a single border, sometimes even just between counties in the U.S.,...

In the future, consumers will choose from an array of different options to meet their mobility needs of the moment.

Transportation is dynamic. Whether we’re thinking about how we use transportation in our daily lives or how transportation keeps our economy moving, our options for mobility affect where we live, where we work, and the ladders of economic opportunity...