Volpe staff were among the 5,000 presentations and nearly 800 sessions and workshops covering all transportation modes at the Transportation Research Board’s 95th Annual Meeting recently held in Washington, D.C.

In 2016, Volpe will take action on six emerging issues: advanced automation and emerging technologies; breakthroughs in safety; data analytics, visualization, and real-time decision making; transportation energy and sustainability; transportation...

Eventually, self-driving vehicles will reshape the way we live in, and move through, our communities and cities. In his talk at Volpe, Director of Google's Self-Driving Car Program Chris Urmson shared stories and lessons, along with Google’s...

TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen discussed a new study that addresses a number of policy issues associated with technology-enabled transportation services, such as car-sharing and bike-sharing microtransit services, and transportation network...

In his talk for Volpe's speaker series Reimagining Transportation, Harry Lightsey, executive director of the Global Connected Customer Experience for General Motors, identified four foundational changes happening in the auto industry that are...

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is one of the most heavily traveled rail corridors in the world. But the NEC operates on outdated infrastructure with capacity constraints. To address this, the Federal Railroad Administration has released the NEC FUTURE...

MARAD maintains a fleet of U.S. Government-owned vessels to train merchant marine officer candidates and support other federal agencies in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts. Based on a Volpe analysis, MARAD concluded that three of...

John Heywood, who spoke as part of Volpe’s Reimagining Transportation series, identifies three themes for transportation professionals working on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Volpe seeks talented and diverse individuals to fill 18 summer 2016 Pathways Internship positions in a variety of fields.

By 2045, America’s population is forecast to grow by more than 20 percent. Our freight transportation system will need to keep pace with this growth and with changing trade and demand patterns. Maintaining an agile system is one of the key goals of...