Past Events
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Advancing a Just and Low-Carbon Future with Urban Electrification
Marilyn A. Brown, PhD, Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, presented her talk as part of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s 2021 speaker series, Innovation for a Sustainable, Equitable Transportation System, on July 20, 2021.
Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, and Impacts
Erin Mayfield, PhD, sustainable systems engineering and public policy researcher and postdoctoral scholar at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University, presented her talk, "Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, and Impacts," as part of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s 2021 speaker series, Innovation for a Sustainable, Equitable Transportation System, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
A Climate-Resilient Future Is an Equitable, Just Future
Ed Carr, PhD, director and professor in the International Development, Community, and Environment Department at Clark University, presented his talk, “A Climate-Resilient Future Is an Equitable, Just Future,” as part of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s 2021 speaker series, Innovation for a Sustainable, Equitable Transportation System, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.
Innovation for a Sustainable, Equitable Transportation System
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg kicked off the U.S. DOT Volpe Center's 2021 thought leadership series, Innovation for a Sustainable, Equitable Transportation System, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.
Dr. Stephen Flynn on The Imperative and Opportunity to Invest in Resilient Infrastructure
Dr. Stephen Flynn presented options for overcoming barriers to advancing the widespread adoption of resilient design and engineering best practices. Dr. Flynn is the founding director of the Global Resilience Institute and a professor of political science and of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University.
Redefining Mobility
Randell H. Iwasaki, Executive Director, Contra Costa Transportation Authority - California, delivered his talk "Redefining Mobility" as part of Our New Mobility Future on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at 12 p.m. (ET).
An Inclusive Vision of Intelligent Transportation
Sarah Kaufman, Associate Director/Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, will speak as part of Our New Mobility Future on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 12 p.m. (ET).
Globally Integrated Logistics and the Changing Character of War
Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, U.S. Transportation Command, spoke as part of Our New Mobility Future on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at 12 p.m. (ET).
The Rapid Expansion of Micromobility, Data-Sharing, and Dynamic Streets
Regina Clewlow, PhD, CEO & Founder, Populus, delivered her talk “The Rapid Expansion of Micromobility, Data-Sharing, and Dynamic Streets” as part of Our New Mobility Future on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at 12 p.m. (ET).
Solving for Tomorrow’s Transportation Challenges
J. Scott Drennan, Vice President of Innovation, Bell Flight, spoke as part of Our New Mobility Future on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at 12 p.m. (ET).