Past Events
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U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Freight/Fuel Transportation Optimization Tool
Dr. Kristin Lewis presented "U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Freight/Fuel Transportation Optimization Tool: Exploring Future Energy Scenarios." The Volpe Center has developed flowable, multimodal transportation optimization tool used to evaluate the costs, transportation requirements, and impacts of future freight scenarios, particularly those focused on the energy sector. Current analyses are evaluating potential alternative and fossil fuel transport scenarios. Dr. Lewis discussed what the tool does and how we’re using it.
Our Shared Transportation Future
The next 15 years will look different than the last 15 years. What will we do with that knowledge? In his talk at Volpe, General Darren McDew discussed challenges and opportunities that are coming over the next decade-and-a-half. Will we build on the solid foundation of our relationships and get after the challenges of tomorrow today? Will we find ways to challenge our thinking and norms and identify the people, technology, and processes that will deliver success?
Highly Automated Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities
Mark Rosekind, PhD, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, gave a talk "Highly Automated Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities" as part of Volpe's series The Future of Transportation: Safety, Opportunity, and Innovation.
Cities and Transportation
Edward Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, spoke at Volpe as part of the series The Future of Transportation.
SBIR 17.1 Solicitation Pre-Proposal Webinar
U.S. DOT's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards contracts to small businesses to pursue research on and develop innovative solutions to our nation’s transportation challenges. The SBIR 17.1 solicitation opens on October 19 and closes on December 21. Join the pre-proposal webinar to learn more about the application process and featured solicitation topics.
Reimagining Transportation from the Internet Up
Imagine you lived in a city completely wired for connectivity, with comprehensive data about where people want to go. How would you use this insight to reimagine a transportation system that's more affordable, equitable, and efficient? Daniel Doctoroff, chairman and CEO of Sidewalk Labs, explored this question.
Government at the Speed of Silicon Valley
Can the federal government possibly keep pace with private-sector innovators? In this talk, U.S. DOT Chief Innovation Officer Chris Gerdes discussed prototyping as a technique for rapid learning and described a number of ways in which U.S. DOT is harnessing this approach to improve safety and provide opportunity.
Joint Panel on Urban Mobility
Dr. Austin Brown, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, moderated a joint panel on urban mobility with Robin Chase and Anthony Townsend.
From Transit to Access: Rethinking How Cities Connect Their Residents to Opportunity
Ben Hecht, president and CEO of Living Cities, spoke as part of Volpe's series "The Future of Transportation: Safety, Opportunity, and Innovation."
Cybersecurity Conference & Expo
Volpe is hosting its annual Cybersecurity Conference & Expo. This annual event features guest speakers from government agencies and private industry to discuss current cyber threats and best practices to combat them.