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To help prevent the conditions that can lead to derailments, Volpe worked with a team to survey joint bars across the country’s rail system to understand why, and under what conditions, joint bars are at risk for failure.
A new report geared toward state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) provides a framework for DOTs to integrate public health considerations into their transportation planning and decision making.
If you build integrated walking and bicycling networks into a community’s transportation system, will people use it?
That’s what Congress wanted to know nearly a decade ago when it established the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP). Through NTPP, the Federal Highway...
This study examines two viable alternatives for monitoring GPS broadcast signals used by civilian agencies.
This report presents data on comparative rail energy efficiency, emerging energy efficient technologies, and alternative fuels.
The Biofuel Transportation Analysis Tool helps the Office of Naval Research and Federal Aviation Administration better understand the transportation needs and constraints associated with biofuel feedstock collection, processing, and fuel distribution, specifically alternative jet fuel...
This report examines the potential improvements in helicopter operations in the Gulf of Mexico due to the implementation of ADS-B. This report looks exclusively at potential fuel consumption reductions due to improved routing.
Volpe was tasked by FRA to participate in a New Jersey Transit rail safety pilot project to evaluate a prototype design of a pedestrian safety device, known as a gate skirt, installed at a highway-rail grade crossing in Matawan, NJ. The purpose of this research was to determine if the...