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From energy efficiency to fuel tank standards, Volpe’s range of rail expertise was on display at the 2015 Joint Rail Conference. Read on for brief summaries of seven Volpe papers presented during the conference, which examined A Century of Innovation: Heavy Haul to High-Speed Rail.
Volpe recently acquired a new research simulator to understand driver behavior. Owned by the Federal Railroad Administration, the driving simulator helps researchers examine user reactions to a myriad of scenarios, providing important safety data that shapes new technologies and...
Volpe supports the Federal Railroad Administration’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) multi-state planning and environmental efforts, known as NEC FUTURE.
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.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Small Business Innovation Research program, administered by Volpe, recently released its full list of round-one 2014 proposals that will receive funding.
Experts like Dr. David Jeong are studying the existing risks and opportunities associated with transporting crude oil and ethanol by rail.
This report presents data on comparative rail energy efficiency, emerging energy efficient technologies, and alternative fuels.
This document is a 508-compliant PDF version of U.S. DOT's SBIR 14.1 Solicitation.
Hyperlinks to Appendix A & B added on 2/12/14
Technical questions submitted by small businesses and the corresponding answers provided by the topic authors for the FY14.1 U.S. DOT SBIR solicitation.
U.S. DOT's SBIR 14.1 solicitation is now closed.