Benefits Outweigh Costs for Precast Concrete Pavement
A Federal Highway Administration evaluation finds that precast concrete pavement can deliver benefits in reduced traffic disruption and lower maintenance costs.
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“Our Shared Transportation Future” with General Darren W. McDew
General McDew commands USTRANSCOM, which delivers global defense logistics anyplace, anytime, and for however long is needed. He recently came to Volpe to discuss the nation’s most pressing military and civilian transportation challenges, and the new thinking required for new solutions.
What Transportation Planners Can Learn About Ridesharing from College Campuses
New ridesharing technologies and transportation demand management strategies mean that how people travel to and from their college campuses may be changing. A recent report identifies innovative practices that universities have used to reduce auto traffic and parking, and discusses how those...
Reimagining Transportation from the Internet Up with Dan Doctoroff
The biggest revolutions over the past two centuries in urban environments have happened where technologies meet city life, said Sidewalk Labs Chairman and CEO Daniel Doctoroff, who spoke recently at Volpe. Now, he believes, we are on the verge of the fourth technological revolution in cities.
Investigating Wearable Sensors in Transportation Research
Small, efficient, and accurate wearable sensors have opened up new levels of data granularity for transportation researchers. The authors of a recent paper investigated the state of the practice for wearable sensors, and challenges in using them for transportation research.
Autonomy and Shared Mobility in the Urban Environment
Vehicle automation is paving the way for major societal changes in how we move people and goods in urban areas, according to Dr. Emilio Frazzoli, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT and co-founder of self-driving car company nuTonomy. Through nuTonomy, Frazzoli is working to...
Secretary Foxx Looks Toward the Future of Transportation
Transportation connects people—and connections provide economic opportunity. That’s the message that U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx brought during his June 27 keynote address kicking off Volpe’s new speaker series, The Future of Transportation: Safety, Opportunity, and...
The Future of Transportation: Safety, Opportunity, and Innovation
The Future of Transportation: Safety, Opportunity, and Innovation was Volpe’s 2016 thought leadership speaker series.
Volpe Training Digs Deep into Aviation Environmental Design Tool
In March, more than two dozen noise, emissions, and aviation experts convened at Volpe for an in-depth training on FAA's Aviation Environmental Design Tool.
Digitizing for Better Decision Making
A recent article written by Volpe and FHWA reveals how transportation planners and academics combined proactive relationship building with a novel software application to improve safety on Michigan’s 122,000 miles of road.