Advancing the Northeast Corridor’s Future
Volpe supports the Federal Railroad Administration’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) multi-state planning and environmental efforts, known as NEC FUTURE.
Policy & Planning
New Report Offers Framework for Integrating Health and Transportation
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.
Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Yields Striking Results
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...
Contemplating Livability in Rural Areas
It is important for transportation planners to remember that when they talk about livability, they are really talking about a highly personal and idealized perception of how everyday life and transport intertwine.
States Showcase Award-Winning Approaches to Environmental Stewardship
In “Setting the Bar for Excellence,” an article in the January/February 2014 issue of FHWA's Public Roads magazine, Volpe community planner Rachel Strauss discusses innovative approaches that are used to incorporate environmental stewardship into transportation projects.
Forest Service Transit in Parks Archive
The Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks (TRIP) Program was administered by the Federal Transit Administration in consultation with the Department of the Interior and provided roughly $25 million annually to federal land management agencies and partners for alternative transportation implementation...
Alternative Transportation in MAP-21 Support for the U.S. Forest Service
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) took effect on October 1, 2012, and authorizes federal surface transportation programs through FY 2014. Volpe provides assistance to the Forest Service in implementing its transportation program under MAP-21.
National Multimodal Catalog
Volpe's National Multimodal Catalog for the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.
Connected Vehicle Policy Analysis
Connected vehicle policy analysis supports research and analysis into critical policy and institutional issues that may influence or determine the successful deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies.