Transportation in a World That Is Gray, Delayed, Small, and Female
Joseph F. Coughlin, founder and director of the MIT AgeLab, discussed how an aging American population will shape the nation's transportation system.
Safety
Report to Congress Explores Safety and Security Technologies for Alternative Transportation Infrastructure
A recent report to Congress offers data on safety and security incidents at alternative transportation facilities—like bicycle lanes, walking paths, and transit stations—and provides recommendations for innovative technologies that could address some of the most urgent risks to the traveling...
How Much Time Do Americans Spend Behind the Wheel?
U.S. DOT Volpe Center Chief Economist Don Pickrell and a team of Volpe Center data experts recently completed an in-depth study for the Federal Highway Administration to produce detailed statistics on travel speeds and vehicle hours traveled that can provide new levels of insight into how...
Safely Integrating Drones into the National Airspace
By 2021, there could be 4 million remotely piloted aircraft—commonly referred to as drones—in the hands of hobbyists and commercial users, according to projections from the Federal Aviation Administration. Safely and efficiently integrating the coming influx of drones into our nation’s...
Inside 93 Case Studies on Cargo Tank Rollovers—Plus, 5 Recommendations for Hazmat Transportation
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration turned to U.S. DOT’s Volpe Center to investigate the causes behind 93 real-life hazmat tanker truck rollovers, current training programs, and to develop recommendations to improve cargo tank safety.
Rethinking the Human-Autonomy Architecture
With automation appearing more and more across daily life—including in air and ground travel—tasks we think of as belonging to humans may soon be taken over by computers, and there could be consequences that haven’t yet been imagined, said Amy Pritchett, professor and head of the Department of...
Laying the Foundation for the Aviation System of the Future
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center helps the Federal Aviation Administration design, develop, and deploy the air traffic management system of the future.
Check out this brochure to learn how the U.S. DOT Volpe Center applies its expertise in safety management, engineering,...
Safer at Any Speed: Cybersafety for Connected Vehicles
Joshua Corman, the second speaker in Volpe's 2017 series, The Ongoing Transformation of the Global Transportation System, discussed cybersafety in an increasingly hackable world.
Volpe’s Recent Reports Inform the Future of Aviation
Aviation is a particular focus of Volpe’s work across modes, with recent work in global positioning system resilience, energy and the environment, navigation and surveillance, aviation safety, and much more. Check out these recent aviation-related reports highlighting a wide range of Volpe’...
The Life-Saving Potential of Pedestrian Detection Systems Infographic
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center, on behalf of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, developed and applied a methodology to estimate the safety benefits of pedestrian crash avoidance and mitigation technologies—or PCAM systems. View the infographic to learn more.