New Transportation Initiatives Address Growing Congestion at Fort McHenry

Volpe's transportation analysis reduced congestion and boosted local business.

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.

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...

DOT Planning Post-Sandy Focuses on Resiliency, Accounts for Climate Change

Reshaping how the nation rebuilds and takes climate change impacts into account means that no matter where the next extreme storm hits, the transportation system will be better prepared and more resilient

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.

Objective Testing Puts New Technologies to the Test

Volpe develops and applies objective test procedures and specialized measurement capabilities for new technologies, typically in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Vehicle Research and Test Center.

Executive Leadership Group on Traffic Incident Management

Working to accelerate and expand the national deployment of safety-critical programs.

DOT Senior Executives Convene to Address Traffic Incident Safety

The need for improved traffic incident management is urgent. Each year, dozens of emergency responders, highway workers, and tow operators are killed while responding to traffic incidents; countless more are injured or experience near-miss situations. Moving traffic threatens the safety of first...

The Challenge of Transportation Planning for Megaregions

Transportation planning in the United States is facing a compelling need to add a significant focus to meet the growing demands of "megaregions."