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Exploring the Landscape for Hyperloop Travel
Faster than a bird, a plane, and a high-speed train, riders in a conceptual hyperloop pod could cover the 400 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles in about half an hour. Yet for all the time-saving promise of hyperloop, there remain questions about passenger comfort, system costs, land use,...
A Look Back on 2016 with Volpe’s Annual Accomplishments
Each year, Volpe collaborates with the U.S. Department of Transportation, other federal agencies, and the broader transportation community on hundreds of projects that shape how people and goods move throughout the U.S. and abroad. Our Annual Accomplishments report highlights some of Volpe’s...
Interactive Report Out Now on The Future of Transportation
Volpe’s 2016 thought leadership speaker series The Future of Transportation continued our long tradition of convening thought leaders, decision makers, and stakeholders from across the transportation enterprise to anticipate future transportation challenges, generate fresh approaches to emerging...
Motorcycle Safety Research Consortium
The United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation System Center is seeking information from motorcycle manufacturers and other stakeholders on their interest in collaborating with U.S. DOT to explore the potential establishment, by stakeholders...
National Transportation Noise Map Released
To better understand transportation sound levels, a Volpe Center team developed a simplified noise modeling tool for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics that makes it easy to track trends in noise levels over time. The tool was released on March 21.
Volpe's 2016 Reports
Volpe published more than 75 reports and conference papers in 2016 spanning a myriad of transportation research topics. Download free copies of Volpe’s transportation resources.
Our Ocean Conference Showcases Volpe’s Global Vessel Tracking System
The Volpe-developed SeaVision is a web-based vessel tracking and information-sharing tool that was chosen as one of three featured exhibits at Secretary of State John Kerry’s Our Ocean Conference.
Volpe Hosts Local High School Students for Day of Mentoring and Human Factors Demonstrations
Volpe recently partnered with Women in Transportation-Boston to host 21 engineering high school students for speed mentoring with staff and tours of our car, train, and airplane simulators.
New Technology Aims to Simplify Tractor-Trailer Fleet Management
A new low-cost technology developed through U.S. DOT’s SBIR program could help fleet managers better track the 5.6 million tractor-trailers on our roads that are hauling 68 percent of all the goods we receive.