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Stephen Popkin, PhD, is Volpe’s new deputy director for Research and Technology. In this role, Popkin will lead and manage Volpe’s suite of multimodal transportation research programs and will work with Director Anne Aylward on Volpe’s strategic vision.
The Volpe community helped spread the love this past Valentine’s Day by putting together care kits full of toiletries, water, snacks, socks, and handmade scarves for the homeless. Volpe employees created 100 personal care kits to donate to the Pine Street Inn and Rosie’s Place.
When disasters hit, U.S.DOT deploys a team of emergency representatives to coordinate large-scale transportation responsibilities that come with massive emergency response efforts. One of these reps is Volpe’s Terry Sheehan.
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.
The rapid evolution of electronic control and connectivity in motor vehicles has multiplied challenges for vehicle safety assurance. NHTSA turned to Volpe’s nationally recognized advanced vehicle technology team to assess the safety and reliability of emerging electronic control systems.
When a car hits a pedestrian, the pedestrian takes the full brunt of the severe and sometimes fatal injuries. Vehicle-to-pedestrian communications can help avoid impacts or reduce the consequences when light vehicles collide with pedestrians.
The Human Factors Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Flight Deck Displays and Controls document contains six appendices containing a variety of sample checklists, testing scenarios and procedures, key reference lists, and “gold star” human factors research reports which have proven to be useful to both the FAA and industry representatives who evaluate and approve flight deck displays and controls.
The Human Factors Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Flight Deck Displays and Controls document contains 10 chapters or “topic areas” that provide human factors regulatory and guidance material, as well as recommendations and best practices from industry, academia, and government research organizations.
The document Human Factors Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Flight Deck Displays and Controls is intended to compile human factors material into a single-source reference document. The purpose of this document is to identify and prioritize guidance on human factors issues to consider in the design and evaluation of flight deck displays and controls for all types of aircraft in the interest of improving aviation safety. The document may be used by FAA aircraft...
If a 747 jumbo jet crashed anywhere in America, it would be in the national news for months. Yet in 2015, there were 35,092 lives lost on America’s roads—equivalent to a 747 crashing every week for a whole year.