Ties and Fasteners: Publications and Papers

View a list of publications and papers on the topic of railroad ties and fasteners from Volpe's Structures and Dynamics Division.

Volpe Expertise Shared at TRB’s Annual Meeting

Volpe experts presided over 22 sessions and presented research at another 19 at “Corridors to the Future: Transportation and Technology,” the Transportation Research Board’s 94th Annual Meeting. 

An Ongoing Legacy of Traffic Noise Modeling

Five Teams, Six Judges, Seven Minutes: Volpe’s Third Innovation Challenge

Five teams competing for seed funding waited anxiously to take the stage. Six DOT executives took their seats as judges of Volpe’s third Innovation Challenge. The teams each gave seven-minute presentations describing the problems they proposed to solve, the solutions they wished to develop, and...

U.S. DOT SBIR 16.1 Solicitation Now Open

Small businesses are invited to submit research proposals through December 16, 2015, for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Small Business Innovation Research program solicitation.

15.1 Solicitation Document

15.1 Solicitation Document 508 Compliant

Appendix C: Sample Cost Proposal, U.S.DOT SBIR FY 2018 Solicitation

Appendix C: Sample Cost Proposal U.S.DOT SBIR FY 2018 Solicitation - for reference only

The Promise of NextGen

The tablet computer has been built. Now it’s time to load a few apps. That’s the analogy for the Next Generation Air Transportation System that Michael Whitaker, deputy administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration, gave recently as part of Volpe’s Transportation and the Economy speaker...

What Will Vehicle Use Look Like in 30 Years?

With support from Volpe, the Federal Highway Administration is offering new projections on what our miles traveled by vehicle might look like in 30 years.

A Safer and More Efficient Airspace: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Infographic

The FAA's Next Generation Transportation System—NextGen—is transforming how air traffic controllers and pilots see our national airspace. By 2020, NextGen will make America's skies even safer and more efficient by transitioning from radar technology to a far more precise...