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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.
Dr. Melissa Beck, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, recently spent her sabbatical working at Volpe with human factors experts.
The Biofuel Transportation Analysis Tool helps the Office of Naval Research and Federal Aviation Administration better understand the transportation needs and constraints associated with biofuel feedstock collection, processing, and fuel distribution, specifically alternative jet fuel...
Transportation is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Volpe’s Gregg Fleming recently delivered a talk about the ongoing U.S. initiatives to reduce transportation climate impacts.
Duplication of efforts is costly, whether it happens within a single organization or across national boundaries. Since 1998, Volpe and a Dutch research organization have exchanged transportation research information and experience under a mutually beneficial agreement.
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Volpe and the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment held their annual research workshop at the Netherlands Embassy on transportation infrastructure resilience and adaptation.
SWIM is the enabling component of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, commonly known as NextGen, that gets the right information to the right systems at the right time.
This report examines the potential improvements in helicopter operations in the Gulf of Mexico due to the implementation of ADS-B. This report looks exclusively at potential fuel consumption reductions due to improved routing.
Volpe technical experts designed, developed, and implemented RAIMPrediction.net, which provides critical information to pilots and flight planners.