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The strength of U.S. DOT's Volpe Center lies almost entirely in its people: their knowledge, experience, and commitment. Our team represents a dynamic, world-class transportation resource with broad technical and institutional expertise not replicated elsewhere.
Volpe's Ed Conde, Art Flores, and Alan Kauffman spend their days testing blood alcohol detection devices to identify the highest caliber products for federal, state, and local law enforcement and transportation personnel.
The 4,000-mile transcontinental trade route known as the Silk Road established connectivity between China and Western Europe beginning in 206 BC, according to Akhmed Baitassov, a Hubert H. Humphrey fellow with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Transportation experts are revisiting the problems of freight movement in cities. It is a growing challenge, as the world becomes more urbanized, and growing urban populations demand more deliveries to their own doors. This shifts truck traffic away from centralized destinations, such as stores...
Do people who live in more densely populated areas get more physical activity than those who live in sprawling neighborhoods? Is walkability a solution to a number of health problems, both physical and mental? How do you measure the benefits? These relationships are extremely complex, said Dr....
According to the official blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, FastLane, connected vehicle technology could prevent or reduce the severity of up to 80 percent of all crashes involving non-impaired drivers.