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Advanced Acoustic Modeling of Urban Air Mobility Concept Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center recently released a collection of stories from our 2021 Annual Accomplishments Publication, outlining our innovative work to help transportation agencies understand, manage, and mitigate transportation...Increasing Efficiency in Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Inspections
Some highway-rail grade crossings are inspected only every 2-3 years. To address this challenge, VisioStack developed the Aerial Crossing Inspection System (AXIS) to assess crossing safety more efficiently with help from U.S. DOT’s SBIR program and the Federal Railroad Administration. AXIS allows...New Drone-Based System Assesses Highway-Rail Crossings to Improve Safety
Poor highway-rail grade crossing design can contribute to rail incidents. To address this challenge, MTRI Inc. developed Crossing-i, a drone-enabled inspection system, to assess crossing safety with help from U.S. DOT’s SBIR program and the Federal Railroad Administration. Crossing-i can help rail...Our Priorities
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center draws upon our multimodal, multidisciplinary expertise to advance U.S. DOT’s key priorities to improve our transportation system.
Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention: 2021 Meeting Notes
On November 19, 2021, The Volpe Center (US) hosted the 10th meeting of the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention (GRASP). On November 22, 2021, the Volpe Center hosted a smaller meeting to accommodate members from a variety of time zones. The GRASP working group began in January 2014...
Offer Submission Form Fields, FY 2022 U.S. DOT SBIR Phase I Solicitation
About This DocumentThis document contains a list of the fields contained in the online SBIR offer submission form. This document is provided for reference only to assist small businesses in preparing for their online submission. All offers must be submitted through the online submission...
Appendix A: Signature Page and Appendix B: Project Summary
FY 2022 U.S. DOT SBIR Phase I Solicitation About This DocumentThis file contains Appendix A: Signature Page and Appendix B: Project Summary for the FY 2022 U.S. DOT SBIR Phase I Solicitation.
U.S. DOT SBIR FY 2022 Phase I Solicitation Document
About This DocumentThis solicitation closed on March 7, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. (ET).
U.S. DOT’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards contracts to small businesses to pursue research on and develop innovative solutions to our nation’s transportation challenges...
Appendix C: Contract Pricing Worksheet, FY 2022 U.S. DOT SBIR Phase I Solicitation
About this DocumentFY 2022 U.S. DOT SBIR Phase I Solicitation Appendix C: Contract Pricing Worksheet.