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Enhancing the BTS National Transportation Noise Map

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...

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

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This 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...

U.S. DOT SBIR FY 2022 Phase I Solicitation Document

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This 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...