The Challenge of Transportation Planning for Megaregions
Transportation planning in the United States is facing a compelling need to add a significant focus to meet the growing demands of "megaregions."
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Innovating through Technology at the Seaway: Even Old Infrastructure Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
Craig Middlebrook, Acting Administrator for the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), discussed the Seaway’s innovation, where leading-edge engineers and stakeholders respond to the many geographical and international challenges they encounter.
Dispatch From the Field—Befriending Buffalo in the Badlands
For over 20 years, Lee has been involved with many of Volpe's acoustics measurement projects, collecting, analyzing, and modeling acoustic data for over 40 National Parks to assess noise impacts from flights overhead.
Automated Vehicles - Coming Soon to a Driveway Near You?
Automated or autonomous? That is the question, said Gary Ritter, director of the Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies at Volpe. Ritter recently spoke to the transportation community during Transportation Trajectories, a lecture series featuring Volpe experts.
Unique Partnership Leads to Safer Rails
Officials from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Research and Innovative Technology Administration, and Volpe traveled to Pueblo, Colorado, to visit Transportation Technology Center, Inc., the test track used by the FRA.
New Expert Panel Advises on Safety for Older Drivers
More than 30 million older drivers will be on our roads, and one in four drivers will be age 65 or older by 2030. Today's older drivers face significant lifestyle, environmental, and motor vehicle changes, making the need for robust driver education courses critical.
Transportation Trajectories with William M. Lyons
You are cordially invited to join us in person or via webinar for our next Transportation Trajectories conversation, "The Challenge of Transportation Planning for Megaregions" with Bill Lyons, Principal Technical Advisor for Transportation Planning at the Volpe Center, at 12:00 noon on Tuesday,...
On the Ground at Manchester: Making Surface Traffic More Visible
To reduce the probability of airport accidents, Volpe recently completed the technical performance on-site testing of a new low-cost ground surveillance system at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
Joint Volpe-FRA Pilot Makes Measurable Improvements in Rail Safety
A recent analysis has shown that the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) program has made significant improvements in both safety and safety culture since its introduction in 2007, including a 31 percent decrease in derailments.
TSA Evolves to "Intelligence-Driven" Passenger Screening
For a number of years after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created in 2002, the agency generally screened all passengers in the same way, following a model of risk-based security that screened general passengers to the same degree as elected officials or travelers with top-...