SAVE-IT Reports and Articles
SAVE-IT Reports and Articles
General
Results of the SAVE-IT Program
This presentation provides a summary of the results of the SAVE-IT program. It was delivered during the “Human Factors at the Interface Session,” G19, at the 2008 SAE Government/Industry Meeting in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2008.
Reducing Distraction-Related Automotive Crashes with SAVE-IT (NHTSA)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is directing a program that could help minimize the safety risk of distraction and improve the effectiveness of in-vehicle technologies.
Safety Vehicle Using Adaptive Interface Technology (SAVE-IT)
NHTSA seeks to develop a test vehicle incorporating adaptive interface technology to help it understand the safety benefits such a system might achieve and the requirements necessary to achieve such benefits. The development of such a vehicle will also spur ongoing industry efforts and create a...
Top DOT Leaders Turn Out for Volpe’s Second Innovation Challenge
Seven senior U.S. DOT leaders convened at Volpe to judge the organization’s second Innovation Challenge. In this now-annual contest, seven Volpe teams competed for seed funding to develop solutions to significant transportation problems.
Forest Service Transit in Parks Archive
The Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks (TRIP) Program was administered by the Federal Transit Administration in consultation with the Department of the Interior and provided roughly $25 million annually to federal land management agencies and partners for alternative transportation implementation...
Lessons from Sweden on Urban Consolidation Centers
A trial conducted in Gothenburg, Sweden, may have an answer to reducing urban congestion, emissions, and noise and improving safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Forest Service Transportation Assistance Groups (TAGs)
The goal of a TAG is to provide transportation-focused technical assistance to public land agencies. This technical assistance often includes analyzing existing conditions, identifying transportation problems and needs, making recommendations for future transportation planning and solutions, and...
Alternative Transportation in MAP-21 Support for the U.S. Forest Service
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) took effect on October 1, 2012, and authorizes federal surface transportation programs through FY 2014. Volpe provides assistance to the Forest Service in implementing its transportation program under MAP-21.
Design and Good Sleep: A Researcher’s Focus on Rail Safety
Yoshikata Tanabe, a visiting researcher from Yokohama, came to Volpe to tap into its expertise on railroader fatigue risk management and study research that can change the sleep culture in Japan.