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First-of-Its-Kind Hazard Alert System for Motorcyclists

With support from U.S. DOT’s SBIR program, Charles River Analytics developed a first-of—its-kind roadway hazard alert application for motorcyclists that alerts motorcyclists to such roadway dangers as infrastructure hazards, surface hazards, roadway obstacles, and weather hazards.

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Research

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Systems Safety and Engineering Division works on behalf of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Program to evaluate methodologies, visual and audio warnings, motor vehicle and train presence detection,...

Connected Vehicles at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Research

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Systems Safety and Engineering Division supports FRA research activities related to designing, developing, and testing the Railroad Crossing Violation Warning (RCVW) vehicle-to-infrastructure safety application for connected vehicles. This collection of publications and...

U.S. DOT’s SBIR Program Celebrates Small Business Week 2021

U.S. DOT celebrates small businesses and their many contributions, including ways their innovative ideas can advance research through U.S. DOT’s Small Business Innovation Research program. Small businesses play an important role in making our transportation system safer and more efficient. Here’s...

Introducing Students to Careers in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

In 2014, FHWA sponsored an SBIR topic titled “STEM Education: Increasing Awareness about Intelligent Transportation Systems and Connected Vehicle Technologies for High School Students.” The topic aimed to create innovative, hands-on, problem-based learning opportunities that would give students the...

U.S. DOT Volpe Center Pathways Internship Education Requirements

As a part of the “Apply Online” process, before you submit your application, you will be asked to complete a checklist to identify the occupation(s) you wish to apply for. Your application must include documentation that shows you meet the respective individual occupation and series requirements as...

Recap: Toward Carbon Neutral Mobility

On August 24, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Ford Motor Company’s Tim Wallington, PhD, to its 2021 thought leadership speaker series. Wallington is a senior technical leader in research and advanced engineering in the Research and Innovation Center at the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and an...