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In February, ICAO's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection agreed to a new noise standard for new-design aircraft entering into service in 2017 (and for lower-weight aircraft entering into service in 2020).
"Safety is number one" at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said the agency's deputy administrator, Bill Bronrott.
The National Transportation Safety Board recently called on Volpe engineering psychologist Dr. Jordan Multer to serve on an expert panel during an investigative hearing into a fatal train accident that took three lives and caused an estimated $14.79 million in damages.
A casual sport shirt and khakis are Terry Sheehan's version of dressing for success. "You have to always be ready—you never know where you might end up," he said. Sheehan, the Regional Emergency Transportation Representative for the U.S. DOT's New England Region, is prepared to be deployed...
A recent analysis by staff at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, aims to identify whether and to what extent industry-planned alternative jet fuel production can contribute to aviation carbon neutral growth goals. The international aviation industry has committed to carbon...
Nearly all cracks in rails are hidden—so says Dr. David Jeong, senior mechanical engineer at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center. Jeong and his colleagues, in support of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), have been examining the mechanics of metal fatigue and crack growth...
"Overcoming adversity used to be part of the American DNA. Can we build that back into our national character?" It's more than a philosophical question for Stephen Flynn, co-founder of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security and professor of political science at...
"If you want to buy an American car, you need to buy it from a Japanese company," said Stephen Carmel, a Senior Vice President at Maersk Line Limited. Carmel spoke about the "made in" label's irrelevance in today's global economy during a February 16 Straight from the Source presentation at...
Volpe engineer Kevin Green recently received SAE International's Barry D. McNutt Award for Excellence in Automotive Policy Analysis. This distinguished award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of improved federal automotive policy.
Some states are exploring the implementation of alternative energy technologies and alternative fuel facilities along publicly-owned highway rights-of-way (ROW) to curb the impacts of climate change and achieve other benefits. In a report prepared for the Federal Highway Administration...