UAS Integration Capabilities
Learn the capabilities the U.S. DOT Volpe Center brings to UAS integration in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and others.
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Transportation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics: Final Report
Transportation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics, held from June to October 2018, convened distinguished experts in government innovation, vehicle automation, and logistics to consider the promise and potential of recent breakthroughs in machine learning and data...
Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention Notes from December 2017
Notes from the Decenber 2017 meeting of the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention.
Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention Notes from August 6, 2018
Notes from the August 6, 2018 meeting of the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention.
Benefits Outweigh Costs for Precast Concrete Pavement
A Federal Highway Administration evaluation finds that precast concrete pavement can deliver benefits in reduced traffic disruption and lower maintenance costs.
Delivering the Benefits of Self-Driving Technology Safely, Quickly, and Broadly
Self-driving cars could free up two weeks every year for the average driver, according to Chris Urmson, co-founder and CEO of Aurora, who delivered the final talk as part of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Transportation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics speaker series...
Cities Around the Country Are Piloting Low-Speed Automated Shuttles. This Is the State of the Practice.
Automated vehicle innovations are enabling novel vehicles classes, such as low-speed automated shuttles. This is the state of the practice.
Transformational Technologies: A State Government Perspective with Kirk Steudle
Kirk T. Steudle, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, discussed a state government perspective on transformational technologies as part of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s speaker series Transportation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics.
A Conversation on Artificial Intelligence in Transportation with Kyle Vogt and U.S. DOT Under Secretary Derek Kan
Kyle Vogt, founder and CEO of Cruise Automation, Inc., and Derek Kan, U.S. DOT Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, spoke as part of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Transportation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics speaker series on October 4, 2018...
New Guidebook Offers Strategies to Enhance Active Transportation at National Parks
Visitors to national parks are increasingly exploring natural and cultural resources in new ways, including through active transportation—by foot, bicycle, and other non-motorized modes. A new guidebook from the National Park Service (NPS) is helping parks, their partners, and nearby communities...