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Development of a Mariner Workforce Strategic Plan

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is facing a critical shortage of credentialed merchant mariners available to operate the U.S. flag fleet of commercial ships and strategic sealift vessels. These mariners—serving aboard vessels of all types—provide transportation services essential to domestic...

Modernizing Aviation Safety by Building a Safety Assurance System (SAS) Mobile Application for FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASIs)

An estimated 2.9 million passengers fly into and out of U.S. airports every day. To ensure the highest level of safety for the traveling public, FAA safety inspectors conduct oversight of airline operators, repair stations, and other regulated organizations. Since 2016, the Safety Assurance System...

Report on Opportunities for Maritime Highway Transportation

Report on Opportunities for Maritime Highway Transportation in the Gulf of Mexico, Puget Sound, and Salish Sea System

The U.S. Marine Highway System consists of thousands of miles of navigable channels, waterways, rivers, bays, coasts, the Great Lakes, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The goal of the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD’s) U.S. Marine Highway Program (USMHP) is to expand the use of the Nation’s...

What’s New at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center – November 2024

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center works to advance U.S. DOT’s mission: to deliver the world’s leading transportation system, serving the American people and economy through the safe, efficient, sustainable, and equitable of movement of people and goods. Read on for some recent U.S. DOT Volpe Center project...

What's New at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center - November 2024

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg Visits the U.S. DOT Volpe Center

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on November 12, 2024. The Secretary participated in a Town Hall with more than 500 U.S. DOT Volpe Center and U.S. DOT Region 1 staff. U.S. DOT Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and...

Report to Congress Highlights National Environmental Policy Act Process Success and Improvements

The Biden-Harris Administration has made strides to improve environmental review and permitting to ensure the delivery of well-designed infrastructure projects, including those enabled by BIL. In preparing this report to Congress, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center team conducted interviews with operating...

Locomotive Emissions Comparison Tool for Rail Grant Applicants

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center was the lead developer of the LECT, working closely with FRA and its stakeholders in summer 2023 to design the Excel-based tool. The LECT was based on FHWA’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Emissions Calculator Toolkit, also developed by the U.S. DOT Volpe...

Strengthening Transit Systems through a Resilience Planning Framework

Efforts to make transit systems more resilient to the impacts of current and future natural hazards are imperative to ensuring transit fulfills the critical role it plays across American communities. By proactively embedding resilience into all aspects of decision-making, transit agencies can...

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