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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...Recap: Panel 3: Project Acceleration for the Public Good
On October 22, 2024, the U.S. DOT Project Delivery Center of Excellence held the final event of the three-part thought leadership series: Making Good on the Potential of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. U.S. DOT Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Mariia Zimmerman delivered opening...
What's New at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center - October 2024
Highlights of recent U.S. DOT Volpe Center project stories—along with the latest news from around the U.S. DOT Volpe Center.U.S. DOT Volpe Center Human Factors Study Informs Rule for Air Travelers with Disabilities
For the estimated 5.5 million Americans who use a wheelchair, travel by air can be a significant challenge with the risk of damage to their wheelchair or injury during enplaning and deplaning. To address these challenges, the U.S. DOT recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to...The U.S. DOT Volpe Center Creates Innovative Tools to Track and Respond to Freight Rail Disruptions
The COVID-19 pandemic posed several significant challenges for the freight rail network. As freight rail capacity initially fell and then spiked with increased e-commerce, cascading challenges across the supply chain network resulted in acute rail service issues―including low on-time performance,...A Whole-of-Government Approach to Federal Coordination of Place-Based Technical Assistance
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act created once-in-a-lifetime levels of funding in federal infrastructure grants that are available to communities around the nation. Applying for federal grants is a resource-intensive effort with significant risk—not only for U.S. DOT...Announcing New U.S. DOT Volpe Center Director: Gregg Fleming
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center is pleased to announce that Gregg G. Fleming has been named the new U.S. DOT Volpe Center director, effective October 1, 2024. He replaces longtime director Anne Aylward who announced her retirement in Spring 2024.The U.S. DOT Volpe Center Seeks Student Interns
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center is now recruiting talented individuals to join our team as part of our 2025 U.S. DOT Volpe Center Pathways Internship Program. Interested students can apply via the Pathways Internship job posting on USAJobs.gov, which opened Monday, October 21, 2024 and is expected to...Recap: Panel 2: Best Practices to Get Big Infrastructure Projects off the Ground
On October 8, 2024, the U.S. DOT Project Delivery Center of Excellence held the second event of the three-part thought leadership series: Making Good on the Potential of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. U.S. DOT Acting Under Secretary of Transportation Policy Christopher Coes delivered opening...