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User and Machine: Secrets to a Harmonious Marriage

For more than a century, Americans have had a special relationship with their cars. But with great leaps in automobile automation that could remove driver control, that relationship is suffering existential growing pains, according to Donald Fisher, principal technical advisor at Volpe and the...

Laying the Groundwork for Smart, Connected Cities

In the future, tens of thousands of everyday objects—including cell phones, light poles, cars, and even pavement markers—will serve as data receivers, transmitters, and processors. Volpe project manager Matt Burt explains how this infrastructure can transform the future of our cities.