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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg Talks about the Future of Transportation at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on December 14, 2022.The U.S. DOT Volpe Center Welcomes New Technical Center Director: Jonathan Walker
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center is pleased to announce that Jonathan Walker, PE, PhD has joined us as director of our Center for Communications, Navigation, Surveillance Systems, and Engineering. The U.S. DOT Volpe Center organizes its 600+ staff members into four technical centers that collaborate with...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 2023 Summer Pathways Internship Program.Helping to Build a Better America
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center recently released a series of resources and stories of recent work in alignment with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which makes historic infrastructure investments: improving public safety and climate resilience, creating jobs across the country, and delivering a more...New Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Tools for Estimating Emissions Benefits of Highway and Intermodal Projects
The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program provides funding to state and local governments for transportation projects and programs in air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas to help meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. CMAQ funded projects must demonstrate...Developing a Tool Suite to Address Resilience Return on Investment in Transportation Infrastructure
State and federal agencies need to determine which assets will provide the best ROI when considering transportation infrastructure resilience. The RDR Tool Suite will provide transportation agencies with the tools necessary to evaluate the ROI provided by a set of resilience investments across a...Innovative Uses of Data Science to Solve Transportation Problems
State DOTs, metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), and regional transportation planning agencies rely on complex data to solve the nation’s congestion, infrastructure, and equity issues. U.S. DOT Volpe Center data experts are using tools from the data science and machine learning toolbox to...Increasing Access to Work Zone Information to Improve Highway Safety for All
The nation’s transportation system is becoming increasingly data driven. Safe and efficient mobility for all is dependent on reliable real-time information about work zones and other disruptions to usual traffic operations. Standardizing access to these data is critical to improving safety—not only...U.S. DOT Volpe Center Supports NCDOT Equity and Innovation Initiatives
U.S. DOT Volpe Center's support of the NCDOT equity and innovation initiatives.