New Report: Best Practices and Strategies for Improving Rail Energy Efficiency

This report presents data on comparative rail energy efficiency, emerging energy efficient technologies, and alternative fuels.

Volpe to Make Hazard Analysis Tool Available for Public Use

Volpe will soon make a new software tool available to the public that can assist transportation professionals in conducting hazard analyses.

Striking a Balance Between Automation and Human Control in America’s Skies

Kathy Abbott, FAA's Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Flight Deck Human Factors, recently delivered a talk on automated systems in the flight deck and beyond at Volpe.

States Showcase Award-Winning Approaches to Environmental Stewardship

In “Setting the Bar for Excellence,” an article in the January/February 2014 issue of FHWA's Public Roads magazine, Volpe community planner Rachel Strauss discusses innovative approaches that are used to incorporate environmental stewardship into transportation projects.

Professor on Sabbatical Studies Flight Navigation Charts

Dr. Melissa Beck, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, recently spent her sabbatical working at Volpe with human factors experts.

New Report: Biofuel Transportation Analysis Tool: Description, Methodology, and Demonstration Scenarios

The Biofuel Transportation Analysis Tool helps the Office of Naval Research and Federal Aviation Administration better understand the transportation needs and constraints associated with biofuel feedstock collection, processing, and fuel distribution, specifically alternative jet fuel...

Progress in Reducing CO2 Emissions: Is It Enough?

Transportation is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Volpe’s Gregg Fleming recently delivered a talk about the ongoing U.S. initiatives to reduce transportation climate impacts.

International Collaboration Advances Transportation Research, Minimizes Parallel Efforts [2]

Duplication of efforts is costly, whether it happens within a single organization or across national boundaries. Since 1998, Volpe and a Dutch research organization have exchanged transportation research information and experience under a mutually beneficial agreement.

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International Collaboration Advances Transportation Research, Minimizes Parallel Efforts

Volpe and the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment held their annual research workshop at the Netherlands Embassy on transportation infrastructure resilience and adaptation.

New Technology Makes Air Traffic More Convenient, Predictable, and Environmentally Friendly

SWIM is the enabling component of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, commonly known as NextGen, that gets the right information to the right systems at the right time.