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Leadership

Meet the leadership team at U.S. DOT's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

Current Contracts

The Volpe Center currently has three on-site contracts and seven multiple award contracts.

The U.S. DOT Volpe’s Project Costs

An explanation of Volpe's project costs. Volpe is a federal fee-for-service research and innovation center in the U.S. Department of Transportation. We are authorized by Congress to conduct business through a Working Capital Fund. As a research and innovation center that receives no...

Benefits

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center offers a wide range of benefits that support your personal needs and financial goals. Our benefits package is designed to help our employees and their families more effectively balance their personal and professional lives.

Our Team

The strength of U.S. DOT's Volpe Center lies almost entirely in its people: their knowledge, experience, and commitment. Our team represents a dynamic, world-class transportation resource with broad technical and institutional expertise not replicated elsewhere. 

Careers

U.S. DOT's Volpe Center attracts motivated, talented professionals who put their expertise to work in the service of others and resolve real-world transportation problems. Volpe offers a stimulating environment where employees research, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art transportation...

About Us

Part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe is a unique federal agency that is 100 percent funded by sponsor projects. We partner with public and private organizations to assess the needs of the transportation community, evaluate research and development endeavors, assist in the deployment...