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Since the 1970s, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center has led the evolution of innovative transportation payment systems. From cash to smart cards to mobile apps, automated fare collection benefits travelers and cities alike. The U.S. DOT Volpe Center works with the transportation...
Ballast water is added to or discharged from cargo vessels to maintain stability.
Learn how ballast discharge works and how the U.S. DOT Volpe Center assisted in developing the U.S. Coast Guard’s Final Rule on discharge standards.
On behalf of the Federal Highway Administration, economists at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center calculated vehicle hours traveled (VHT) to measure the quality of service our nation’s highways provide.
View the infographic to learn why VHT and highway performance...
The flight operations of unmanned aircraft systems may benefit from the application of blockchain concepts. A blockchain is a time-stamped digital ledger that is distributed and managed by a cluster of computers and allows digital information to be distributed—read,...
NHTSA and the U.S. DOT Volpe Center worked together to better understand the motorcycle crash problem, a critical first step toward improving the safety of motorcycle operators and other road users.
These slides are from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) training on fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA), held on November 20, 2024.
Beginning in FY 2022, this training is required annually for SBIR awardees.
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