Autonomy for Humans in the 21st Century City
Jeffrey Schnapp kicked off Volpe’s new speaker series, The Ongoing Transformation of the Global Transportation System, with his human-centric vision for the autonomous vehicle revolution.
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Real-Time Solar Powered Traffic Data Network
With the support of the U.S. DOT SBIR program, the Federal Highway Administration, and the National Park Service, Intelligent Automation, Inc. developed, tested, and deployed a low-profile, multi-sensor, low power-consumption, light-weight, and visually unobtrusive tool that takes advantage...
Reducing Aviation Noise, Advancing the Aviation Enterprise
Earlier this year, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Noise Control Engineering, the Federal Aviation Administration, and NASA convened a workshop on aviation noise that included leaders from government, academia, and aviation industry groups. Experts at the workshop agreed that...Michael Osakowicz
Michael Osakowicz joined the Volpe Center in 2007.
Last-Mile Delivery: The Holy Grail of Freight Logistics
Matthias Winkenbach of MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics discusses solutions to delivering goods and services to dense urban centers, and the complex dynamism of cities that impacts urban last-mile distribution.
Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention (GRASP)
The Federal Railroad Administration worked with U.S. DOT's Volpe Center and the Association of American Railroads to convene a group of international experts who specialize in suicide prevention on the rail system. This group, known as the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention (GRASP), has...U.S. DOT SBIR Participating Agencies
Seven agencies within U.S. DOT fund SBIR research: FHWA, FMCSA, FRA, FTA, NHTSA, OST-R, and PHMSA.Volpe and the U.S. Department of Defense: An Essential National Partnership
For nearly five decades, U.S. DOT's Volpe Center has provided essential support to critical missions across branches of the Department of Defense (DoD). Find out how various DoD commands and organizations leverage the Volpe Center’s world-renowned, multimodal expertise.
How an Automated Car Platoon Works
With emerging automated driving technology, self-driving cars may soon have the capability to form a platoon on a highway, which could improve travel time, increase lane capacity, and reduce congestion. A car platooning proof-of-concept was tested and evaluated at a U.S. Army facility in Maryland....DOT’s Volpe Center and the Department of Defense: A Successful Partnership
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) have a long-standing memorandum of understanding that encourages all DoD commands and organizations to leverage the Volpe Center’s world-renowned, multidisciplinary expertise in all modes...