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Automated vehicles are coming sooner than you might think, according to two leading thinkers in transportation. Volpe recently hosted Robin Chase and Anthony Townsend for a special joint panel on vehicle automation and urban mobility, moderated by Austin Brown of the White House Office of...
U.S. DOT's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards contracts to small businesses to pursue research on and develop innovative solutions to our nation’s transportation challenges. The attached document outlines the 17.1 Solicitation request to invite...
Transportation infrastructure can be a catalyst for change, connecting city residents to opportunity. In fact, transportation may be the most important way we have to address disparities in income and wealth, according to Ben Hecht, president and CEO of Living Cities, who spoke as part of Volpe’...
As pollinators and insect consumers, bats generate $3 billion each year in economic value. However, the population of a key species has declined by nearly half since 2005—due, in large part, to human disturbance. A new federal strategy will help facilitate conservation of these bats while...
Residential density, intersection density, public transport density, and number of parks are physical elements that can have real, positive impacts on a city’s residents, according to Jeff Risom, partner and managing director of Gehl Studio in the U.S. Achieving people-centric design...
Instructions for the 17.1 SBIR Phase I Cost & Pricing Proposal
The U.S. DOT SBIR FY 2018 Phase I Solicitation Cost Proposal Instructions are provided as a tool to help offerors complete Appendix C, Cost & Pricing Proposal Workbook.
SBIR Funding Agreement Certification Appendix D
U.S.DOT SBIR FY 2018 Solicitation Appendix B: Project Summary
U.S.DOT SBIR FY 2018 Solicitation Appendix A: Signature Page