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“Our Shared Transportation Future” with General Darren W. McDew

General McDew commands USTRANSCOM, which delivers global defense logistics anyplace, anytime, and for however long is needed. He recently came to Volpe to discuss the nation’s most pressing military and civilian transportation challenges, and the new thinking required for new solutions.

Meet Gregory Joyner, Our Newest Technical Center Director

Volpe is pleased to announce that Greg Joyner has joined us as director of Air Traffic Systems and Operations. Joyner comes to Volpe from the FAA and brings more than four decades’ experience in executive leadership, program management, and multidisciplinary engineering research and development...

Volpe Property Redevelopment Agreement Signed with MIT

The U.S. General Services Administration has signed a $750 million exchange agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), paving the way for the redevelopment of Volpe’s 14 acres of federally owned land in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Exploring the Landscape for Hyperloop Travel

Faster than a bird, a plane, and a high-speed train, riders in a conceptual hyperloop pod could cover the 400 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles in about half an hour. Yet for all the time-saving promise of hyperloop, there remain questions about passenger comfort, system costs, land use,...

A Look Back on 2016 with Volpe’s Annual Accomplishments

Each year, Volpe collaborates with the U.S. Department of Transportation, other federal agencies, and the broader transportation community on hundreds of projects that shape how people and goods move throughout the U.S. and abroad. Our Annual Accomplishments report highlights some of Volpe’s...

Interactive Report Out Now on The Future of Transportation

Volpe’s 2016 thought leadership speaker series The Future of Transportation continued our long tradition of convening thought leaders, decision makers, and stakeholders from across the transportation enterprise to anticipate future transportation challenges, generate fresh approaches to emerging...

National Transportation Noise Map Released

To better understand transportation sound levels, a Volpe Center team developed a simplified noise modeling tool for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics that makes it easy to track trends in noise levels over time. The tool was released on March 21.

Volpe’s 2016 Reports (Printable Version)

Volpe published over 75 reports and conference papers in 2016 spanning a myriad of transportation research topics. These reports are housed in the National Transportation Library and are listed in the attached document by topic areas.

Volpe's 2016 Reports

Volpe published more than 75 reports and conference papers in 2016 spanning a myriad of transportation research topics. Download free copies of Volpe’s transportation resources.