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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

As part of U.S. DOT, our mission is to improve the nation’s transportation system by anticipating emerging issues and advancing technical, operational, and institutional innovations for the public good.

The Uncertainty of the "Made In" Label in Today's Global Economy

"If you want to buy an American car, you need to buy it from a Japanese company," said Stephen Carmel, a Senior Vice President at Maersk Line Limited. Carmel spoke about the "made in" label's irrelevance in today's global economy during a February 16 Straight from the Source presentation at...

Volpe Featured on New Cable TV Series

Volpe was recently showcased on a new cable TV series, Your Federal Government. The 30-minute episode features Director Robert Johns discussing Volpe's history and its unique role in the federal government, functioning as both a consultant and a federal agency.