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Using the Traffic Noise Model to Mitigate Highway Noise Impacts on Communities
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) recently released a collection of stories from our 2021 Annual Accomplishments Publication, outlining our innovative work to help transportation agencies understand, manage, and mitigate...FAA Makes Environmentally Responsible Decisions Using Aviation Environmental Design Tool
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) recently released a collection of stories from our 2021 Annual Accomplishments Publication, outlining our innovative work to help transportation agencies understand, manage, and mitigate...Innovations to Mitigate Transportation Noise Impacts on Communities
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) recently released a collection of stories from our 2021 Annual Accomplishments Publication, outlining our innovative work to help transportation agencies understand, manage, and mitigate...Enhancing the BTS National Transportation Noise Map
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center recently released a collection of stories from our 2021 Annual Accomplishments Publication, outlining our innovative work to help transportation agencies understand, manage, and mitigate transportation...Advanced Acoustic Modeling of Urban Air Mobility Concept Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center recently released a collection of stories from our 2021 Annual Accomplishments Publication, outlining our innovative work to help transportation agencies understand, manage, and mitigate transportation...Increasing Efficiency in Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Inspections
Some highway-rail grade crossings are inspected only every 2-3 years. To address this challenge, VisioStack developed the Aerial Crossing Inspection System (AXIS) to assess crossing safety more efficiently with help from U.S. DOT’s SBIR program and the Federal Railroad Administration. AXIS allows...New Drone-Based System Assesses Highway-Rail Crossings to Improve Safety
Poor highway-rail grade crossing design can contribute to rail incidents. To address this challenge, MTRI Inc. developed Crossing-i, a drone-enabled inspection system, to assess crossing safety with help from U.S. DOT’s SBIR program and the Federal Railroad Administration. Crossing-i can help rail...Our Priorities
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center draws upon our multimodal, multidisciplinary expertise to advance U.S. DOT’s key priorities to improve our transportation system.
Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention: 2021 Meeting Notes
On November 19, 2021, The Volpe Center (US) hosted the 10th meeting of the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention (GRASP). On November 22, 2021, the Volpe Center hosted a smaller meeting to accommodate members from a variety of time zones. The GRASP working group began in January 2014...