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To Reduce Fatal Motorcycle Crashes, First Understand How They Happen Infographic

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NHTSA and the U.S. DOT Volpe Center worked together to better understand the motorcycle crash problem, a critical first step toward improving the safety of motorcycle operators and other road users.

U.S. DOT Volpe Center Releases New Publications, Including Annual Project Accomplishments

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center has recently released three new publications in support of its mission to advance transportation innovation for the public good.

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center Seeks Student Interns for 2022

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) announced that it is now recruiting talented individuals to fill positions as part of its 2022 Pathways Internship Program.

U.S. DOT SBIR Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Annual Training: November 20, 2024

These slides are from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) training on fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA), held on November 20, 2024.

Beginning in FY 2022, this training is required annually for SBIR awardees.

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Robotic Utility Mapper Reduces Costs, Improves Safety During Infrastructure Planning and Maintenance

Accurately locating buried utilities is critical to safe infrastructure planning and maintenance. Enter RUMI—the robot that maps utility lines—developed by Intelligent Automation, Inc. with help from U.S.DOT's SBIR program and FHWA.

First-of-Its-Kind Hazard Alert System for Motorcyclists

With support from U.S. DOT’s SBIR program, Charles River Analytics developed a first-of—its-kind roadway hazard alert application for motorcyclists that alerts motorcyclists to such roadway dangers as infrastructure hazards, surface hazards, roadway obstacles, and weather hazards.

Recap: Strategies to Overcome Transportation Barriers for Rent Burdened Residents

On September 23, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Susan Shaheen, PhD, as the final speaker in its 2021 thought leadership speaker series, Innovation for a Sustainable, Equitable Transportation System. Shaheen is the co-director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center of the Institute...

Suicide Intervention Training Program Basics

View a 508-compliant version of the content presented in the Suicide Intervention Training Program Basics graphic.

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Research

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Systems Safety and Engineering Division works on behalf of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Program to evaluate methodologies, visual and audio warnings, motor vehicle and train presence detection,...

Connected Vehicles at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Research

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Systems Safety and Engineering Division supports FRA research activities related to designing, developing, and testing the Railroad Crossing Violation Warning (RCVW) vehicle-to-infrastructure safety application for connected vehicles. This collection of publications and...

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