Our team supports U.S. DOT Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, leveraging innovation to advance transit safety improvements—like using uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to remotely inspect tracks and highway-rail grade crossings. Learn more: tinyurl.com/ytfjztvj
U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Research
Cambridge, Massachusetts 7,488 followers
More than 50 years of advancing transportation innovation for the public good.
About us
For more than 50 years, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe Center has helped the transportation community navigate its most challenging problems. As the National Transportation Systems Center, our mission is to improve transportation by anticipating and addressing emerging issues and advancing technical, operational, and institutional innovations across all modes. The Volpe Center is a unique federal agency that is 100 percent funded by sponsored projects. We partner with public and private organizations to assess the needs of the transportation community, evaluate research and development endeavors, assist in the deployment of state-of-the-art transportation technologies, and inform decision- and policy-making through our comprehensive analyses. Home to renowned multidisciplinary expertise in all modes of transportation, the Volpe Center serves its sponsor agencies with advanced technologies, research, and programs to ensure a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets vital national and international interests and enhances the quality of life for the traveling public, today and into the future.
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https://www.volpe.dot.gov/
External link for U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
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- Research
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- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1970
- Specialties
- transportation, research and development, policy and planning, environment, energy, safety management systems, logistics, security, engineering, aviation, human factors, technology and innovation, railroad, and trains
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Employees at U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
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We’re looking for engineers to help manage complex transportation projects—from civil to mechanical, from electrical to environmental. Seeking a diverse group of well-qualified candidates. Apply now: tinyurl.com/2s4j2ntv
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Our team recently traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma to meet with Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant awardees in the Indian Nations Council of Governments. Working alongside a videography/photography services contractor, the team interviewed elected officials and tribal leaders, project staff, and community members to document progress made in this SS4A funded project. The team will support similar visits with SS4A grant awardees this summer. Learn more about our program development and capacity building team’s work: tinyurl.com/2amxrpxp
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We’re working with USDOT Research and Technology to help communities improve local transportation efficiency and safety through the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grants program. Learn more: tinyurl.com/3vxvuuk8
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In support of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, we’re working with states and communities to build a convenient, reliable national electric vehicle charging network. Learn more: tinyurl.com/487dansu
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Our team recently organized safety site visits and technology demonstrations with the City of Boston and MassDOT, as well as safety and sustainability managers from Republic Services. We demonstrated a 360-degree camera truck safety technology demonstration at the Boston Central Fleet Maintenance facility and then demonstrated our virtual reality truck safety simulation platform in our human factors lab. Technical discussions focused on blind zone prevention and mitigation. Learn more about our human factors lab: tinyurl.com/4x26y8zn Learn more about our Energy Analysis and Sustainability team’s work: tinyurl.com/2dfeycka
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One of our engineers recently traveled to Toulouse, France to lead an international aviation meeting. The SAE Committee A-21 Spring 2024 general meeting supports FAA/DOT’s aircraft noise measurement and modeling and emissions modeling needs with the international community. FAA develops the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT), which is used globally, and participation in the SAE A-21 meeting helps gain international support/acceptance of the tool. The U.S. DOT Volpe Center uses and offers training on AEDT twice a year. Learn more about our Environmental Measurement & Modeling team’s work—including our AEDT training—here: tinyurl.com/5fkuzdpv
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We’re hiring entry-level economists to work as part of a team providing leaders with information to make policy, programmatic, regulatory, and procurement decisions. Work includes cost-benefit analyses, forecasting, evaluations, and surveys. The work you do can help save lives, support sustainability, promote civil rights, and help make every dollar count. Seeking a diverse group of well-qualified candidates. Apply now: tinyurl.com/3us47hw8
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Our team recently supported public listening sessions ahead of FMCSA’s Safety Fitness Determination methodology proposed rulemaking at the Texas Trucking Show in Houston. Learn more about our Safety Measurement and Analysis team’s work: tinyurl.com/4n5456k2
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A team of environmental control specialists and community planners were recently in Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site completing a site visit with National Park Service (NPS) staff to collect on-the-ground data and information and facilitate an Internal Scoping Workshop with park staff. Our project team used real-time web mapping to collect GIS data, as well as a tracking application and location-enabled photos to gather geolocated data on proposed trails that will be integrated into updated maps and a pre-NEPA report to advance the Comprehensive Trails Plan. This Comprehensive Trails Planning effort will facilitate decision-making for improving pedestrian and bicycle access to and within Gettysburg National Military Park, the most visited Civil War battlefield in the country, and adjacent Eisenhower National Historic Site, improving transportation safety, equitable access, and protection of valuable historic, cultural, and natural resources at both parks. Learn more about our Public Lands team’s work here: tinyurl.com/48224sm6
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