The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) established the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) in 1970 to serve as a federal resource positioned to provide world-renowned, multidisciplinary, multimodal transportation expertise on behalf of U.S. DOT’s operating administrations, the Office of the Secretary, and external organizations.
The Volpe Center’s extensive cross-modal partnerships have led to innovative solutions that have advanced national and global transportation systems.
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Our Mission
At the Volpe Center, our mission is to advance transportation innovation for the public good.
We work to anticipate emerging transportation issues and objectively address the nation’s most pressing and complex transportation challenges, particularly those that can be solved with an intermodal, systems perspective. Our solutions emphasize safety, infrastructure, innovation, and accountability.
Our Team
Through a vibrant culture of thought-leadership and meaningful engagement in professional and technical organizations, our team of experts at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center anticipates and addresses challenges, and develops solutions that advance the national and global transportation systems.
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