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Welcome to the Volpe Center

The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is an internationally recognized center of transportation and logistics expertise. Through research and development, engineering, and analysis, the Volpe Center helps decision-makers define problems and pursue solutions to lead transportation into the 21st century. In essence, the Volpe Center is a catalyst for innovation-a source of critical insight necessary to realize transportation's promising future

Our work includes a broad mix of projects that cut across traditional transportation modes and technical disciplines. We are well known internationally for our transportation expertise, and our highly skilled staff of experts is respected for their comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the transportation system. The Center has also successfully implemented several major programs such as the Federal Aviation Administration's Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS) and Safety Performance Analysis System (SPAS), and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's SafeStat Online.

The Center assists federal, state, and local governments, industry, and academia in a number of areas, including human factors research, system design, implementation, and assessment, global tracking, strategic investment and resource allocation, environmental preservation, and organizational effectiveness. In these and other areas, the Center provides its customers with valued policy support and strategic planning and analysis.

The Volpe Center is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration. However, we differ from most federal organizations in that we receive no direct appropriation from Congress. Instead, we are funded 100% through a fee-for-service structure in which all of our costs are covered by sponsored project work. Our entrepreneurial, market-driven organization supports approximately $200 million annually in project work

The Volpe Center is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts - across the Charles River from Boston, across the street from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and two subway stops from Harvard University. This dynamic atmosphere of intellectual excitement and professional ingenuity enriches our staff and infuses our work.

Visit the links on this page for more detailed information about the Volpe Center (such as our history and our formal mission statement). If you cannot find what you're looking for, please don't hesitate to contact us.

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