Value proposition

More than 50 years of advancing transportation innovation for the public good.

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.

transportation, research and development, policy and planning, environment, energy, safety management systems, logistics, security, engineering, aviation, human factors, technology and innovation, railroad, and trains