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{{Short description|United States government agency}} | {{Short description|United States government agency}} | ||
[[File:John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge Massachusetts.jpg|thumb|The Volpe Center]] | [[File:John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge Massachusetts.jpg|thumb|The Volpe Center]] | ||
[[File:New Volpe Center.jpg|alt=A picture of glass skyscraper with a white facade that is 10-15 stories tall, taken from another nearby tower. |thumb|The future Volpe Center in summer 2023 before its opening.]] | [[File:New Volpe Center.jpg|alt=A picture of glass skyscraper with a white facade that is 10-15 stories tall, taken from another nearby tower. |thumb|The future Volpe Center in summer 2023 before its opening.]] | ||
The '''John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center''' (colloquially, the '''Volpe Center''') in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], is a center of transportation and logistics expertise in the [[Research and Innovative Technology Administration]] of the [[United States Department of Transportation]] (U.S. DOT). | The '''John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center''' (colloquially, the '''Volpe Center''') in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], is a center of transportation and logistics expertise in the [[Research and Innovative Technology Administration]] of the [[United States Department of Transportation]] (U.S. DOT). | ||
The center's work includes projects that cut across traditional transportation modes and technical disciplines, including the [[Federal Aviation Administration]]'s [[Enhanced Traffic Management System]] (ETMS) | The center's work includes projects that cut across traditional transportation modes and technical disciplines, including the | ||
* [[Federal Aviation Administration]]'s [[Enhanced Traffic Management System]] (ETMS) | |||
* [[Safety Performance Analysis System]] (SPAS) | |||
* [[Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration]]'s [[SafeStat Online]] | |||
The Center helps federal, state, and local governments, industry, and academia in various areas, including [[human factors]] research, system design, implementation and assessment, global tracking, strategic investment and resource allocation, environmental preservation, and organizational effectiveness. | The Center helps federal, state, and local governments, industry, and academia in various areas, including [[human factors]] research, system design, implementation and assessment, global tracking, strategic investment and resource allocation, environmental preservation, and organizational effectiveness. | ||
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Volpe differs from most federal organizations in that it receives no direct appropriation from Congress. Instead, its roughly $200 million annual budget is funded by fees for its work. | Volpe differs from most federal organizations in that it receives no direct appropriation from Congress. Instead, its roughly $200 million annual budget is funded by fees for its work. | ||
The center is named for | The center is named for John Volpe, a former Massachusetts governor and [[U.S. Secretary of Transportation]]. | ||
== Location == | == Location == | ||