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Best Annual Meeting Paper Award
Recognizes the author(s) of a paper judged to be the best of those written and presented at the ITE Western District Annual Meeting based upon its value to everyday transportation engineering. The author must be a Westerm District (District 6) member. Papers are screened by the local arrangements technical committee and judged by a panel of section technical chairs, reviewing both the paper and presentation. Key criteria include: Ability to easily understand author’s subject; Material which provides innovative/unique creative information to ITE members; Quality of presentation; Ability to clearly communicate information presented in paper; and Time Management. The award was established in 1992 and the winning author(s) receive a plaque at the Western District Annual Meeting.
| Year |
Award Winner
|
Paper Title
|
| 2012 | Sam Morrissey and Steve Weinberger | “Enhanced Pedestrian Crossing Treatments in Santa Monica“ |
| 2011 | Smith Siromaskul | “Breaking the Diamond: DDIs, CFIs, and SPUIs“ |
| 2010 | Ricardo Olea | “San Francisco’s Octavia Boulevard“ |
| 2009 | Chuch Huffine | “Changing Campus Culture: Making the Bus “Cool”“ |
| 2008 | James M. Witkowski | “Maricopa County Enhanced Parkway Alternatives Study” |
| 2007 | James Peters, Robert Bertini, and Jay McCoy | “Evaluating an Adaptive Signal Control System in Gresham“ |
| 2006 | Fred Liang | Development of the Bellevue Real Time Arterial Traffic Flow Map |
| 2005 | Randy Kinney | Experience Using Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) to Evaluate Alternatives for a Rural Mountainous Two-Lane Highway 3R Project |
| 2004 | Paul Brown | Relentless Traffic Demand Meets its Match in Isolated Corridors |
| 2003 | Sutti Tantiyanugulchai | Analysis of a Transit Bus as a Probe Vehicle for Arterial Performance Measures |
| 2002 | Stephen Sargeant | Performance Evaluation of Modern Roundabouts on South Golden Road |
| 2001 | Wayne Ko, Glenn Grayson, Scott Carlson | Traffic Signal Priority Through Signal System Control |
| 2000 | William Kloos and Kenneth Turner | Implementing Traffic Signal Priority for Buses in Portland |
| 1999 | Tom Blaine,Charles Braden and Tanya Komogorova | Intergration on GIS and GPS Technologies for Automated Maintenance of Traffic Control Signs |
| 1998 | Jack Fleck and Bridget Smith | How Can We Make Red Light Runners Stop? |
| 1997 | Eric Wrage and Jerome Hall | Efforts to Control Vehicle Speeds in New Mexico Work Zones |
| 1996 | Daniel Cleavenger and Jonathan Upchurch | Motorist Perception of Ramp Metering |
| 1995 | Barry Schulz and Stephen Pouliot | Colorado State Highway 82 Project-Basalt to Buttermilk |
| 1994 | Mark Miller | Microwave Traffic Signal Interconnect – A Viable Alternative to Land Lines |
| 1993 | Patricia Noyes | Evaluation of Traditional Speed Reduction Efforts in Residential Areas |
| 1992 | Steven Colman | Are traffic signals economically warranted? |


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