2021 Annual Meeting – Traffic Bowl
Learn more about the Professional Traffic Bowl in the video below. This event will be held as part of the Virtual Family Night (Friday, July 23rd, 5:30-7:00 PM Pacific). Registration for this event is FREE for members, but attendees MUST register through this link to attend.
Annual Meeting Update
The virtual ITE International Annual Meeting will be held on July 20-22 & July 27-29 and include technical sessions, workshops, plenary sessions, and poster sessions. Registration for the technical meeting is open through the ITE International website. The Western District has planned a number of District-oriented events on July 23-24 in [...]
Student Endowment Fund: May/June 2021
The May/June spotlight was written by Sophia Tan, President of the UCLA ITE Student Chapter. UCLA ITE appreciates all the support from the Endowment Fund. Moving to virtual events this year, we've been able to continue many of our usual activities and adapt to new changes. This year, our project [...]
President’s Message
Dear Western District Members, I’d like to begin this month’s message by recognizing Western District Member and ITE California SB 743 Task Force Chair Erik Ruehr. Erik’s work on this effort began under the now-dissolved Western District Legislative Committee and has culminated after several years in the final “ITE Guide [...]
International Director’s Report
By Mark Spencer, P.E., Western District International Director The following summarizes the ITE International Board of Direction’s (IBOD) meetings during April 2021. The IBOD met virtually for a total of three 2-hour sessions. Budget and Finance Committee Report So far 2021 has been positive. ITE is on track to meet [...]
Public-Private Partnership Expedites Connected Vehicle Pilot Program Deployment
Public-Private Partnership Expedites Connected Vehicle Pilot Program Deployment By: Kirk Steudle, Econolite Sr. VP, Systems In August 2020, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced the deployment of connected vehicle technology along 34 intersections of the Ala Moana Boulevard/Nimitz Highway corridor – one of the busiest corridors in the [...]
President’s Message
Dear Western District Members, Registration for the 2021 Joint International and Western and Mountain Districts (Virtual) Annual Meeting is now live. Full registration is administered through ITE International with early bird rates through June 15th, but please visit the Western District website to view the schedule and register for additional [...]
President’s Message
Western District Members, In case you missed the announcement, our 2021 ITE Joint International and Western & Mountain Districts Annual Meeting will be pivoting from an in-person meeting to virtual format due to several on-going challenges related to COVID-19. You can read the full message from ITE Executive Director and [...]
Student Endowment Fund: March/April 2021
The March/April spotlight was written by David Hurwitz, Ph.D., FITE, Professor of transportation engineering and Student Chapter Advisor at Oregon State University (OSU). Reflections on the importance of ITE Student Chapters and the potential impact of Student Chapter Advisors on the future of the Institute Who am I Professionally? I [...]
President’s Message
The Western District held its Mid-Year Board Meeting on January 29th. We welcomed a new roster of Section Representatives who shared some of the creative ways each Section has adapted to the virtual environment. Our current Section Representatives are: Alaska - Jared Travis Bay Area - Smadar Boardman Central California [...]
