President’s Message: The Future May Arrive Sooner than You Think
My family is remodeling our home and building a new garage. This has required predicting what we will need in what I previously thought was the far off future. For instance, should we have a 9-foot driveway to make backing out easier or will our next car be so smart [...]
Plan Your Phoenix Annual Meeting Trip Now
By now you should have received the e-mail from our Phoenix Local Arrangements Committee announcing the ITE Western District Annual Meeting, to be held Sunday July 14 to Wednesday July 17, 2013 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Activities actually begin a day earlier when we hold our MiteY Race event. [...]
Register for the MiteY Race
Join us in Phoenix, AZ on July 13th from 4-6 PM for the next installment of the MiteY Race. This year's MiteY race is presented in conjunction with the 2013 Western District Annual Meeting as a fundraiser for the Student Endowment Fund.The MiteY Race is modeled after the hit television [...]
Western District PR Committee Takes on Traffic Engineer Bashing
The Public Relations Committee is now focusing most of its efforts on addressing the "Traffic Engineer Bashing" issue. The Committee members have been discussing what people/factors shaped their own approaches to traffic engineering and it is apparent that many attitudes are shaped by circumstances. For example, the people who worked [...]
Volunteers Needed for Collaborative Parking Issues
ITE's Joint Task Force on Collaborative Parking Issues (JTFP) is looking for enthusiastic volunteers for four different projects. You can view the project summaries in PDF format by clicking on the links below. The summaries describe what we anticipate the project to deliver and should give an estimate of work required from the volunteers. If [...]
Student Endowment Fund Spotlight: May/June
The May-June Spotlight was written by Mike Packard, ITE Hawaii Section President, regarding their recent contribution to the Endowment Fund. The Hawaii Section is the District’s most recent Gold-Level contributor to the Endowment Fund. The following is their article: The ITE Hawaii Section is privileged to be the newest Gold Level sponsor [...]
2013 Western District Candidates
Candidates for Office The following are the 2013 Western District Board candidates for office for your consideration. All members are encouraged to vote. Regardless of how you vote, please vote and make your voice be heard. The deadline for voting electronically has been set as late as possible to allow [...]
Remembering Harry Parker
Harry Parker, past president of the Western District and a highly-respected ITE member in Southern California passed away on March 6, 2013. Harry was born on February 12, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. He once said that he knew at a very early age that transportation was in his future, since [...]
Student Endowment Fund Spotlight: Mar/Apr
Join us in Phoenix, AZ on July 13th from 4-6 PM for the next installment of the MiteY Race. This year’s MiteY race is presented in conjunction with the 2013 Western District Annual Meeting as a fundraiser for the Student Endowment Fund. The MiteY Race is modeled after the hit [...]
President’s Message: Taking on Traffic Engineer Bashing
Somehow, "traffic engineer" has become shorthand for a car-loving, lane-inserting opponent to all things walkable and livable. Among us ITE members who are traffic engineers, being viewed as the villain might be regarded as part of the job. Even though perhaps half the projects I work on nowadays involve converting lanes of [...]
