Upcoming Annual Meetings
The New Mexico Section has been selected to host the 2016 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque. Our future meetings will be 2013 Phoenix, Arizona; 2014 Rapid City, South Dakota (joint meeting with Midwestern District); 2015 Las Vegas, Nevada; 2016 Albuquerque, New Mexico; and 2017 San Diego, California. Our upcoming meeting in Phoenix [...]
New Committee Chairs
We have new committee chairs serving the District. Neelam Sharma will be our new Career Guidance Chair, Justin Link will be our Website Manager, and Past President Alyssa Reynolds will chair the Advisory Committee. Danielle Scharf has been reappointed to serve a new term chairing the Student Initiatives Committee.
Going to Atlanta?
If you are attending the Atlanta ITE International Annual Meeting, please join our Western District President Walter Okitsu Sunday, August 12, 7:30pm at a small reception for Western District members. The reception will take place in Walter's hotel room, and sponsored by KOA Corporation, who will provide a bathtub full [...]
Remembering Paul Box, Willa Wilcox Mylroie-Fassett, and Rich Romer
Paul Box, Willa Wilcox Mylroie-Fassett, Rich Romer Our District has recently lost three distinguished members. We will miss these colleagues and friends: Paul Box (1923-2012) was a recipient of ITE's Burton W. Marsh Distinguished Award. His memorial service will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona July 29th. He is [...]
2012 Award Winners
The following is the complete list of award winners at this year's Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara. Congratulations to all the winners! Award 2012 Awardee Individual Achievement Award Cathy Leong Lifetime Achievement Award Jonathan Upchurch Student Endowment Fund Contributor Recognition Northern California Section, Washington Section, Whitlock & Weinberger Transportation, Inc., [...]
Student Endowment Fund Spotlight: Jul/Aug
Thank you to all of our supporters at the recent Western District Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara, CA! We kicked off the meeting on Saturday afternoon with 10 student and 7 family/friends teams competing in the next installment of the MiteY Race. Teams started the race at the Fess Parker Doubletree [...]
President’s Message
By Alyssa Reynolds, P.E., PTOE, Western District President I recently listened to a presentation by a speaker, Rebecca Ryan. Ms. Ryan is an economist and founder of a consulting firm that helps clients attract and retain talent, particularly young professionals. Her presentation focused on how our country is currently [...]
Western District Candidates 2012 [UPDATE]
OFFICER ELECTIONS: Electronic Voting The Western District is again offering its members the convenience of on-line voting. Your on-line ballot to vote in the Western District election will be accessible beginning Wednesday, May 23, 2012, and on-line voting will close Monday, June 26, 2012 at midnight EDT. If you are [...]
Bicycle Sharing in the U.S. State-of-the-Art
By Robert Kahn, P.E., RK Engineering Group, Inc. In the fall of 2007, I visited Paris, France, where I was introduced to the Vélib’ Bicycle Sharing System. At that time, Vélib’ included approximately 10,000 bicycles with 750 docking stations, which has since expanded to include over 20,000 bicycles with 1,451 [...]
2012 Mid-Year Board Meeting Highlights
By Karen Aspelin, P.E., PTOE, Western District Secretary-Treasurer On January 27, 2012, Western District Board members, committee chairs, section leaders, and guests met at the Hilton Garden Inn in Las Vegas for the 2012 Western District mid-year board meeting. President Alyssa Reynolds announced appointments of Joey Markuson as WesternITE Managing [...]
