Recognized the author(s) of a paper judged (by the WesternITE managing editor and technical editor) to be the best of those published by a Western District member in the WesternITE during the previous calendar year. This award was established in 1987 and first awarded in 1988. The winning author received a plaque at the annual meeting. This award was discontinued after 2010.
| Year |
Award Winner
|
Paper Title
|
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | William R. Loudon | “Consideration of Congestion Pricing and Managed Lanes in Metropolitan Transportation Planning” |
| 2009 | Ahmed Aburahmah | “City Engineer’s Work with Community for Safety, Traffic Flow, and Beautification in San Diego” |
| 2008 | James M. Whitty | “Oregon’s Distance-based Road User Fee System: Meeting Road Revenue for the 21st Century” (May/June 2008) |
| 2007 | Robert Bertini, Kristin Tufte, Timothy Welch and Ransford McCourt | “Transportation Gets Googled” (January/February 2006) |
| 2006 | Joseph A. Hart, Lawrence J. Corcoran and William C. Fox | “Play Streets in Suburban Neighborhoods” (July/August 2005) |
| 2005 | Linda Crabill | “San Jose Gets Street Smarts” (March/April 2005) |
| 2004 | Chris Behmer Kent Kacir David Noyce |
Findings and Recommendations of NCHRP 3-54: Evaluation of Traffic Signal Displays for Protected/Permissive Left-Turn Control (July/August 2003 issue) |
| 2003 | Paul F. Brown & Kathyrn J. Harris | School Access and Circulation: A Changing World |
| 2002 |
Rock Miller & George Dore
|
In-Pavement Flashing Crosswalks – The State of the Art |
| 2001 | John Fisher | Vintage Traffic Control in Southern California |
| 2000 | Robert Rees | All-Way Stop Sign Installation Criteria |
| 1999 | Victor Salemann | Policy Based Capacity: Setting Limits to Achieve Community Vision – Could the Highway Capacity Manual Be Wrong? |
| 1998 | Chris Hoff | Legal Issues Surrounding Photo-Radar Speed Enforcement |
| 1997 | Steven Colman | Does residential density really reduce trip generation? |
| 1996 | John Merritt, Nancy Lyon Stadler | Advanced Traffic Management Systems in Colorado Springs |
| 1995 | Glenn Grigg | Newton, Einstein and Webster – Their Relationship to You |
| 1994 | Ed Cline | The Kinder, Gentler Speed Bump |
| 1993 | Robert Crommelin | When You Turn On, Should You Flash or Not? |
| 1992 | Herman Kimmel | Review of the Enhanced At-Grade Intersection |
| 1991 | Nazir Lalani | Magical Intersections |
| 1990 | Gerald Walters, John Peers | The Service Level Ordinance as a Growth Management Tool |
| 1989 | Kristi Berg | California Development Extractions – Judicial Limits and Current Practice |
| 1988 | Wolfgang HomburgerGerald Robbins | The Stop Sign EpidemicIncreasing Bus Speed Through Improved Stop Spacing |
