Established by Western District following the 1994 Annual Meeting in Portland where the Oregon Section created an event at the annual meeting as an entertaining and fellowship-building competition between sections answering questions about the transportation profession (in a College Bowl or Jeopardy format).
The Traffic Bowl was renamed the William C. Kloos Traffic Bowl in 2009. William C. (Bill) Kloos was a Fellow member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and held membership since 1973. Bill was an active supporter of the Oregon Section of ITE for 25 years and served as its President in 1991.
Bill contributed over 35 years to the transportation profession focused on transportation operations through his extensive work on traffic signal operation, systems, timing, management, and design with FHWA and the cities of San Antonio, Texas and Portland, Oregon providing sage advice to any interested engineer in the profession.
ITE recognizes recognizes William C. Kloos for his significant contributions and leadership and gratefully acknowledges his efforts in the betterment of the rewarding profession of transportation engineering.
Winners prior to 2020 reflect the Western District boundary prior to the creation of the Rocky Mountain District.
Year |
Meeting Location
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Winner, 2nd Place, 3rd Place
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2022 | Palm Springs, CA | Northern California Section (David Tokarski, Cameron Shew, Ravi Narayanan, Zach Bosch) |
2021 | Portland, OR (Virtual Meeting) | No Event |
2020 | Honolulu, HI (Virtual Meeting) | No Event |
2019 | Monterey, CA | San Diego Section (Eric Ruehr, Joe De La Garza, Zoubir Ouadah, Ali Shahzad) Southern California Section (Walter Okitsu, Josh McNeill, Griffin Kantz, Monica Suter) Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter (Raid Tirhi, Mahmoud Khadr, Eric Lewis, Jonathan Hofert) |
2018 | Keystone, CO | Southern California Section |
2017 | San Diego, CA | SoCal 65+ #MustangsRevenge Green (Intermountain) |
2016 | Albuquerque, NM | Chile Dogs (AZ/NV) Colorado San Diego LAC |
2015 | Las Vegas, NV | Guaranteed Green Lights Wallflowers SLO and Steady |
2014 | Rapid City, SD | No Clue Wild West USA Bench Warmers |
2013 | Phoenix, AZ | New Mexico Section Oregon Section Southern California Section |
2012 | Santa Barbara, CA | Riverside-San Bernardino Section Washington Section Arizona Section |
2011 | Anchorage, AK | New Mexico Section Southern California Section Alaska Section |
2010 | San Francisco, CA | San Diego Section New Mexico Section SF Bay Area Section |
2009 | Denver, CO | Arizona Section Northern California Section Southern California Section |
2008 | Anaheim, CA | Colorado-Wyoming Section New Mexico Section San Diego Section |
2007 | Portland, OR | SF Bay Area Section Northern California Section Oregon Section |
2006 | Honolulu, HI | Southern California Section Washington Section California Border Section |
2005 | Kalispell, MT | WTI past present and your future Old Pharts Riverside-San Bernardino Section |
2004 | Sacramento, CA | Traffic Jam Southern California Section Intermountain Section |
2003 | Seattle, WA | Southern California Section Washington Section Intermountain Section |
2002 | Palm Desert, CA | Southern California Section New Mexico Section California Border Section |
2001 | Albuquerque, NM | Riverside-San Bernardino Section Oregon Section Washington Section |
2000 | San Diego, CA | San Francisco Bay Area Section Washington Section Old Pharts |
1999 | Las Vegas, NV | Intermountain Section San Francisco Bay Area Section New Mexico Section |
1998 | San Jose, CA | California Border Section New Mexico Section Intermountain Section |
1997 | Salt Lake City, UT | Oregon Section Northern California Section Intermountain Section |
1996 | Fresno, CA | Arizona Section San Francisco Bay Area Section Ventura/Santa Barbara Chapter |
1995 | Denver, CO | New Mexico Section Arizona Section Oregon, Section |
1994 | Portland, OR | New Mexico Section Washington Section Ventura/Santa Barbara Chapter |