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  • District Website Photo Contest Winner

    District Website Photo Contest Winner

    The City of Tempe Realizes its Multimodal Vision for University Drive Written By:  Ray Yparraguirre, P.E. The context of one heavily-traveled Tempe, Arizona roadway has significantly transformed in the past two years thanks to a successful partnership among the City of Tempe, Kimley-Horn, and area stakeholders. The Kimley-Horn team, led by Project Manager Ray more >
  • Public Relations Committee Update

    Public Relations Committee Update

    Improving Communications in our Profession Written By: Doug Smith, Public Relations Committee Chair Being the parent of two middle school children (yes, I know what you are thinking…I started a little late!), it is not unusual to be standing around at a school function, birthday party or soccer tournament and get the inevitable question – more >
  • Leadership Session for Young Professionals in Albuquerque

    Leadership Session for Young Professionals in Albuquerque

    The Career Guidance Committee is bringing you a new session this year at the Western District Annual Meeting in Albuquerque that takes inspiration from LeadershipITE. This session will group young professionals with at least one year of work experience into teams to complete a project during the session. Students are invited to attend and more >
  • Webmaster Spotlight

    Webmaster Spotlight

    Written By: Justin Link, Webmaster “Why do I need to join Thefacebook? I already have a Myspace page.” (For those of you younger than I, and I’m not that old, there used to be a “the” in the Facebook domain name. Try it out, and it will redirect you to facebook.com) Famous last words. It more >
  • Have your project featured on the Western District website!

    Have your project featured on the Western District website!

    The Western District is asking for photos of your best projects to be used as the header for our website and social media pages.  Send us your best example of a project that embodies ITE and the transportation issues of today.  The winning photo will be featured on our website and social media pages, more >
  • Student Initiatives Committee Update

    Student Initiatives Committee Update

    Written By: Danielle Scharf, Student Initiatives Committee Chair The Student and Faculty Initiatives Committee promotes the advancement of the profession by fostering the close association of professionals with transportation planning and engineering students.  This committee is responsible for the majority of the student awards and student events planned in conjunction with the Western District more >
  • Important Information for the 2016 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque

    Important Information for the 2016 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque

    On behalf of the New Mexico Section Local Arrangements Committee (LAC), we are excited to invite you to attend the 2016 Western District Meeting in Albuquerque, July 10-13.  We’re hard at work preparing for your arrival as we plan a full schedule of conference activities including a robust technical program, fun networking opportunities, vendor more >
  • Spring 2016 WesternITE

    Spring 2016 WesternITE

    The Spring 2016 issue of WesternITE is on it’s way to your door with information about the elections, Annual Meeting, and revisions to the Bylaws.  You can also read it online here
  • Technical Committee Update

    Technical Committee Update

    Written By: Amit Kothari, Technical Committee Chair The goal of the Technical Committee is to support and promote valuable technical activities related to the transportation profession within the Western District.  This is achieved through dissemination of information through the District website, newsletters and e-mails as well as numerous competitive technical programs managed by the more >