Expiration Date No Longer Needed on Calif. PE Stamps
By Walter Okitsu, Western District Licensing & Certification Chair California law was changed regarding professional engineering (PE) stamps. On October 11, 2009 Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 645 (Niello) that eliminated the requirement to show expiration dates on PE stamps. The seal must continue to show name, number, and discipline, but [...]
Mississippi and Missouri to receive $9.4 Million for transportation improvements
Taken from US DOT: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Awards $9.4 Million for Mississippi and Missouri Transportation Improvements WASHINGTON – Nine highway projects in Mississippi and Missouri will receive $9.4 million from the Federal Highway Administration’s Delta Region Transportation Development Program (DRTDP), U.S Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced today. “Investments [...]
Transportation Communication Newsletter: A website to visit
Below are a selection of news updates taken from the Transportation Communication Newsletter: (http://transport-communications.blogspot.com/) The transport communication newsletter is a frequently updated blog that hosts volumes of great transportation news. I have placed a permanent link to the website at the right hand side of the page in the section [...]
Crash Tests Help Reduce Traffic Deaths
NPR's Brian Naylor recently published an article detailing exactly how the use of crash tests and the dummies involved help to reduce traffic deaths. The article also linked to a top safe vehicles list published by the Institute for Highway Safety that can be found by following the link within [...]
Election Nominees for 2011:
District 6 Candidates for Office Candidate for President Edgar Perez Candidate for Vice President Alyssa Reynolds Candidates for Secretary-Treasurer Walter Okitsu Doug Smith Candidates for International Director Jennifer Rosales Nate Larson The Institute's Nomination Committee has selected as their nominees to run for election to serve starting 2011: International President [...]
Student Endowment Fund Spotlight: Nov/Dec
Section President Craig Faessler: The Colorado-Wyoming Section had the honor and pleasure of hosting the Western District annual meeting this past July. Our local arrangements committee worked very hard to pull together another successful event for the District. To kick off the event, the Colorado-Wyoming Section became only the second group to reach [...]
President’s Message: A Year of Opportunity
Michael Sanderson, P.E., PTOE Denver, Colorado was recently the scene of another terrific Western District Annual Meeting. Thank you to Nate Larson and Will Johnson for your leadership and thanks to all the hard working members of the Local Arrangements Committee. All of us who attended enjoyed your Rocky Mountain [...]
Changing Campus Culture: Making the Bus “Cool”
Union and Classroom Express Route Charles W. Huffine, P.E., P.T.O.E., A.I.C.P., and Joanna Morsicato Abstract Most colleges and universities are trying to solve parking problems these days. People want to park near their destinations. Parking supplies never seem to be large enough, and providing more parking brings more cars into [...]
2009 Denver Awards
Congratulations to the First Student Traffic Bowl Winners University of Wyoming […]
Section and Chapter Activities
Colorado/Wyoming The Colorado/Wyoming Section of ITE had a busy summer! The Section kicked off the summer with our annual golf tournament on Friday, June 26th at the West Woods Golf Club. There were 82 players at this year’s Colorado/Wyoming Section golf tournament, and generous donations from our sponsors made for [...]
