By Doug Smith, P.E. Western District President I hope everyone is having a fun and productive summer of 2024! This summer is going by fast. Since attending the ITE Alaska section meeting in May I have had the opportunity to attend a lunch meeting with the Central California section [...]

By Doug Smith, P.E. Western District President This month I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days in Anchorage, Alaska visiting with our ITE Alaska section members. It was a great trip where I had the opportunity to speak to attendees at the monthly luncheon held at [...]

By Doug Smith, P.E. Western District President Whether you’re a passenger, driver, cyclist, or pedestrian, one of ITE’s collective goals is to ensure safe journeys on the roads of the Western District. The program for the upcoming Western District Annual Meeting provides ample opportunities for attendees to learn from [...]

By Doug Smith, P.E. Western District President I was listening to a webinar related to the changes to the new MUTCD 11 Edition and it made me think about how much our transportation and traffic engineering industry has changed over the last few years. It is an incredibly exciting [...]

By Doug Smith, P.E. Western District President When I was in university (yes a very long time ago), we did not have an ITE Student Chapter at our school to learn more about transportation. I was enrolled in the college of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a focus on [...]

By Doug Smith, P.E. Western District President Happy New Year and welcome to the 2024 edition of the ITE Western District news. The Western District is starting the new year very fast. I want to thank all of the Executive Officers, Committee Chairs and Section Representatives who work so [...]

By Kimberly Leung, P.E., T.E., Western District President When I first joined ITE as a student, I never imagined that I would be here about to wrap up my time as the Western District President. Some of my first memories as a student member include meeting people like Mark [...]

By Kimberly Leung, P.E., T.E., Western District President The Western District wrapped up our technical events for the year with our annual fall webinar series, which highlights award-winning projects that were featured in the Western District’s Transportation Project of the Year nominations. This webinar series continues to supplement on-going [...]

By Kimberly Leung, P.E., T.E., Western District President As we start winding down the year, I would like to first thank our 2023 ITE Western District sponsors! Principal sponsors include LLG Engineering, SIDRA Solutions, and Michael Baker International. Major sponsors include W-Trans, Q-Free, and Iteris. Wilson Okamoto, Ganddini Group, [...]