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, [...]

By Kimberly Leung, P.E., T.E., Western District President The Western District Board met in mid-September for our Fall Executive Committee Meeting to onboard our new officers and to prepare for the upcoming year! We are excited to welcome Josh McNeill as our new District Secretary-Treasurer and Peter Koonce as [...]

By Kimberly Leung, P.E., T.E., Western District President Thank you to the 1600+ attendees who joined for the ITE Joint International and Western District Annual Meeting in Portland! It was a busy meeting with a robust technical program, Young Member events, and social and networking opportunities. Our Annual Meetings [...]

By Kimberly Leung, P.E., T.E., Western District President We are just a few weeks out from the ITE Joint International and Western District Annual Meeting in Portland! With so many events available at this joint meeting, I want to highlight some of our Western District activities to add to [...]

By Kimberly Leung, P.E., T.E., Western District President While April was focused on visiting Sections and student chapters in the northern part of California, I spent most of May joining for a series of District student events hosted by the Riverside-San Bernardino, Washington, and Southern California sections. Having previously [...]

By Kimberly Leung, P.E., T.E., Western District President This year, I have been most excited about reconnecting with our members. I would like to thank our Sections and student chapters who have so generously invited me to join for events as we’ve started transitioning to in-person and hybrid meetings. [...]