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  • President’s Message: Taking on Traffic Engineer Bashing

    President’s Message: Taking on Traffic Engineer Bashing

    Somehow, “traffic engineer” has become shorthand for a car-loving, lane-inserting opponent to all things walkable and livable. Among us ITE members who are traffic engineers, being viewed as the villain might be regarded as part of the job. Even though perhaps half the projects I work on nowadays involve converting lanes of traffic into something else, more >
  • President’s Message

    President’s Message

    By Walter Okitsu, ITE Western District President WE NEED YOUR LATEST E-MAIL ADDRESS If this sentence is the first you’ve received from me since I was sworn-in as President last June, please update your profile on ITE Headquarters’ website at www.ite.org. I have already e-mailed two editions of E-News from ITE Western District to more >
  • President’s Message

    President’s Message

    By Alyssa Reynolds, P.E., PTOE,   Western District President I recently listened to a presentation by a speaker, Rebecca Ryan. Ms. Ryan is an economist and founder of a consulting firm that helps clients attract and retain talent, particularly young professionals. Her presentation focused on how our country is currently experiencing “winter” in our more >
  • President’s Message: December 2011

    President’s Message: December 2011

    by Alyssa Reynolds, Western District President Reconnecting: Ten years ago I was newly employed in the Las Vegas Valley. I attended the local ITE chapter meetings, but as I considered my own fledgling ITE career it was difficult to imagine serving on the board anytime soon.  A few months later, I was invited to more >
  • President’s Message: May 2011

    President’s Message: May 2011

    Edgar Perez The Annual Meeting will be here before you know it!   This is a recap of past events, some announcements and reminders to keep you in the loop: Mid-year meeting. Western District Board members, Western District Committee Chairs, some Section Presidents and Guests attended the Mid-year’s meeting held in San Diego, California more >

  • President’s Message December 2010: Merry Christmas

    By Edgar Perez Or, Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings, to be politically correct. This is a message to wish all of you the most wonderful, magnificent and joyous time. May this time be filled with peace and happiness in the company of your loved ones. May you share the love that you have by more >

  • Presiden’t Message November 2010: Stay Informed

    By Edgar Perez STAY INFORMED Sticking Together in Alaska The Alaska LAC is planning a “Duct Tape Ball” to take place on Tuesday night during the 2011 ITE Western District Conference to be held in Alaska on July 10-13. The idea of using duct tape is to celebrate Alaska as the highest user of more >

  • President’s Message: Serve, Learn, Share, Act, Enjoy

    Edgar Perez, Western District President Thank you for responding to Alaska’s Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) survey and for committing to attending the Anchorage, Alaska meeting in 2011. All of you that responded to the call to “Commit to Alaska” will receive an email from the LAC with instructions on how to obtain your price. more >

  • President’s Message: July 2010

    Learn, Share, Act, Have Fun The San Francisco meeting was a great success and I commend the efforts of the LAC in putting together such a WOW meeting. On behalf of the Western District, I thank all attendees, vendors, sponsors, and volunteers for contributing to the success of the meeting. In July 2011, the more >