Purpose of Data Collection Fund
- To generate relevant technical data in the West for transportation engineers and planners.
- To facilitate ITE Student Chapter activity and student mentoring by transportation professionals.
- To focus real world selection process and on practical, day-to-day, minor research in transportation engineering and planning.
- To focus on the collection of basic data.
- To provide funds to student chapters that may be used to offset travel costs for students to attend ITE meetings, which help them to better understand the transportation profession by meeting a wide range of working members.
Selection Process
Each year, the Student Endowment Fund supports up to four data collection projects. A Request for Proposals is issued in the fall, and selected student chapters are notified in January. Data collection projects can begin in the winter and must be completed by June 1 of the year.
Annual Western District Data Collection Fund Winners
2020 Data Collection Fund Winners
2019 Data Collection Fund Winners
- University of California, Los Angeles – Getty Center Museum; Proposal; Report
- University of Washington – Mixed Use Residential, Retail & Restaurant Complex; Proposal; Report
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo – Madonna Inn (a resort hotel); Proposal; Report
- Northern Arizona University – Dutch Bros. Coffee Shop with Drive-through; Proposal; Report
- Brigham Young University – Charter Elementary School; Proposal; Report
- University of Nevada, Reno – Mount Rose Mini Storage Facility, Reno NV; Proposal, Report
2018 Data Fund RFP
2018 Data Collection Fund Winners
- Brigham Young University – Provo Assisted Living; Proposal; Report
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona – Staybridge Suites; Proposal; Report Not Completed
- Montana State University – Stadium View Apartments; Proposal; Report
- San Diego State University – Coronado Brewing Company; Proposal; Report Not Completed
- University of California, Berkeley – Sports Basement; Proposal; Report
- University of Washington – Watertown Hotel; Proposal, Report
2017 Data Fund RFP
2017 Data Collection Fund Winners
- Brigham Young University – Lehi Frontrunner Transit Center; Proposal; Report
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo – Dick’s Sporting Goods; Proposal; Report
- University of California, Berkeley – Varsity Berkeley Apartments; Proposal; Report
- University of California, Los Angeles – Mixed-Use TOD at a Transit Station; Proposal; Report
- University of Washington – Hotel Wallington Inn; Proposal, Report
2016 Data Collection Fund Winners
2015 Data Collection Fund Winners
2014 Data Collection Fund Winners
- University of California, Los Angeles – Specialty Grocery Stores; Report
- Oregon State University – City Sports Parks; Report
- Brigham Young University – Ice Skating Rink; Report
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City – Grocery Store with a Gas Station; Report
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo – Wineries; Report
2013 Data Collection Fund Winners
2012 Data Collection Fund Winners
- Brigham Young University, Provo – Recreational Community Center; Report
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona – Wal-Mart (with adjacent McDonald’s); Report
- Oregon State University, Corvallis – Three Elementary Schools; Report
- University of California, Berkeley – New Californian Apartments; Report
- University of Washington, Seattle – Mini-mart (7-11) with a Gas Station; Report
2011 Data Collection Fund Winners
- Montana State University – Trip and parking generation at a ski resort; Report
- University of Hawaii – Manoa– Trip and parking generation at a regional soccer complex; Report
- University of Nevada – Reno– Speed data collection in a parking lot circulation road; Report
- University of Washington– Trip and parking generation at a grocery store with gas station and auto repair shop; Report
- BYU– Trip and parking generation at a mini-warehouse; Report
- Montana State University – Trip Generation for Small Office Land Use; Report
- University of California of Los Angeles – Trip Generation for Gas Stations with Fast-Food Service; Report
- Portland State University – Trip Generation for IKEA Land Use; Report
- University of Nevada Reno – Trip Generation for Mega Sporting Goods Land Use; Report
- University of Washington –Trip Generation for Gas Stations with Fast-Food Service; Report
- Brigham Young University – Trip Generation for an Average Elementary School in Provo, Utah; Report
- University of Nevada Reno – Trip and Parking Generation for Gas Stations with Fast-Food Service; Report
- University of Washington – Trip and Parking Generation for Coffee Shops with Drive-Through Service; Report
- University of Wyoming – Trip and Queuing Generation for Coffee Shops with Drive-Through Service; Report
- University of California of Los Angeles – Trip Generation for Urban Residential Developments; Report
- Portland State University – Transit & Mode Split Study for Transit-Oriented Development; Report; Process; Data
- University of Nevada Reno (two grants) – Multiplex Theaters; Data – Coffee store/kiosk Trip and Parking Generation; Data1; Data2; TG Forms
- University of Washington – Coffee store/kiosk Trip and Parking Generation; TG Forms; Data1; Data2
- Brigham Young University – Small Office Trip and Parking Generation; TG Forms; Data
- University of Hawaii – Calibration of Capacity Parameters for Signalized Intersections in Hawaii; Abstract; Data1; Data2; Data3; Data4; Data5
- Portland State University – Saturation Flow Rates at Signalized Intersections with High Pedestrian Volumes; Abstract; Report
- California State University – Sacramento. Parking Generation of Multiplex Theaters; Data; Report
- Portland State University – Parking Generation of Multiplex Theaters; Data; Report