The following are the papers submitted and presentations given at the 2019 Western District Annual meeting in Monterey, California. Please see the Technical Session Program for descriptions of the papers/presentations. If your paper or presentation is missing, and you would like to have it posted here, please contact the Web Manager.
Professional Development Hours (PDHs): Instructions to process PDH’s are located here.
| Session | Presenter | Title | Paper | Presentation |
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| 2A | Ejaz Khan | Clark County Safety Program | ||
| Thalia Leng | San Francisco’s Safe Streets Evaluation Program | |||
| Matthew Bomberg | Fremont Vision Zero Program: A City Getting Safer | |||
| Anurag Pande | Strategic Investment Decisions on Highway Improvement Projects | |||
| 2B | Jose Guedes | Citywide Adaptive Control System in Culver City | ||
| Andrea Renny | Adaptive Signal Control in Monterey | PDF; Video | ||
| Christopher Sobie | Evolving from Traditional Signal Timing to Proactive Signal Timing and Maintenance | |||
| Victoria Edington | 300 Traffic Signals, One Retiming Project: Lessons Learned | |||
| 2C | Carlos Ortiz | Mobility as a Service (MaaS) | ||
| Crissy Ditmore | Mobility as a Service (MaaS) | |||
| Lew Gaskell | Public Agencies and the MaaS Environment | |||
| Frank Kopas | Mobility as a Service makes Smart Cities Smarter | |||
| 3A | Anurag Pande | Assessing Complete Streets and Tactical Urbanism Using Microscopic Traffic Simulation Models | ||
| Kendra Rowley | Evaluating Success: Complete Streets Before and After | |||
| Ian Barnes | The Bigger Picture: Using Big Data to Determine Effects and Benefits After Project Implementation | |||
| 3B | Allen Wang | Autonomous Vehicles on Arterial Streets and Intersections – A Simulation Analysis | PDF; Video 1; Video 2 | |
| Omar Raddaoui | Assessment of Connected Vehicle Work Zone Warnings Effectiveness for Truck Drivers | |||
| Julie Kentosh | ODOT Connected Vehicle Applications | |||
| Shane Zumpf | Traffic Management Center 2.0 – Lessons in Integrating a Connected Vehicle Environment | |||
| 3C | Scott Thomas | Denver and Colorado: Smart City and State | ||
| Tim Erney | Hidden Effect of Transformational Technologies on Land Use and Planning | |||
| Michael Schmitt | Sacramento Smart Mobility Plan | |||
| Jim Damkowitch | State Route 68 Scenic Highway Plan – Smart Mobility Framework Case Study | |||
| 4A | Joshua Saak | Data Driven Traffic Calming Policy | ||
| Ross Ainsworth | Evolution of a Complete Street in Napa | |||
| Lindsey Van Parys | Roadway Repurposing through Roundabouts | |||
| Gabriel Ho | Speed Humps on Steep Roadways | |||
| 4B | Lynne Yocum | The Three PPP’s of Fiber Optics: Building and Leveraging Fiber Optic Systems | ||
| Peter Yu | Evaluation of an Alternative, Unique Intersection Scheme: The Continuous Turbo Intersection | |||
| Jaime Rodriguez | Active Internet of Things (IoT): Transportation Projects in Both Walnut Creek and Saratoga Using IoT Solutions | |||
| Doug Bilse | Improving Traffic Signal Operations Using Travel Information Systems | |||
| 4C | Steve Davis | Kicking Chaos to the Curb: Using ITE’s Curbside Management Guide | ||
| Geoff Rubendall | ReEnvisioning the Curb: A Framework to Improve Access for People | |||
| 5A | Molly McCormick | Oregon State University Context Sensitive Transportation Solutions | ||
| Kevin Carstens | From Low Bridges to Old Bridges: How to Haul Hazardous Material through a Neighborhood | |||
| Matthew McCluney | Learning from Campus: Universities as Transportation Laboratories | |||
| 5B | Eric Ruehr | Guidelines for Transportation Impact Studies in the San Diego Region | ||
| Ruben Hovanesian | From 0 to 60 in 2 Years: How Smart Can Go Past Being a Buzzword and Become Imbedded in Safety, Planning, and Engineering |
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| Jodie Snyder | Risk, Resilience, Innovation, and Planning in the Age of the Unexpected | |||
| Karen Mack | Implementing SB743 in Suburban San Jose: Challenges Faced Transitioning from LOS to VMT | |||
| Mark Johnson | Performance Based Planning with Roundabouts | |||
| 5C | Jay Dinkins | Curb Allocation and Shared Mobility Devices | ||
| David Wasserman | Envisioning the Future of the Curb with Procedural Streets | |||
| Doug Smith | Responding to the Needs of Emerging Technologies in Airport Operations: How JWA is Meeting the Demand of TNCs | |||
| 6A | Wulf Grote | Light Rail Roundabouts in Phoenix | PDF; Video | |
| Joseph Perrin | Light Rail and Roundabouts: A True Complete Street on Main Street | |||
| Caralee Jaeckels | Bus on Shoulder Projects in San Diego | |||
| Tal Green | Using High Resolution Transit Geolocation Data to Analyze Performance and Identify Intersections for Transit Signal Priority Implementation | |||
| 6B | Rui Yue | An Evaluation of Operational Efficiency between Single Point Urban Interchange with Frontage Road and Tight Diamond Interchange | ||
| Chengxin Dai | Innovative Performance Evaluation Matrix for Solving Urban Freeway and Interchange Congestion | |||
| Maggie Lin | Using Big Data in Freeway Planning Studies | |||
| Amanda Deering | Comparison and Analysis of Big Data for a Regional Freeway Study in Washington State | |||
| 6C | Jonathan Hofert | A Tale of Perspectives on Micro Mobility and Parking in Los Angeles County | ||
| Oliver Chi | City, Lyft, and LimeBike Partnership | |||
| Hassan Ahmed | Scooters: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | |||
| Monica Suter | Santa Ana’s Active Transportation Program and Electric Scooters | |||
| 7A | Raid Tirhi | The Use of ITS Technologies in Collision Investigation | ||
| Wes Marshall | Understanding the Safe Systems Approach to Vision Zero through International Road Safety Disparities | |||
| KC Yellapu | Innovative Approach for Rural Highway’s Vision Zero | |||
| Scott Kelley | Prioritization of Systemic Roadway Light Pole Replacement | |||
| 7B | Miriam Jim | Escondido Creek Bikeway Project: Two-Way Cycle Track | ||
| Kimberly Leung | Valencia Street Bikeway Improvements Project | |||
| Kevin Aguigui | North Fremont Street Median Bike Lanes | |||
| 7C | Frederik Venter | TDM Toolkit for Monterey | ||
| Ryan Caldera | Parking in Santa Clara County: A Regional Analysis of Housing, Parking Supply, Demand, and Perceptions of Occupancy |
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| Paul Brown | Colorado’s Statewide Truck Parking Assessment | |||
| Patrick Lee | Paid On-Street Parking Management with Parking Meter Data | |||
| 8A | Grant Schultz | Compliance at Ped Crossings | ||
| David Roseman | Your System Does What? The Hybrid Pedestrian Interval | PDF; Video | ||
| Bill Delo | Crowdsourcing Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements through Walk Audits | |||
| 8B | Kenneth Isenhower | Holman Highway Roundabout: Key to Unlocking Congestion for the Monterey Peninsula | ||
| Reh-Lin Chen | The First Modern Roundabout Plan in San Leandro | |||
| Mark Johnson | Confused about Signing and Marking at Roundabouts? Key Design Components for Successful Implementation | |||
| Bill Baranowski | Turbo Roundabout Design Guidelines | |||
| 8C | Heather Edic | Anchorage’s Glenn Highway: Using Online Survey Tools to Gather Public Input on a Major Corridor | ||
| Hans Larsen | The Fremont Mobility Action Plan – Engaging the Community to Address Transportation Challenges | |||
| Jim Hanson | Applying Experiential Public Engagement and Ideation to Develop People-Focused Transportation Solutions Based on Technology and Innovation | |||
| Ricardo Olea | Traffic Engineering in Children’s Literature | |||
| 9A | Darwin Galang | Castro Street Multi-Modal Improvements Project | PDF; Video | |
| Sheila Marquises | The Fremont Multi-Modal Path to Measure BB Funding | |||
| Erica Jensen | All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Facilities: A Network that Works for Everyone | |||
| 9B | Matt Kennedy | Shared Success – Two Projects, One Commercial Corridor for Today and the Future in Ukiah, CA | ||
| Josh Peterman | Fremont’s Approach to Targeting Corridor Improvements | |||
| Aaron Heumann | Mineral Avenue Corridor Assessment | |||
| Frederik Venter | A Fresh Approach to Integrated Corridor Analysis | |||
| 9C | Briana Calhoun | Using Big Data to Forecast First/Last Mile Transit Ridership | ||
| Mike Wallace | The Future of Urban Goods Movement: An Implementation of Data Driven Methods | |||
| Yung Koprowski | Crash Analysis Using Business Intelligence Data Analysis Software | |||
| James Colyar | Use of Crowdsourcing to Advance Operations |
