The following are the papers submitted and presentations given at the 2020 Western District Virtual Annual Meeting.
Professional Development Hours (PDHs): Instructions to process PDH’s are located here.
| Session | Presenter | Title | Paper | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kayla Fleskes | Planning for Microtransit: A Community’s Solution to Increased Congestion | ||
| Daniel Lai | City of Bellevue Curb Management – A Collaborative Pilot Project | |||
| Ravi Narayanan | Managing TNC’s at Transportation Hubs | |||
| 2 | Min Zhou | Performance Measures for the 10-Mile Bike Boulevard Implemented in City of Long Beach | ||
| Rosie Mesterhazy | Safe Routes to School: A Blueprint for Transforming Transportation | |||
| Ryan Whipple | Active Transportation Design Through a Multimodal Environment – Border to Bayshore Bikeway | |||
| 3 | Ann Winkler | Tips and Trick for Conducting Public Meetings | ||
| Molly North | Understanding the Role of the Media in the Road Safety Feedback Loop for Transportation Engineers | |||
| Scott Mansur | When Data Driven Safety Analysis and Community Involvement Merge, We Can Really Save Lives | |||
| 4 | ITE International Session (recorded session) |
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| 5 | Heather Anderson | Steepening the Curve – Roundabouts on Grade | ||
| Eric Milliken | A Study of Local Gap Acceptance Behavior Using Drone Videography | |||
| LisaRene Schilperoort | There’s a signal in my roundabout! – Roundabout Metering | |||
| 6 | David Lucas | Tempe Streetcar Project | ||
| Tony Henderson | Speeding Up Transit Does Not Require BRT | |||
| Randy Johnson | Prioritizing a Multimodal Transportation System: Cost-Effective Transit Projects in Portland, OR | |||
| 8 | Rhonda Young | Connected Vehicle Technology for Adverse Road Weather Conditions | ||
| Kevin Chen | Resilient State Route 37 | |||
| Victor Salemann | Road Safety and Aging Populations | |||
| 9 | Melissa May | Better Communities through Transportation Planning: Strategies for Equity and Empowerment | ||
| Maria Angelica Deeb | Equity in Active Vehicle Transportation Programs and Projects – the need to measure and do it well. | |||
| Paul Stanis | uilding Community Trust IS The Project | |||
| 10 | Lindsay Saner | School Trip Generation in Southern Nevada | ||
| Cameron Shew | Dynamic Implementation Tool for Flexible Mitigation Strategy | |||
| Farid Rahman | Travel Time Reliability as a Performance Measure in Alternative Selection | |||
| 11 | Vamsee Modugula | Self-Updating Travel Demand Model – Is it Possible in the Era of Location Based Data? | ||
| Mahmoud Ahmadi | West San Jose Mesocopic Model – Development and Application | |||
| Chris Gregerson | When Travel Demand Models Behave Badly | |||
| 12 | Michael Sahimi | Balancing Regional and Local Needs: The Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways Assessment | ||
| Sam Moss | An Evaluation of Corridor Wide Coordinated Flow Control for 22 Miles Along a Mountain Highway | |||
| Josh Anderson | Making the Most of a Capacity Constricted Metro Area Freeway System | |||
| 14 | Erik Ruehr | Planning Level Roadway Capacity Analysis Adjustments for Connected and Automated Vehicles: The Future is Now | ||
| Susi Marlina | Wrong Way Driving Detection Proof of Concept | |||
| Joshua McNeill | Corridor Performance Strategy with ATSPM | |||
| 15 | Abby Caringula | Multi-Resolution Modeling to Evaluate Express Lane Pricing Strategies | ||
| Zifeng Wu | A Preliminary Managed Lane Feasibility Study for North Lake Tahoe Corridors | |||
| Scott O. Kuznicki | Using Gamification to Drive Transportation Choices | |||
| 17 | Lauren Davini | Parking in East San Rafael – A Symptom of the Housing Crisis | ||
| Jeff Weckstein | Frictionless Parking and Technology Trends | |||
| Jennifer Wong | San Francisco’s Quick-Build Initiative for Vision Zero Project Delivery | |||
| 18 | Renee Espiau | Achieving Complete Streets through Roadway Resurfacing and Rehabilitation | ||
| Chris Monsere | Effects of Island & RRFB Placement on Midblock Driver Yielding on Three-Lane Roads | |||
| Susan LeBrun | Complete Streets Applications in Honolulu: Making Liliha Street and Nuuanu Avenue More Multimodal | |||
| 19 | Tim Erney | Using Big Data to Validate VMT Estimates for Land Use Planning | ||
| Mike Schmitt | Vehicle Miles Traveled: Winners and Losers | |||
| Ian Barnes | Navigating Transformative Change: Lessons Learned from SB 743/VMT Implementation in California | |||
| 20 | Fred Liang | Bellevue Integration Dashboard for Traffic Incident Management | ||
| Victoria Edington | Could Construction Cause Consternation? Utilizing Vissim to Assess Construction Impacts | |||
| Kevan Shafizadeh | Evaluating Work Zone Intrusion Alarm Systems for Inclusion in Standard Traffic Control Plans | |||
| 21 | James Le | 5 years into Vision Zero in Seattle | ||
| Rock Miller | Crosswalk Safety 20 Years Later. Whats working & What isn’t | |||
| Michael Packard | Evaluation of Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crosswalk Guidelines | |||
| 22 | Jerry Roche | Incorporating Data-Driven Safety Analysis (DDSA) Into Transportation Impact Analysis | ||
| Emily Johanning | Crash Data For All: A Look into State-Run Safety Data Management Platforms | |||
| David Stanek | Is Wider Safer? – Collision Rates for Three and Five Lane Rural Highways | |||
| Best Student Paper | Sara Urbina | Influence of Autonomous Vehicles on Travel Behavior of 50+ Years Population |
