The following are the papers submitted and presentations given at the 2024 Western District Annual meeting in Sacramento, 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.
| Session | Presenter | Title | Paper | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2A | Rock Miller | MUTCD Panel – Traffic Safety | ||
| Zoubir Ouadah | ||||
| Brett Gronemeyer | ||||
| 2B | Jerry Barton | US 50 Trip to Green Congestion Management and Resiliency Strategy | ||
| Adrita Islam | Resilience in Motion: Evacuation Planning for a Stronger Tomorrow | |||
| Ayberk Kocatepe | Advancing Wildfire Evacuation Planning: A Comprehensive and Adaptable Framework for Jurisdiction-Specific Assessments | |||
| Jim Damkowitch | Supporting a Fire-Adapted and Resilient El Dorado County with Wildfire Evacuation Modeling and Community-Centric Strategies | |||
| 2C | Tom Hoene | Explore the Power of AI and Graphic Analytics for Real-Time Safety Analysis and Evaluation | ||
| Reggie Chandra | Revolutionizing Urban Mobility: AI-Powered ITS and Traffic Analystics | |||
| Jatish Patel | Using Behavioral Metrics to Proactively Improve Roadway Safety and Predict Crashes | |||
| Nick Mesler | Street Lighting Master Planning: Transforming Urban Transportation and Enhancing Safety – Case Study in Santa Ana | |||
| 2D | John Davis | ITE Town Hall | ||
| 3A | Jonathan Upchurch | MUTCD Panel – Future MUTCD | ||
| Johnny Bhullar | ||||
| Ahmed Aburahmah | ||||
| Monica Suter | ||||
| 3B | Florencia Allenger | Wrong-Way Driver Prevention Strategic Plan | ||
| Nate Schroeder | Protecting Infrastructure by Combining Physical and Active Solutions | |||
| Cadell Chand | Utilizing Point Cloud Data to Determine Pass/No-Pass Zones | |||
| Charles Meyer | Update of the FHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads | |||
| 3C | Nat Gale | Moving Towards Proactive Vision Zero Applications | ||
| Nate Hill | Data-Driven Engineering Excellence: Empowering Traffic Engineers with Cloud Connected | |||
| Joe Born | How Today’s Data Can Safely Enhance Tomorrow’s Self-Driving Cars | |||
| 4A | Jeanne Bowie | Complete Streets Recommendations for Access to Port of Alaska through Railroad Freight Terminal and Ship Creek Recreational Area | ||
| Cameron Nye | Advancing Complete Street Initiatives Through Context Sensitive Solutions and Community Engagement | |||
| Matthew Ridgeway | Southeast Michigan’s Multimodal Tool | |||
| Erin Ferguson | Applying Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy to Develop Complete Streets Solutions | |||
| 4B | David Manciati | Yolo I-80 Corridor Improvements Project | ||
| Dennis Mitchell | Non-Traditional Integrated Corridor Management | |||
| Zong Tian | Adaptive Traffic Signal Control – Is It a Good Investment | |||
| Rosanna Southern | Leveraging Big-Data for Road Closure Analysis: A Cut-Through Story | |||
| 4C | Dustin DeVoe | How Technology is Driving More Effective Dilemma Zone Strategies Helping Bridge the VZ Gap | ||
| Steven Hollenkamp | Leveraging Near-Miss Conflict Data for Enhanced Countermeasure Analysis | |||
| Gerald Dildine | Managing Crash Assignment, Collision Diagrams for Roundabouts | |||
| Jeremy Hancyk | Beyond the Midblock: Alternative Applications for RRFBs in the State of California | |||
| 5A | William Andrews | Achieving VMT & Carbon Reduction: A Case Study of UC Santa Cruz’s TDM Program | ||
| Paige Peel | Place Mix: 4Ds Analysis for Small Cities | |||
| Lindsey Van Parys | Building a Better Future: The FORTAG Project Journey | |||
| Morgan Wright | Safe Routes to School in a Small, Rural Community | |||
| 5B | Ghazan Khan | Pilot Testing of Work Zone Intrusion Alarms in CA Work Zones | ||
| Levy Le | Orange Contrasted Striping in Construction Work Zones | |||
| Ashlee Takushi | Avoiding the Safe System and Evacuation Planning Collision Course through a Win-Win Toolbox | |||
| 5C | Tom Bertulis | Best Practices: Emergency Vehicle Access and the Implementation of Vision Zero Policies | ||
| Perry Gross | Turn this Thing (Car) Around: Road Safety Audits and Safe Systems. | |||
| Trevor Whitley | Surrogate Safety Analysis for DOT’s Safety Management Plans using Roadside LiDAR Trajectories | |||
| 5D | KT Burns | Impacting Congestion Through Integration: Bridging Roadway and Highway Management | ||
| Dustin DeVoe | Safe Systems Approach Bridging the Vision Zero Gap | |||
| Seth Anderson | Safe System Approach for Speed Management | |||
| Matt Zinn | Red Light Protection and Funding | |||
| 6A | Tony Henderson | APEC 2023 San Francisco Welcomes the World; Managing Transportation During a Major International Diplomatic Event | ||
| Greg Behrens | Utilizing New Travel Efficiency Metrics | |||
| Brian Canepa | Rethinking Parking in Sacramento | |||
| Brian Copeland | Cape Kiwanda Improvements, an Exercise in Innovation | |||
| 6B | Kimberly Leung | SFMTA’s Mid-Valencia Center-Running Bikeway Pilot | ||
| Aayush Kalantri | Leading Pedestrian Interval | |||
| Jonathan Howard | Shrinking Operational Circles: Visualizing Compact Geometry Effects on Roundabouts | |||
| Jared Calise | Utilizing Drone Technology to Analyze Roundabout Performance | |||
| 6C | Zhenyu Zhu | Caltrans PeMS Modernization Project – Traffic Engineering Big Data on Cloud-based Platform | ||
| Zhongren Wang | The Mobility Hub Ambition at Caltrans | |||
| Bahman Moghimi | A Novel Approach Toward Predicting Congestion Growth on State Highway System (Case Study: Los Angeles Metro Area) | |||
| Siavash Shojaat | Data-Driven Approach to Forecasting Congestion Growth Rate on California Freeways | |||
| 6D | Timothy Menard | Optimizing Emergency Response: A Case Study with Fremont Fire | ||
| Eric Nordby | Adapting Infrastructure to Environmental Change | |||
| Tom Stiles | Enabling Innovation and Improved Value of Traffic Signal Solutions Through a Modern and Open Communications Protocol | |||
| Craig Hinners | Moving Past Light Bulbs: Traffic Signals in a Connected World | |||
| 7A | Bob Grandy | Did the Pandemic create a paradigm shift for transit ridership? | ||
| Zhongren Wang | The Mobility Hub Ambition at Caltrans | |||
| Ben Meysohn | Identifying Bus Collision Risk Factors Preceding and Following the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak | |||
| 7B | Jennifer Donlon Wyant | Equitable, Transparent, Data-driven, Community-lead Transportation Prioritization Process | ||
| Sarah Sweet | EV Charger Installation and Challenges with Multifamily Dwellings and Impacts on Equity | |||
| Cameron Brown | Equity in Western Riverside County Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) | |||
| Mehri Mohebbi | Foundations of Fairness: The Critical Role of Transportation Equity Education for Practioners | |||
| 7C | Chris McLaughlin | PROWAG – A small step for you; a giant leap for the blind community. | ||
| Bill Hecker | ||||
| Linda Myers | ||||
| Reza Valizadeh | ||||
| 8A | Nazir Lalani | What are Twelve Low-Cost Opportunities to Improve Traffic Operation and Safety? | ||
| Jeanne Acutanza | Truck/Bike Safety Education | |||
| John Gard | Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Office and Residential Trip Generation Rates in California | |||
| 8B | Aobo Wang | Determination of Leading Pedestrian Interval Length Considering Pedestrian and Bicyclist Behaviors | ||
| Chenqiang Liu | Evacuation Time Estimate Analysis for Pedestrian during Near-Field Tsunami | |||
| Jianyuan Xu | Implementing and Assessing the Automobile Performance Evaluation Methodology of Urban Street Facilities in the Highway Capacity Manual Using Vehicle Trajectory Data | |||
| Jane Weber | Removing Residual Lane Markings to Reduce Driver Confusion (Student Paper Award Winner) | |||
| 8C | Gwen Owens | Systematically Addressing VMT for Private Development and Transportation Projects | ||
| Ron Milam | The Risks of Banking on VMT Mitigation | |||
| Eric Sundquist | VMT Analysis and Mitigation in Practice | |||
| Michael Schmitt | Online Shopping and VMT: A Case Study of Amazon’s Operations | |||
| 9A | Matt Goyne | California Legislative Transportation and Land Use Update | ||
| Lacy Brown | A Tale of Three States – The short-hand version of HSIP funding in CA, OR, and WA | |||
| Jim Damkowitch | AB 43: Ushering in a New Paradigm for Roadway Safety in Sacramento | |||
| Erik Ruehr | SB 743 Update: Lawsuits and Other Hot Topics | |||
| 9B | Walter Okitsu | Yellow Change Intervals for Left Turns: A More Reasonable Kinematic Formula | ||
| Don Nguyen | Video/Radar Vehicle Detection Experience | |||
| Matthew Boog | The importance of a signal timing master plan and how to make one | |||
| Mohammad Iraki | Cybersecurity Challenges and Traffic Intersections | |||
| 9C | Terence Zhao | A Safe System Approach to Roadways in the Rural-Urban Interface | ||
| Jennifer Wong | San Francisco’s Vision Zero Quick-Build Program: A Five-Year Retrospective | |||
| Hari Krishnan M.K. | Enhancing Roadway Safety Through Roadway Signage Audits: A Case Study of Yuba City Street Signs |
