The following are the papers submitted and presentations given at the 2025 Western District Annual meeting in Long Beach, 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 |
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| 2A | Jon Pascal | Getting to Safe System Speeds | ||
| Zoubir Ouadah | Achieving Safe Speed: Implementing AB 43 and the CA MUTCD to Enhance Road Safety in San Diego | |||
| Bryan Estrada | Investigating the Impacts of Speed Humps on Noise Levels in Residential Neighborhoods | |||
| Mark Haines | Rest on Red: The Virtual Speed Bump | |||
| 2B | Paul Martin | Consider Cycletrack Demonstration Events | ||
| Jeremy Hohnbaum | Laguna Niguel Active Transportation Plan: Aliso Creek Pilot Project Material Evaluation | |||
| Melissa Dugan | City of Irvine Cycletracks
So your Director wants a Cycletrack; now what? |
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| 2C | Saly Heng | Transforming the LAX Journey: The People Behind the People Mover & LAX’s Ground Transportation | ||
| David Reich | ||||
| Jake Adams | ||||
| Harold Samms | ||||
| 2D | Whitney Nottage | Connected Roads and Vehicles: Overcoming Bandwidth Limitations for Advanced Connected Traffic and Emergency Vehicle Management | ||
| Mark Knellinger | ||||
| Carl Temme | ||||
| Henry Coia | ||||
| 3A | Archie Tan | I-405 in Focus” From Microsimulation Development to Corridor Performance Insights | ||
| Jianyuan (William) Xu | Exploring the Use of Probe Vehicle Telematics Data in Freeway Detector Speed Accuracy Check | |||
| Zeyu (Chester) Gao | Evaluation of HCM 7.1 Updates Based on NCHRP 07-26 Using Auxiliary Lane Projects in California | |||
| Yusuf Shatnawi | The Observed Managed Lane Performances | |||
| 3B | Mary Rose Fissinger | Integrated Project Planning: A Data-Driven Approach to Delivering Multi-Benefit Projects | ||
| Mehul Champaneri | Evaluating School Traffic Circulations Using Drones | |||
| Ollie Zhou | Context-Sensitive Solutions for Safer Student Biking: Mid-Block Challenges at Lawson Middle School | |||
| 3C | Min Zhou | Protected Intersections Explained: Design to Resolving Pedestrian and Bicyclist Conflicts at Intersections | ||
| Shikha Jain | Navigating Tradeoffs in Bikeway Implementation and On-Street Parking: A Community-Centered Approach to Enhancing Active Transportation | |||
| Xiaodong Liu | Alaskan Way Protected Bike Lane | |||
| 3D | Eric Itzel | Vendor Interoperability | ||
| Jon Nagel | Powering Through the Outage: Enhancing Intersection Resiliency with Fuel Cells | |||
| Zac Ward | Wrong Way, Right Solution: Innovating Highway Safety with SafePath | |||
| Craig Hinners | TSP & EVP in a Connected World | |||
| 4A | Matthew Dubiel | Applying Safety System Principles Through LA County Traffic Safety Guidelines | ||
| Jerome Marquez | ||||
| Sean Reseigh | ||||
| Scott Shea | ||||
| 4B | Joy Bhattacharya | A Revolutionary IDEA: Implementing Cloud-Based Conditional Transit Signal Priority | ||
| Anup Kulkarni | It’s Never Cloudy in Orange County: Next Generation Transit Signal Priority | |||
| Joe Kirkland | Parting the Seas without Moving Water: the Potential Benefits of Cloud-Based Transit Signal Priority | |||
| James Shahamiri | LA Metro’s Transit Signal Priority Program Evaluation | |||
| 4C | Ken Der | Everyone Belongs Here: Balancing Priorities on Our Downtown Streets | ||
| Jerremy Clark | Complete Streets in Spokane Valley: The Sprague Avenue Project | |||
| Miriam Jim | Path to Safer Streets – Speed Managements and Bike Enhancements through New Roadway Restriping | |||
| Shilpa Mallem | Interstate Bridge Replacement Program Update | |||
| 4D | Reggie Chandra | Mastering Generative Artificial Intelligence for Traffic Engineers | ||
| Michael Villafuerte | The Need for a More Intelligent Transit Signal Priority System for Balancing Sustainability and Mobility | |||
| Leslie Taege | The Green Wave: Optimizing Traffic Flow for Reduced Emissions in Communities | |||
| 5A | Rajeev Seetharam | The Art of Port Logistics: Balancing Traffic, Cargo, and Construction | ||
| Atticus Washington | Zero-Emission Hub Site Selection for Medium-and Heavy-Duty Trucks | |||
| Ethan Sun | Analyzing Truck Parking and Safety Impacts in the Triangle Area | |||
| Garett Davis | A Collection of Programs: The State of the Electric Cargo Bike Industry in North America | |||
| 5B | Ben Alcazar | Tactile Guidance Pathway System Pilot | ||
| Jonathan Howard | The Rotor Turbo – A New Spin on Roundabouts in California | |||
| Mikki McDaniel | Sacramento County Complete Pedestrian Trips | |||
| Alex Wang | Infrastructure Systems Integrating Train Control and Autonomous / Connected Vehicles for Enhanced Grade Crossing Safety | |||
| 5C | Lindy Pham | Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program | ||
| Jose Jimenez | City of Long Beach Neighborhood Traffic Management Program: Enhancing Safety and Livability in Our Communities | |||
| Darryl dePencier | City of Bakersfield Active Transportation Plan | |||
| Anne Tsai | Micromobility: The Missing Mode in Sustainable Transportation | |||
| 5D | Steven Hollenkamp | Innovations in Data Collection | ||
| Robert Donnell | True Demand Turning Movement Count: A Missing Link in Intersection Analysis | |||
| Christopher Cassani | Safety for Vulnerable Road Users | |||
| 6A | Sri Desikan | Safety Data Tools for Better Prioritization | ||
| Andrew Maximous | Proactive Traffic Engineering – The Known Unknown | |||
| Darcy Akers | Enhancing Pedestrian Safety through Real-Time Traffic Signal Safety Interventions and Other Operational Strategies | |||
| 6B | Tyler Wong | Creating Last Mile Connections to a Growing Transit Spine | ||
| Nick Carcha | Fresno Area Express Bus Stop Improvements | |||
| Viggen Davidian | Rome’s Mobility Transformation: Harnessing ITS and Policy Synergy to Create a MaaS System | |||
| 6C | David Zelenok | “Real Resiliency” in Transportation, Telecommunications and Utility Fragility: How local officials are rethinking disaster planning | ||
| Chiranjivi Bhamidipati | Benefit Analysis of Resilience-Building Transportation Projects – Case Studies | |||
| Noel Casil | Transportation Response – Landslide Emergency | |||
| 6D | Asad Lesani | Automating Data Collection for Smart Cities: Empowering Connected Transportation | ||
| Daniel B. Work | Leveraging Advanced Data to Deliver Multimodal Safety | |||
| Austin Harris | ||||
| 7A | Hon. Fred Minagar | City of Seal Beach’s First Federal Safety Action Plan Towards Vision Zero via a Safety System Approach | ||
| Terence Zhao | New Questions to Ask for Road Safety: A Safe System Framework to Proactively Address Road Safety |
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| Grant Schultz | The Safety System Approach: What is it? And how can you incorporate it in your jurisdiction? | |||
| Brian Chandler | Zeroing In: State Safety Planning on the West Coast | |||
| 7B | Greg Heldreth | SynchroGreen Adaptive Signal Control System Project | ||
| John Dorado | From Adaptive to the Basics: What’s right for you? | |||
| Mark Esposito | Cutting the Queue: Getting Ahead of Rail Crossing Safety | |||
| Ralph Boaz | Cybersecurity for ITS Field Equipment | |||
| 7C | Dongyang Lin | Affordable Housing as a VMT Mitigation Measure: Reducing VMT while Meeting Housing Goals | ||
| Chris Gregerson | Site Selection Using Big Data Analytics | |||
| Michael Osborn | Merced Street Reconnection & Revitalization | |||
| Luis R Garcia Chavez | Los Angeles County Joint Development Policy | |||
| 8A | Will Barbour | Rapid Collection, Analysis, and Leveraging of Multimodal Data with ITS LiDAR | ||
| Aobo Wang | Leveraging Multi-Source Data to Characterizing School Zone Traffic Speed and Driving Behaviors | |||
| Ariel Godwin | Leveraging AI Technology to Quantify Near-Misses at Intersections | |||
| Blake Lane | A Novel Multi-Scale Testing and Research Platform to Enhance Fuel Economy, Traffic Throughput, and Safety through Cooperative Driving Automation | |||
| 8B | Nazir Lalani | Tort Liability: What Transportation Professionals Need to Know
Managing Tort Liability Claims and Discovery |
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| Rock Miller | Testifying at Depositions | |||
| John E. Fisher | Testifying at Trials | |||
| Monica Suter | Lessons Learned from Tort Litigation | |||
| 8C | Sean Carney | Corridor Planning: A Common Practice with Multiple Applications | ||
| Ayberk Kocatepe | Revolutionizing Transportation Impact Analysis: An AI Powered Innovation | |||
| Erik Ruehr | Help! My Project Has a VMT Impact! | |||
| 9A | Molly Tremblay | Roundabout Corridors: A Low Cost, Highly Effective Approach to Multimodal Design & Funding Procurement | ||
| Philip Nitollama | Riverside’s Strategic Pursuit of the SS4A Grant Award While Leveraging the VMT Mitigation Program | |||
| Josh Pilachowski | Simplifying the Gamification of Safety Countermeasure Funding | |||
| Kristie Gladhill | Policy in Action: Quality Management in Project Delivery for the Oregon Department of Transportation | |||
| 9B | Patrick Gibson | Apartment Building Parking Demand Patterns – Does Your Apartment Code Need a Parking Diet? | ||
| William Andrews | From New Normal to Just Normal – How Parking Has Changed in a Post-COVID World | |||
| Graham Rossmore | Curbside Dining and the City: Parking or Dining in LA? | |||
| 9C | Walter Okitsu | Debunking Braess’ Paradox | ||
| Glenn Murphy | EV Charging for Mobility Hub | |||
| Rebecca Riley | Climate Mitigation Measures for Pedestrian, Cyclists, and Public Transport Users in the Spokane Region |
