This award, established in 1992, recognizes the best paper written for and presented at the Western District Annual Meeting, for overall value to the membership. The author must be a member of the Western District. Every year, the Local Arrangements Committee’s (LAC) Technical Committee selects about eight papers accepted for presentation at the upcoming Annual Meeting, and forwards them to the District’s Technical Committee Chair. The Technical Committee selects up to four papers for further evaluation at the Annual Meeting. The best paper is selected based upon the written paper and presentation at the Annual Meeting. The selection criteria include: Ability to easily understand the author’s written paper; Innovative/unique approaches; Ability to clearly communicate the information presented in the paper, Audience participation and Time management. The winning author is recognized at the Annual Meeting and presented with a plaque.
Papers must be submitted to the Western District Technical Committee Chair by April 1.
PAPER SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS
The paper submittal requirements are as follows:
- Maximum 8 pages including all figures, tables, etc.
- Min font size – 11 point
- Min 0.8” margins
- Must be submitted in pdf version
- Must include paper title, abstract, names of authors and their employers
Use the papers published in the ITE Journal as a guide to how the paper should be organized, the ratio of text to non-text elements (figures, charts, graphs, tables, etc.), and length. Paper submittals must be received by the due dates listed above for award consideration.
Submission Information:
- Papers submitted after the deadline dates listed above will not be eligible for an award, but will still be included in the Technical Compendia | ITE Western District if submitted before May 1st.
- Fill out the ITE Western District Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. If you have multiple authors, each must sign a form.
- Submit your paper and copyright agreement through form on this page: CALL FOR PAPERS & TOPICS – Western ITE Annual Meeting
- Use the following file naming convention to help us keep track of the submissions:
- Paper: AuthorLastName_Paper_Topic.pdf (Example: Smith_Paper_LongBeach-Safety-Program.pdf)
- Copyright Agreement: AuthorLastName_Copyright.pdf (Example: Smith_Copyright.pdf)
| Year |
Award Winner
|
Paper Title
|
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ronald T. Milam, Jerry Walters, and Melanie Gill | “Balancing Congestion Relief and Induced VMT“ |
| 2021 | Jessica Miranda and Jeanne Bowie | “Road/Rail Crossing Reduction Study in Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska“ |
| 2020 | Cameron Shew | “Dynamic Implementation Tool for Flexible Mitigation Strategy“ |
| 2019 | Wulf Grote | “Light Rail Roundabouts in Phoenix“ |
| 2018 | Paul Van Dyk | “Right of Way(t) Watchers – The Popular Way to Diet Your Roads: How Long Beach is Earning Support for Road Diets in the Car Culture of Southern California” |
| 2017 | Sam Morrissey | “Agency Implications of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles“ |
| 2016 | Victoria Edington | “Roads, Rails, and Running Shoes: Developing Multi-Modal Signal Timing for a New Light Rail Corridor in Aurora, Colorado“ |
| 2015 | Benjamin Waldman and Michelle Stevens |
“Blending 14th Avenue and Lamar Street Roundabout into the 40 West Art District and Improving Safety and Bike/Ped Connectivity“ |
| 2014 | Yuri Mereszczak and Andrew Cibor |
“Transportation Planning Opens the Door to Value-Driven Recommendations in Eagle, Idaho“ |
| 2013 | Matt Weir and Jason Shykowski |
“Sometimes ‘Really Good’ Time of Day Coordination Does Outperform Adaptive Control“ |
| 2012 | Sam Morrissey and Steve Weinberger |
“Enhanced Pedestrian Crossing Treatments in Santa Monica“ |
| 2011 | Smith Siromaskul | “Breaking the Diamond: DDIs, CFIs, and SPUIs“ |
| 2010 | Ricardo Olea | “San Francisco’s Octavia Boulevard“ |
| 2009 | Chuch Huffine | “Changing Campus Culture: Making the Bus “Cool”“ |
| 2008 | James M. Witkowski | “Maricopa County Enhanced Parkway Alternatives Study“ |
| 2007 | James Peters, Robert Bertini, and Jay McCoy | “Evaluating an Adaptive Signal Control System in Gresham“ |
| 2006 | Fred Liang | Development of the Bellevue Real Time Arterial Traffic Flow Map |
| 2005 | Randy Kinney | Experience Using Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) to Evaluate Alternatives for a Rural Mountainous Two-Lane Highway 3R Project |
| 2004 | Paul Brown | Relentless Traffic Demand Meets its Match in Isolated Corridors |
| 2003 | Sutti Tantiyanugulchai | Analysis of a Transit Bus as a Probe Vehicle for Arterial Performance Measures |
| 2002 | Stephen Sargeant | Performance Evaluation of Modern Roundabouts on South Golden Road |
| 2001 | Wayne Ko, Glenn Grayson, Scott Carlson | Traffic Signal Priority Through Signal System Control |
| 2000 | William Kloos and Kenneth Turner | Implementing Traffic Signal Priority for Buses in Portland |
| 1999 | Tom Blaine,Charles Braden and Tanya Komogorova | Intergration on GIS and GPS Technologies for Automated Maintenance of Traffic Control Signs |
| 1998 | Jack Fleck and Bridget Smith | How Can We Make Red Light Runners Stop? |
| 1997 | Eric Wrage and Jerome Hall | Efforts to Control Vehicle Speeds in New Mexico Work Zones |
| 1996 | Daniel Cleavenger and Jonathan Upchurch | Motorist Perception of Ramp Metering |
| 1995 | Barry Schulz and Stephen Pouliot | Colorado State Highway 82 Project-Basalt to Buttermilk |
| 1994 | Mark Miller | Microwave Traffic Signal Interconnect – A Viable Alternative to Land Lines |
| 1993 | Patricia Noyes | Evaluation of Traditional Speed Reduction Efforts in Residential Areas |
| 1992 | Steven Colman | Are traffic signals economically warranted? |
