The opening session will feature:

  • Welcome
  • Roll Call of States
  • Kentucky Secretary of Transportation Jim Gray
  • Keynote Speech
  • Jeff Paniati (ITE Executive Director and CEO)
  • Beverly Kuhn (International ITE President)
  • SDITE Section Awards

Moderator: Sean Coleman, PE, PTOE, Kimley-Horn

  • The New Congestion Pie Chart, Denise Markow, TETC
  • MTP Tools & Techniques to Address Transportation Challenges, Neil Burke, AICP, Charlotte Regional TPO and Radha Krishna Swayampakala, PE, PTOE, RS&H
  • Lexington Area MPO Congestion Management Bottleneck Study, Vaness Nghiem, PE, PTOE and Sam Hu, Lexington Area MPO

Moderator: Tim Tharpe, PE, KYTC

  • Are We Ready for CAVs? Supporting State DOTs in the Preparation of a CAV Transportation System, Lisa Miller, TET Coalition
  • Leveraging High-Resolution Data and Cloud-Based Arterial Performance Analysis for the C/AV Future, David Spinney, Econolite
  • Signal Priority Requirements for the Connected Vehicle Future, David Spinney, Econolite

Moderator: Dr. Joseph E. Hummer, Ph.D., PE, NCDOT

Town Hall – Forum for Discussion with ITE Leaders; The ITE International Leadership Town Hall session is intended to provide an open forum for members to have a facilitated conversation with ITE International Leaders. ITE President Beverly Kuhn, International Director Scott Walker, and additional Executive Committee members will share details about key ITE initiatives and activities and seek feedback from members in an informal setting. This is your opportunity to meet ITE’s Leadership, ask questions, and share suggestions on how to make ITE better.

This 5-7 mile (1 hour) bike ride will depart from the 4th Street Line to the Logan Street Market and showcase Louisville’s bicycle accommodations. If time permits, this will include the converted railroad, Big Four Bridge, over the Ohio River.

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Moderator: Karen Mohammadi, PE, PTOE, AICP, Michael Baker International

  • Career Choices – Federal, City/State, Consultant Perspectives
  • Mentoring from Afar
  • Making Remote Working Work for All

Panelists: Jennifer Bihl, PE, PTOE, RSP21, Bihl Engineering, John Callihan, PE, AECOM, Dirk Gowin, PE, PLS, PTOE, Metro Louisville, and Mark Lenters, PE, Kimley-Horn

Moderator: Akhil Chauhan, PE, PMP, PTOE, PTP, ARCADIS

  • Zion Crossroads Gets Dressed Up: The Bowtie Intersection, Chris Tiesler, PE, PTOE, Kittelson & Associates and Andrew Butsick, PE, Kittelson & Associates
  • Increasing Intersection Capacity Through Removal of Left Turn Movements, Paul Slone, PE, PTOE, CHA
  • Comparing the New Safe Systems for Intersection Score to Other Measures of Performance, Dr. Joe Hummer, Ph.D., NCDOT

Moderator: Suzanne Dees, PE, MDOT

  • Beyond 77 – The Largest Corridor Study You’ve Never Heard Of… Until Now, Adam Howell, Atkins Global and Elle Tedder, Atkins Global
  • A Response to Rural Pedestrian Mobility (The Sinai Pedestrian Lane Project), Siavash Mousavizadeh, PE, PTOE, VDOT
  • Establishing Regional Multimodal Design Guidelines in the New River Valley, Nick Britton, AICP, Michael Baker International and Cathy Koval, AICP, Michael Baker International

A short 1-mile walk from the hotel, TRIMARC’s Traffic Operations Center staff monitor, analyze and disseminate regional ITS information. They also manage incident response services including Freeway Service Patrols.

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Moderator: Lauren Gaines, Barge Design Solutions

  • Designing for Bicycle Safety Through the National Mall, Iain Banks, PTP, Nelson\Nygaard and Josh Hurst, PE, PTOE, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
  • Bicycle Facility Implementation in Raleigh, NC, Eric Lamb, PE, FITE, City of Raleigh (Retired)
  • Charlotte’s Emerging Bike Network: Planning & Implementing an Urban Cycle Track, Scott Curry, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., and Josh Hurst, Kittleson & Associates

Moderator: Dillon Turner, PE, PTOE, Kimley-Horn

  • Interstate 24 Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC), John Hunter, PE, Barge Design
  • Innovative Traffic Management for a Major Interstate Construction Project, Warren E. Hughes, PE, ATCS, P.L.C.
  • Speed Limit Setting as a Function of Safety and Roadway Context, Steven Strength, PE, PTOE, LDOT

Moderator: Marybeth Bergin, PE, City of Mobile

  • Vision Zero Meets Artificial Intelligence, Tom Hoene, Currux Vision
  • Improved Technology for Data-Driven Safety Decisions for Roundabouts, Mark Lenters, PE, Kimley-Horn
  • Trajectory Based Signal Performance Measures – What are they?, Terri Johnson, INRIX

Commonwealth 4

Commonwealth 2

SDITE Awards Presentations – Commonwealth 2

Moderator: Kevin Cole, PE, CDM Smith

  • Student Paper Winner, TBD
  • A Study of Driver Speed Change Behaviors to Improve the Design of Unsignalized Intersections on Divided Highways with Wide Medians Using SHRP2 NDS Data, Dr. Beijia Zhang, Ph.D.
  • A Machine Learning Approach to Quantify the Effects of Design Features on Wrong-Way Driving Incidents at the Off-Ramp Terminals of Partial Cloverleaf Interchange, Qing Chang and Yukun Song
  • Eastern Parkway Transportation Plan, Katie Rowe, PE, AICP, Gresham Smith and John Swintosky, PLA, ASLA, Metro Louisville

After a stop at TARC’s headquarters in historic Union Station to learn about the history and future of mass transit in Louisville, we will take a bus ride through the I-Move Kentucky interstate improvement project, the largest under construction in Kentucky.

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Moderator: Kathryn B. Brown, PE, PTOE, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson

  • Utilizing Big Data in Simulation Studies, Peter Trencansky, PE, PTOE, Patriot Transportation Engineering
  • Utilizing “Big Data” to Drive Transportation Decision-Making in Cities: Virginia Case Studies, Chris Daily, PE, VHB and Chuck Conran, PE, VHB
  • Big Data in Transportation: Tips on Building an Effective Data Program, David Filiatreau, PE, PTOE, Stantec

Moderator: Stephen Edwards, PE, PTP, RSP1, TREKK

  • Big Data and Tech in Transportation Planning, Robert Kohler, PTP, Airsage
  • KYTC’s TSMO Program Plan, Stephen De Witte, PE, KYTC and Jason Siwula, PE, KYTC

Moderator: Jennifer P. White, PE, City of Mobile

  • Imagine Nicholasville Road – Incorporating Land Use and Transportation Planning, Anne Warnick, PE, PTOE, WSP and Austin Obenauf, EIT, WSP
  • A Look at Downtown Two Way Street Restorations 20 Years Later, G. Wade Walker, PE, Kittleson & Associates
  • Social and Economic Impacts of New Light Rail Systems, Adam Schmidt, NCSU

Moderator: Josh Hurst, PE, PTOE, Kittelson & Associates

  • Strategies for Mitigating Congestion in Small Urban and Rural Areas, Dr. Dimitra Michalaka, Ph.D., PE, The Citadel
  • Statewide Corridor Plan, Stephen De Witte, PE, KYTC, Ken Kaltenbach, PE, Corradino, and Dr. Johnny Han, Ph.D., PE, Corradino

Moderator: Christine Potocki, PE, PTOE, VHB

  • Simulation of CAV Trucks Along the 190-Mile Ohio Turnpike, Dr. Tom Creasey, Ph.D., PE, Caliper
  • Virginia’s Interstate Operations and Enhancement Program (I-95 and I-64/664 Corridor Improvement Plans), Mark Herman, PE, RSP1, Kimley-Horn
  • KYTC Simulation Guidelines & Trajectory Data, Robert Frazier, PE, AICP, HDR and Jay Balaji, PE, KYTC

Moderator: Christina Barry, PE, GDOT

  • The City of Chattanooga Advanced Technology Deployments, Kevin Comstock, City of Chattanooga
  • Surface Transportation Moving to Omnichannel Services on a Digital Platform, David Spinney, Econolite
  • How Technology Can Bring Visibility and Control to Your Traffic Operations, Jordan Burnsed, Genetec

Professional Development Workshop
8:00 a.m. – Noon

  • SDITE Workforce Development Committee Project Management Light Session 1 – Project Manager Expectations and Plan Development Process, France Campbell, PE, PTOE, RSP1, AECOM
  • SDITE Workforce Development Committee Project Management Light Session 2 – Project Management Plan, Project Scheduling, Project Financial Plan and Leading the Team Project, France Campbell, PE, PTOE, RSP1, AECOM
  • SDITE Leadership Development Module – Refuse to Schmooze and you Lose: Developing the Social/relationship Side of Business to Your Advantage, Dr. Beverly Langford, LMA Communication, Inc.