| The Greater Dallas Section holds meetings on the second
Friday (previously Thursdays) of each month. We will also occasionally have other events and service
projects in which we participate. The table below documents many of
these activities for the period 1996 through 2005.
Click on the year below to jump to that portion of the
table. |
| Meeting Date | Speaker | Program | Location |
| July 11, 1996. | Sandy Wesch-Schulze | Trinity Parkway Corridor MIS | . |
| August 8, 1996 |
Terry Sams & Wallace Ewell, TxDOT |
Texas Motor Speedway -- Status of the Traffic Control Plan and Anticipated Problems | Atrium Antique Mall |
| September 12, 1996 | Dean Stuller & Mike Lloyd, ITS | The I.H. 35 NAFTA Superhighway Coalition | Atrium Antique Mall |
| October 10, 1996 | Pete Davis, TTA | Status of 190 Construction as a Tollroad | Atrium Antique Mall |
| November 14, 1996 |
Koorosh Olyai, DART Doug Skowronek, TTI |
The Status of Interim HOV Lanes in Dallas | Atrium Antique Mall |
| December 13, 1996 | Dallas Stars | Hockey Game - Winter Social | Reunion Arena |
| January 30, 1997 | TexITE Meeting | . | Abilene |
| February 1997 | No meeting | . | . |
| March 13, 1997 | Rod Kelly, PTG | TSM Options in Dallas | Atrium Antique Mall |
| April 10, 1997 | Ivan Nicodemus, CMAQ Program Office | Status of Dallas County CMAQ | Atrium Antique Mall |
| May 8, 1997 | Dan Fambro, International Director District 9 | Ongoing Activities of District 9 and ITE | Richardson Civic Center |
| June 12-14, 1997 | TexITE Meeting | Farmers Branch/ Carrollton | . |
| July 10, 1997 | Wayne Kurfees, Kimley-Horn | Garland CMAQ Program | Carrollton Library |
| August 14, 1997 | Jody Short, Lee Engineering | GIS Parking | Carrollton Library |
| September 11, 1997 | Jack Werzinski, DART | DART General Issues | Carrollton Library |
| October 9, 1997 | Marcos Fernandez, City of Plano | DART Issues Plano Station Land Use | Carrollton Library |
| Novermber 13, 1997 | No Meeting | . | . |
| December 11, 1997 | ITS Seminar | FHWA ITS Awareness Seminar | NCTCOG |
| January 8, 1998 | Jerry Bartos | The Wright Ammendment | Carrollton Library |
| January 29-31, 1998 | TexITE Meeting | San Antonio | . |
| February 1998 | No Meeting | . | . |
| March 12, 1998 | Jim Williams, UTA |
History of Interstate - Joint DFW Meeting |
Howard Johnsons, Arlington |
| April 9, 1998 | Ed Seymore, TTI | Current Status of NTCIP | Carrollton Library |
| May 14, 1998 | Ousama Shebeeb, City of Dallas | Traffic Calming | Carrollton Library |
| June 1998 | TexITE Meeting | Austin | . |
| July 9, 1998 | Steve Salin, P.E., BRW | DART Northwest Corridor MIS | Carrollton Library |
| August 13, 1998 | Patrick Tyner, P.E., NCTCOG | TEA-21 | Carrollton Library |
| September 10, 1998 | Paul Luedtke, P.E., Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. | Dallas North Tollway Bottleneck Study | Richarson Civic Center |
| October 13, 1998 | John Speed, P.E., Texas Board of Prof. Eng. |
Your Rights and Responsibilities as an Engineer
(Joint ASCE/SAME/TexITE meeting) |
Raddison Hotel, Mockingbird Ln |
| November 12, 1998 |
Jim Williams, Ph.D., P.E., University of Texas Arlington |
Highway Capacity Manual Weaving Analysis | Carrollton Library |
| December 10, 1998 | Dan Fambro, Ph.D., P.E., Texas A&M University, District 9 International Director | ITE Certification Program | Carrollton Library |
| January 28, 1999 | No meeting due to TexITE Winter Meeting | TexITE Meeting | DoubleTree Hotel, Dallas |
| February 11, 1999 | George Human, P.E., City of Richardson | ITE Committee "The Profession" | TxDOT Dallas District |
| March 11, 1999 | Mark Bouma, P.E., North Texas Tollway Authority | SH 190 Construction Status Report including business, homeowners impacts/representatives | Bagelstiens |
| April 8, 1999 |
John LaRue, DFW Airport |
Proposed Automated People Mover Improvements and Rail Connections to DFW - Joint DFW Meeting | Arlington (Hospital) |
| May 13, 1999 |
Martin Malloy, Halff Associates |
SH 183 MIS (Annual Meeting) |
Carrollton Library |
| June 17-19, 1999 | No meeting due to TexITE Summer Meeting | TexITE Meeting | Corpus Christi - Omni Bayfront Hotel |
| July 8, 1999 |
Darmesh Shah, Lee Engineering |
Traffic Control Devices and the Year 2000 - A Report from the ITE Technical Committee Installation of New Officers |
Campbell Road Community Church |
| August 12, 1999 | Chris Poe, PB Farradyne | Translink Program at Texas A&M University | Campbell Road Community Church |
| September 9, 1999 |
Mike Cunningham, State Farm Insurance |
A Discussion of the Dangerous Intersection Study | Campbell Road Community Center |
| October 14, 1999 |
Bobbie J. Mitchell, Mayor, City of Lewisville |
SH 121 - Toll or Free | Richardson Civic Center |
| November 11, 1999 |
Carmen Miranda, Town of Addison |
Addison Circle Development | Campbell Road Community Center |
| December 9, 1999 | Abed Abukar, TxDOT Fort Worth District | Go With the Flow / Flow Signals on SH 360 | Campbell Road Community Center |
| January 13, 2000 | James McCarley, DRMC | New Legislation from the Texas Legislature | Campbell Road Community Center |
| January 27-29, 2000 | TexITE Winter Meeting | TexITE Meeting |
Fort Worth - Arlington Wyndham Hotel |
| February 10, 2000 |
No meeting due to TexITE Winter Meeting |
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| March 9, 2000 | Cliff Franklin, TTI | The Opening of Central Expressway | Campbell Road Community Center |
| April 13, 2000 |
Joint Meeting with Ft. Worth Chapter Michael Morris, Vickie Alexander, NCTCOG; Kate Kettles |
Transportation Components of the Dallas 2012 Olympic Bid |
Colleyville Community Center |
| May 11, 2000 |
Wayne Kurfees, ITE
International Director, District 9 |
Current Issues before ITE International | Campbell Road Community Center |
| June 22-24, 2000 | TexITE Summer Meeting | TexITE Meeting | College Station |
| July 13, 2000 |
Robert Pope Vice-Chair DART Board |
Status of DART initiatives to use long-term bonds | Campbell Road Community Center |
| August 10, 2000 | Jeff Vick, TBE Group, Inc. | How Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Can Be Used to Reduce Risks From Utility Conflicts During Design and Construction | Campbell Road Community Center |
| August 7-9, 2000 | International ITE Meeting | . | Nashville, TN |
| September 14, 2000 | Roger Bligh, TTI research engineer in the highway safety division | The Crash Worthiness of Work Zone Traffic Control Devices | Campbell Road Community Center |
| October 12, 2000 | Ron Whitehead, City Manager and Michael Murphy, Director of Public Works, Town of Addison | Neotraditional Development and The Addison Circle Development including a walking tour. | Addison Conference Center |
| November 9, 2000 | Kim Farwell, City of Richardson | Travel Demand Management in Richardson - Current State of the Art | Campbell Road Community Center |
| December 14, 2000 | Brian Moen, Parsons Transportation Group | Traffic Simulation Applications Using VSIM | Campbell Road Community Center |
| January 11, 2001 | Brian Shewski (Kimley-Horn), Gerry de Damp (de Camp & Associates), and Jeff Green (City of Plano) | Pitfalls To Avoid While Implementing New Signal Timing | Campbell Road Community Center |
| January 25-27, 2001 | TexITE | . | San Antonio |
| February 8, 2001 | No Meeting due to TexITE | . | . |
| March 8, 2001 | Robert L. Zollars, Huitt - Zollars | Proposed Mockingbird Toll Tunnel | Campbell Road Community Center |
| April 12, 2001 | James McCarley, Executive Director of the Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition | Current Legislative Issues Affecting Transportation in Texas | Colleyville Community Center |
| May 10, 2001 | Kevin R. St. Jacques, P.E., P.T.O.E., Wilbur Smith | Bicycle Planning | Campbell Road Community Center |
| June 14, 2001 | No Meeting due to TexITE | . | . |
| June 21-23, 2001 | TexITE | . | Midland |
| July 12, 2001 | Wayne Kurfees | District 9 Reorganization | Campbell Road Community Center |
| August 9, 2001 | Cissy Sylo | DFW Airport Signage Changes | Campbell Road Community Center |
| September 13, 2001 | Kimley-Horn and Associates | New Urbanism | Campbell Road Community Center |
| October 11, 2001 | Matt Craig, Halff Associates | SH 183/West Fork Major Investment Study | Campbell Road Community Center |
| November 8, 2001 | Robert Saylor, City of Richardson | Richardson's Video Trailer | Campbell Road Community Center |
| December 13, 2001 | Chris Poe, PB Farradyne | 511 Will it ring in Texas? | Campbell Road Community Center |
| January 24-26, 2002 | TexITE Meeting | . | Irving |
| February 14, 2002 | Kelly Parma, Lee Engineering | Speed Zone Study Issues | Campbell Road Community Center |
| March 14, 2002 | Walter Anderson, CCP and Mike Shelton from Kimley-Horn and Associates | Using GIS to Manage Your ITS Infrastructure | Campbell Road Community Center |
| April 15, 2002 | John Kennedy, VHB |
Joint Dallas-Fort Worth Program
Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel |
Grapevine Convention Center |
| May 9, 2002 | Natalie Bettger, NCTCOG | Low Level Aerial Photography Analysis conducted by NCTCOG in 1999 | Campbell Road Community Center |
| June 13, 2002 | Rod Kelly, PTG | DART Northeast Corridor LRT Line | Campbell Road Community Center |
| June 27-29, 2002 | TexITE | . | League City (Houston) |
| July 11, 2002 | No meeting due to TexITE | . | . |
| August 8, 2002 | Ronnie Bell | MUTCD Revisions | Campbell Road Community Center |
| September 12, 2002 | Brian Van DeWalle | ADA Considerations for Intersections | Campbell Road Community Center |
| October 10, 2002 | Chris Edwards, 3M | TAMS (Transportation Asset Management System) | Campbell Road Community Center |
| November 14, 2002 | John Landrum and Ron Kavatis, MATA | Field Trip: McKinney Avenue Trolley | |
| December 12, 2002 | Cliff Franklin, TTI | High 5 Construction Update | Campbell Road Community Center |
| January 9, 2003 | Martha Stowe, Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas | Adopt an Intersection Program | HNTB |
| January 23-25, 2003 | TexITE Meeting | El Paso | |
| February 13, 2003 | Chris Poe, PBFI | What's New in Geometric Design | HNTB |
| March 13, 2003 |
Tim Nesbitt, Richard Mason, TxDOT Sandy Wesche-Schulze, Carter-Burgess |
Project Pegasus: Transforming our Downtown Freeways | HNTB |
| April 10, 2003 | Matt McGregor, TXDOT | Managed Lanes and West Section Tunnels | HNTB |
| May 8, 2003 | P.M. Summer, City of Dallas | Ped./Bike Access: Living Streets and Sustainable Developments | HNTB |
| June 12-14, 2003 | TexITE District 9 Meeting | Richardson | |
| July 17, 2003 | Michael Morris, Chris Klaus, Ken Cervenka and Jaime Walker with NCTCOG | Regional Planning Process: Constraints, Strategies, and Opportunities | NCTCOG |
| August 21, 2003 | Paul Iwuchukwu, City of Arlington | Arlington Signal System Replacement with Gigabit Ethernet Communications Infastructure | City of Arlington |
| September 11, 2003 | Jim Carvell, TTI - ITE District 9 International Director | ITE: Your Organization | HNTB |
| October 9, 2003 | Kimberly Farwell, Transportation Analyst, City of Richardson | Richardson Crash Data Summary: Using ST-3 Data as a Planning Tool | HNTB |
| November 11, 2003 | Representative Fred Hill | Transportation Legislation (presented at the 6th Annual Joint Meeting with the Greater Fort Worth Section) | Grapevine Convention Center |
| December 11, 2003 | Erik Slotboom (author of www.TexasFreeway.com) | "Battle of the Texas Freeways: Houston vs Dallas" | HNTB |
| January 8, 2004 | Wayne Kurfees, Kimley-Horn | "NCTCOG's Thoroughfare Assessment Program (TAP)" | HNTB |
| February 12, 2004 | Mike Wobkin, Parsons | "VISSIM Simulation of the Pegasus Project" | HNTB |
| March 11, 2004 | Paul Luedtke, Director of Trans. Operations - City of Garland. | "Saving Lives Through Automated Enforcement of Red Light Running" | Campbell Road Community Center |
| April 15, 2004 | NCTCOG & Consultant Team Representatives | Regional Rail Corridor Study | NCTCOG |
| May 13, 2004 | Terry Sams, Director of Transportation Operations - TxDOT Dallas | "Current Status of Incident Management on Dallas Area Freeways" | TxDOT Dallas |
| June 2004 | No Section Meeting | TexITE 50th Anniversary Meeting in Austin | AUSTIN |
| July 8, 2004 | Kevin St. Jacques, Wilbur Smith Associates | "Proposed Recommended Practice for Pedestrian Crossings at Uncontrolled Locations" | HNTB |
| August 19, 2004 | John Lettelleir, Director of Planning for the City of Frisco | Building a Sustainable Community Focusing on Transportation | HNTB |
| September 16, 2004 | Boro Dedeitch | Low Cost Intersection Safety Improvements | HNTB |
| October 14, 2004 | Beth Ramirez, City of Dallas | Dallas' Arterial Dynamic Message Signs | HNTB |
| November 11, 2004 | Alan Lathrom - Brown and Hofmeister | Traffic Impact Fees in Texas Communities | HNTB |
| November 13, 2004 | SERVICE PROJECT | Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup | Irving Blvd. |
| December 9, 2004 |
Kent Kacir - Siemens ITS Ronnie Bell - City of Plano |
Use of the Flashing Yellow Arrow Display for Protected/Permissive Left-Turn Operation | HNTB |
| January 13, 2005 | Mark Bouma - NTTA | Improving and Expanding the Regional Tollway System | HNTB |
| February 3-5, 2005 | No Section Meeting | TexITE Winter Meeting - Waco | Waco |
| March 10, 2005 | Jerry Holder, HNTB | Time has Value: The A+B bidding Process for Construction Projects | HNTB |
| April 14, 2005 | Mr. Dan Peden, TxDOT High Five Project Manager | High Five Presentation & Field Trip / Site Tour | TxDOT Field Office |
| May 12, 2005 | Mr Jim Carvelle, ITE District 9 International Director | ITE Update - What's Going on at ITE | HNTB |
| June 2005 | No Section Meeting | TexITE Summer Meeting - Laredo, Texas | Laredo |
| July 14, 2005 | Mr. Berhuz Paschai, Jacobs | Comprehensive Transportation Plan for the Dallas Central Business District | HNTB |
| August 18, 2005 | Mr. Jeff Williams - Graham Associates | The Transportation in the Entertainment District of Arlington | |
| September 8, 2005 | Mr. Tony Hartzel - Dallas Morning News | How The Media Covers Transportation. | HNTB |
| October 13, 2005 | Mr Brian Moen, Mrs. Kim Dalton - City of Frisco | Grand Opening of IKEA and Pizza Hut Park from a Traffic Perspective | HNTB |
| November 10, 2005 | Comprehensive Development Agreements (CDAs) | HNTB | |
| December 16, 2005 | Mr. Chris Poe - TTI | Managing High Technology Projects in Transportation | HNTB |
| January 12, 2006 | Mr. Andrew Holick - TTI | Development and Use of the Clearview Font for Guide Signs | HNTB |
| February 9, 2006 | Kelly Parma & John Denholm - Lee Engineering | Conversion of a Congested All-Way Stop Controlled Intersection to a Roundabout in Southlake, Texas | HNTB |
| March 2006 | No Section Meeting |
TexITE Winter Meeting - San Antonio In conjunction with the ITE International Technical Conference |
San Antonio |
| April 13, 2006 | Mr. Rod Kelly - Parsons |
It's Irving's turn for Rail - Development of
Light Rail service through the City of Irving |
HNTB |
| May 12, 2006 | Mr. Kent Kacir - Seimens ITS |
To Flash or Not to Flash - That is the
Question. (Discussion of late night flashing operations) |
HNTB |
| June 2006 | No Section Meeting | TexITE Summer Meeting - College Station | College Station |
| July 14, 2006 | Jerry Dittman - City of Mesquite | Reducing Residential Speed Zones to 25 MPH | HNTB |
| August 11, 2006 | Joel Fitts - Parsons | Simulating Alternative Concepts for Preston Road & Legacy Drive | HNTB |
| August 31, 2006 | Michael Morris - NCTCOG | Funding Strategies in the DFW Region / How are My Projects Going to be Funded (Joint Meeting with TexITE Fort Worth Section) | NCTCOG |
| September 9, 2006 | SERVICE PROJECT | Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup | Garland - SH 66 |
| October 13, 2006 | Kelley Stone - Collin County Director of Homeland Security | Discussion of Regional Evacuation Strategies as Proposed by TxDOT | HNTB |
| November 10, 2006 | Debra Lang - Dallas Police Department | DWI from the Dallas Police Department's Perspective | HNTB |
| December 8, 2006 | Mr. Russ Wiles - City of Fort Worth | Quiet Zone Projects in Fort Worth | HNTB |
| January 12, 2007 | Mr. Mike Sims - NCTCOG | Truck Lane Pilot Study | NCTCOG |
| February | No Section Meeting | TexITE Winter Meeting - Houston | HOUSTON |
| March 9, 2007 | Mr. Abed Abukar - DART | The US 75 Integrated Corridor Management Project - Dallas through Plano | HNTB |
| March 10, 2007 | SERVICE PROJECT | Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup | |
| April 13, 2007 | Mr. Rick Berry - City of Mesquite | "You've Just Won the PE Board's CEP Audit Lottery! Now What?" | HNTB |
| May 11, 2007 | Mr. Wayne Kurfees - Kimley-Horn | Using Uneven Double Cycles to Improve the Effectiveness of Arterial Traffic Signal Operations | HNTB |
| June 2007 | No Section Meeting | TexITE Summer Meeting - Amarillo | AMARILLO |
| July 13, 2007 | Mr. Gary Graham - BWR | A review of software packages for analysis of signalized intersections. | HNTB |
| August 23, 2007 | Panel Discussion led by Robert Saylor, City of Richardson |
Traffic Signal Clearance times in light of SB
1119 (Joint meeting with TexITE Ft. Worth) |
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| September 14, 2007 | Mr. Madhusudhan Venugopal, NCTCOG | DFW Air Quality Attainment Update | HNTB |
| October 6, 2007 | SERVICE PROJECT | Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup | |
| October 12, 2007 | Mr. Kent Kacir | Adaptive Signal Control in a Medium Sized City | HNTB |
| October 13, 2007 | SOCIAL EVENT | Frisco Safety Town Tour | City of Frisco |
| November 9, 2007 | Mr. Jorge Figueredo, NTTA | NTTA, The Impact of the 80th Legislative Session and Corridor updates | HNTB |
| December 14. 2007 | Dr. Gene Hawkins (TAMU) and Dr. Jim Williams (UTA) | Transportation Curricula at Texas A&M and UTA | HNTB |