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 Dallas Section

Meetings History

This page serves as a list of virtually every meeting or major function sponsored by the TexITE Dallas Section.

Past Meetings

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1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 200920102011
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
   
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 Infrastructure 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)
 
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
January 11, 2008 Mr. Dave Carter Traffic Calming Programs: A Bumpy Road to Success HNTB
March 14, 2008 Mr. Robert Wunderlich - City of Garland Teens in the Driver Seat: Implementing a Community-Based Teen Driving Safety Program in Garland, Texas. HNTB
April 11, 2008 Mr. Steve Taylor - Jacobs Carter & Burgess Mythbusters - Integrating Planning and Operations for Increased Value HNTB
May 9, 2008 Mr. Ron Moore - City of McKinney Fire Departments Safe parking: Working in or near moving traffic. City of Richardson
June 3, 2008 Professional Development - ITE Webinar Trip Generation: Fundamentals and Applications Halff Associates
June 2008 No Section meeting TexITE Summer Meeting - San Antonio San Antonio
July 11, 2008 Mr. Andy Oberlander, TxDOT TxDOT DalTrans Facility Presentation and Tour DalTrans - TxDOT
August 21, 2008 Mr. Jim Crites, DFW Airport The Future of Transportation at DFW Airport
(Joint meeting with TexITE Ft. Worth Section)
Ruthe Jackson Center - Grand Prairie
September 12, 2008 Dr. Abdelghany, Southern Methodist University The Traffic Modeling Program at SMU HNTB
October 10, 2008 Mr. Kevin St. Jacques - Wilbur Smith Associates Parking Generation: Fundamentals and Applications HNTB
October 29, 2008 Professional Development - ITE Webinar Applying Access Management to Existing Roadways City of Garland
November 13, 2008 Dr. Geoffret C. Orsak - Dean, SMU Engineering School A Heroic Vision for Engineering: The Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering SMU Campus
December 16, 2008 Mr. Mahesh Luimil, - DART Dallas Area Managed HOV Lanes HNTB
       
       
January 23, 2009 Christie Jestis - NCTCOG Transportation Funding Opportunities HNTB
February 2009 No Section Meeting TexITE Winter Meeting -
March 13, 2009 Amanda Brimmer - NCTCOG Locally Enforced Idling Restrictions HNTB
April 10, 2009 Walter Ragsdale - Ragsdale Consulting Legislative Update HNTB
May 8, 2009 Chris Poe & Roberto Macias - TTI I-30 Managed Lanes: Value Pricing, Highway Construction, and the Future. HNTB
June 12, 2009 Brian Moen - City of Frisco Implementing Frisco's Advanced Traffic Management System HNTB
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September 17, 2009 Taylor Sharpe & John Radovich - Texas Rail Advocates South Central High Speed Rail Corridor and Stimulus Spending Opportunities for Rail Joint Meeting
Ruther Jackson Center
October 9, 2009 Dave Carter, Robert Wunderlich, and Wayne Kurfees Transportation Engineering: Good Cop/Bad Cop or Cowboys & Indians What role do you play? HNTB
November 20, 2009 Rod Kelly - Parsons DART Orange Line HNTB
December 11, 2009 Kent Kacir (KHA) and Paul Iwuchukwu (City of Arlington) Traffic Management for the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium HNTB
January 15, 2010 State Representative Robert Miklos Regional Transportation: Options and Issues HNTB
February 2010 No Section Meeting TexITE Winter District Meeting Frisco
March 12, 2010 Boro Dedeitch (Parsons) DART Green Line HNTB
April 9, 2010 Jeremy Wyndham (Jacobs), Spenta Irani (Jacobs) and Ceason Clements (TxDOT) US 75 SPUI Interchanges: From Concept to Construction HNTB
May 14, 2010 Lloyd Neal (Plano) Innovative intersection designs in Plano (Michigan Left Turns) HNTB
July 9, 2010 Keith Jones (URS) Advance notice of more streetcars? What you should know about FTA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on New Starts Transit Projects HNTB
August 13, 2010 Tom Hartmann & Matt Sneed (KHA) Diamond Interchanges: Signing and Striping Practices in North Texas HNTB
September 16, 2010 Michael Morris (NCTCOG) Regional Transportation Plans for the Super Bowl Joint Meeting
Ruthe Jackson Center
October 8, 2010 Yang Ouyang (NTTA) Measures to Address Wrong-Way Crashes on the Tollway HNTB
November 19, 2010 Dave Carter (Richardson), Robert Wunderlich (Garland), Deborah Humphreys (NCTCOG), Max Kalhammer (Dallas) Regional Bike Planning in Dallas, Richardson, Garland, and Plano HNTB
December 10, 2010 Gary Moonshower (TxDOT) LBJ Express HNTB
January 14, 2011 Scott Cooner (TTI) Cable median barrier research update and safety gains in Texas. HNTB
February 11, 2011 Tom LeBeau (DCTA) A-Train Project Update. HNTB
March 2011 No Section Meeting TexITE Winter District Meeting Ft Worth
April 8, 2011 Tony Hartzel (TxDOT) Successful Media Relations HNTB
May 6, 2011 Chad Edwards (NCTCOG) Mobility 2035 MTP Update HNTB
June 10, 2011 Various Speakers Joint Meeting with FTW Section Ruthe Jackson Center
July 8, 2011 Kristi Avalos (Accessology) ADA / Public ROW Issues HNTB
August 12, 2011 Curtis Jarecki (City of Dallas) Traffic Signal Operations – Experiences, Ideas, and Dreams HNTB
October 14, 2011 Ryan Bricker (HNTB), Patrick Owens (HNTB), Matt MacGregor (TxDOT) IH-35E Corridor Project Aesthetics HNTB
November 11, 2011 Jody Short (Lee Engineering), Minh Le (TTI) Evaluating Recurring and Non-Recurring Congestion HNTB
December 9, 2011 Susan Langdon (Savant) ITE Traffic Engineering Council Activities Update HNTB