Call for Abstracts

DEADLINE NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The Annual Meeting is behind us and the TexITE Winter Meeting will be here soon. This year’s meeting will be held January 28-30, in Frisco. That's not San Francisco, but Frisco, Texas (northern end of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex). Conference information will be posted on the district Web site within the next few months. We are developing an exciting technical program and are looking for willing participants to share the vast experience and expertise that exists within our membership.

If you have an interesting topic or presentation, please submit a short and simple abstract as soon as practical. Abstracts should be limited to no more than one page of legible text. All transportation topics will be considered in the development of the Technical Program, but to spark your imagination, consider the following topic areas:

Traffic Operations Improvements
ITS Planning / Design / Operations
Communications
Mitigating Construction Impacts
Planning – Masterplans, Corridor Planning, City Planning
Signs and Markings
Traffic Signal – Planning, Design, Operations, Maintenance, Timing
Microscopic Simulation, CAD Visualization
Alleviation of Congestion, Reduction of Fuel Consumption
Green Projects
Pedestrian and Bike Planning, Design or Implementation
Special Event Planning and Implementation
Disaster Planning and Implementation (hurricanes, ice, etc…)
Freight, Border Crossings
Rail - Highway/Rail Crossings - Quiet Zones – Light Rail – Commuter Rail – High Speed Rail
Funding – Existing Sources, Creativity, Future Sources
Effects of Demographics, Fuel Economy on Future Funding
ARRA Funding Uses for Transportation
Public Involvement and Outreach
Transit Planning, Construction or Operations
Traffic Safety Improvements / Traffic Safety Programs
Ethics, Municipal Performance Measures, Leadership, Media

E-mail abstracts before November 30, 2009 to vice-president@texite.org. Please keep the abstract to 300 words and one page, including the following information: Author(s) and affiliations(s), mailing address, email, and telephone number for author contact. Accepted abstracts will NOT be required to prepare a technical paper for the conference. If you have any questions, or comments, please contact Gilmer Gaston at vice-president@texite.org or via telephone at (210) 375-9000.