2009 Winter Meeting

Lubbock

Holiday Inn Park Plaza
Sharmon Owens, LAC Chair
Social Event: American Wind Power Center and Cactus Theater

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Presentations

Session 1A: Highway Products Group Presentations

Richard D'Alessandro, Mc Cain Inc.Vandal-Resistant Pull Box Insert
Michael T. Volling, SENSYS NetworksWireless Sensor Network Applications in Transportation
Ronald Featherson, Peek TrafficVideo Detection

Session 1B: Complete Streets

Larry Cervenka, Civil AssociatesPlano Bicycle Plan Implementation
Garrett Burchett, Kimley-Horn and AssociatesImplementing Context Sensitive Solutions in Texas Cities
Gary Thomas, TTIAddressing the Needs of Older Pedestrians: A Collaboration with AARP

Session 2A: Traffic Signal Operations

Johana E. Clark, Houston TranstarWhen to Use Phase Numbers Higher Than Eight: Advanced Signal Timing Techniques for High-Volume Intersections
Shuaiyu Chen, Frank H. Liu, Senadheera SanjayaCoordinate or Not Coordinate: A Case Study on an Arterial Street with an Over-Saturated Diamond Interchange
Frank H. Liu, Hao XuEstimating Control Delay of Signalized Diamond Interchanges Considering the Impacts of Internal Queue Spillbacks

Session 2B: Transportation Grab Bag 1

Allison Franz, City of GarlandGarland's Success with Red Light Cameras
Gilmer Gaston, Pape-DawsonImproving Traffic Flow with Unconventional Intersection Strategies
Kevin St. Jacques, Wilber Smith AssociatesMultimodal Level of Service Analysis for Urban Streets: Results of NCHRP 3-70 Research

Session 3: Student Poster Presentations

Session 4A: Texas Topics in ITS

David C. Worley, City of Sugar LandSugar Land ITS System Five-Year Operations Plan
Bruce Abernethy, Arcadis-US Corp.Issues and Options Related to VII / VVI
Darin Bjork, Kimley-Horn and AssociatesWireless Traffic Systems ? So Easy, a Caveman Can Do It?

Session 4B: Transportation Grab Bag 2

Chris Georges, PT DataMobile Millennium and iTravel Time: Use of GPS Mobile Phones in Travel Time Information
Eugene H. Dawson III, Frank H. Liu, Ruey Lon Cheu, Randy B. MachemehlAssessing the Feasibility of Converting the Two-Way-Left-Turn Lane into a Bus Rapid Transit Lane
Walter Ragsdale, Ragsdale ConsultingWhat Will Be the 81st Texas Legislature?s Impact On Our Profession?