June 17,2010
The Role of the Auto in the City & The Case for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars
Jack Fleck, Retiring City Traffic Engineer, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
Rom Gremban, CalCars Technical Lead
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

May 20,2010
Celebrating Bike to Work Month!
Michelle DeRobertis, Senior Transportation Planner, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).
Ina Gerhard, Senior Transportation Planner/Bicycle Coordinator, Caltrans D4.
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

April 22,2010
Pedestrian Safety and Mobility - Student Paper Awards
Moderator: Meghan Mitman, Senior Transportation Planner , Fehr and Peers.
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

March 18,2010
ITE and ITS-CA Joint Meeting: Intellidrive^SM - Technologies and Applications
Jim Meisner, Executive Director - California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH)
Dr. Luca Delgrossi, Group Manager Vehicle-Centric Communications, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

February 18,2010
ITE and SBTOA Joint Meeting: Bike Lanes, Bullet Trains, Pod Cars and Potholes
Hans Larson, City of San Jose's Acting Director of Transportation
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

January 21, 2010
Transportation and Climate Change
Sarah J. Siwek, Sarah J. Siwek & Associates, Inc.
Ted Droettboom, Regional Planning Program Director - Joint Policy Committee, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

November 19, 2009
DEVELOPMENTS IN PARKING - CASE STUDIES IN CALIFORNIA
Tilly Chang and Jesse Koehler, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Wendy Tao, Transportation Analyst, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Sebastian Petty,Transportation Planner, Wilbur Smith Associates
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Download Sebastian Petty's Presentation to ITE (1.0 MB PPT)
Download Wendy Tao's Presentation to ITE (3.0 MB PDF)

October 15, 2009
ITE and WTS Joint Meeting: Express Lanes
Lisa Klein, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
Ray Akkawi, Manager of Project Delivery, Alameda County Congestion Management Agency (ACCMA)
Murali Ramanujam,Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Download Murali Ramanujam's Presentation to ITE and WTS (6.0 MB PDF)
Download Lisa Klein's Presentation to ITE and WTS (2.0 MB PDF)
Download Ray Akkawi's Presentation to ITE and WTS (9.0 MB PPT)

September 23, 2009
Join APWA, ASCE, SBTOA, and ITE for a Mega-Networking Picnic
The Annual Picnic and Joint Meeting of four leading transportation and civil engineering organizations will be September 23 at 11:30 a.m. in Santa Clara.
Click here for RSVP link and full details.

September 17, 2009
ITE Annual Kick-off Meeting: High Speed Rail
Rod Diridon Sr., Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI).
Robert L. Doty, Peninsula Rail Program Director
George Mazur,Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

June 18, 2009
ITE Annual Business Meeting: Smart and Frugal Transportation Solutions
NATHANIEL P. FORD, Executive Director and CEO, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
TERRY BILLS, Transportation Industry Manager, ESRI
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

May 21, 2009
Bicycle Plans/Projects Around the Bay Area ... from the Activist's Perspective
ANDY THORNLEY, Program Director for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
ROBERT RAYBURN, Executive Director for the East Bay Bicycle Coalition
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

April 16, 2009
Joint ITE/ICTPA Meeting: Bay Area Regional Transportation Improvement Plans (RTIP's)
TILLY CHANG, San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA)
JOY LEE, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), San Francisco Bay Area
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Download Joy Lee's Presentation to ITE and ICTPA (3.0 MB PDF)

March 26, 2009
Multi-Modal Level of Service & Mixed-Use/ TOD Trip Generation
KAMALA PARKS, Dowling Associates, Inc
MATT HAYNES, Principal Transportation Planner, City of Berkeley
BRUCE APPLEYARD, AICP, University of California at Berkeley
Meeting Announcement - Minutes

March 19, 2009
ITE SF Bay Area and ITE Nor Cal Joint Event: 2nd Annual Transportation Modeling Technical Workshop and 35th Annual Vendors Night
A total of __ participants attended the FULL DAY WORKSHOP in Lodi, California, featuring transportation modeling technologies and research from the industry's leaders, gathered from around the world. Nearly ___ of workshop attendees came from outside the Bay Area, and __ represented public agencies. In addition, approximately ___ were in attendance for the Vendors Night.

Download presentations from this event here.

February 19, 2009
Green Mobility: Experience from the Cities of San Jose and Berkeley
JAMES R. HELMER, Director of Transportation, City of San Jose
MATT NICHOLS, Principal Transportation Planner, City of Berkeley
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Download Jim Helmer's Presentation to ITE (9.3 MB PPT)
Download Matt Nichol's Presentation to ITE (4.8 MB PPT)

February 19, 2009
ITE-Sponsored APWA Webinar: Reinvesting in America's Transportation System
A total of 10 participants from Caltrans and private industry attended this SOLD-OUT webinar at the Caltrans District 4 Auditorium in downtown Oakland, courtesy of Caltrans District 4, the American Public Works Association (APWA) Northern California Chapter and your ITE Section Technical Programs Committee.
Watch the video shown during the webinar at reinvestintransportation.apwa.net
The slideshow presentations will be available soon for download.

January 22, 2009
ITE/SBTOA Awards Program Topic: Caltrans West Approach Seismic Retrofit
KEN TERPSTRA, Caltrans District 4
Top Transportation Professional of 2008:
CYRUS MINOOFAR, Alameda County Congestion Management Agency
Meeting Announcement - Minutes and PHOTOS

January 15, 2009
ITE-Sponsored APWA Webinar: Green Transportation and Smart Growth
A total of 7 participants attended this Webinar (details) at the Caltrans District 4 Executive Conference Room in Oakland, thanks to support by APWA member Chris Kinzel of TJKM Transportation Consultants, the APWA Northern California Chapter, and your ITE Section Technical Programs Committee.
Click here for more details on this event. The slideshow presentations will be available soon for download.

November 21, 2008
SFBayITE Traffic Data Collection and Modeling Workshop
A total of __ participants attended this FULL DAY WORKSHOP in Redwood City, featuring transportation modeling technologies and research from the industry's leaders, gathered from around the world. Nearly ___ of workshop attendees came from outside the Bay Area, and __ represented public agencies.

Download presentations from this event here.

November 13, 2008
Q&A with Bijan Sartipi (Joint Meeting with SBTOA)
BIJAN SARTIPI, Director, Caltrans District 4
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Download Bijan Sartipi's Presentation to ITE and SBTOA (14 MB PDF)
Note: Due to constantly changing data and conditions, the information linked above cannot be considered current beyond the date originally presented.
Visit www.dot.ca.gov/dist4 to see what's happening in Caltrans District 4.

October 16, 2008
Local Transportation Ballot Measures: Joint Meeting with WTS
Jim Gleich, Deputy General Manager, AC Transit
Carolyn Gonot,, Chief SVRT Program Officer, SCVTA, and
Lillian Hames, General Manager, SMART
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Download Lillian's Presentation on SMART (PDF)

September 18, 2008
Transit Signal Priority & Traffic Integration Planning for SF Muni
Tony Young, P.E., Assistant Engineer, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Peter C. Martin, P.E., Transportation Analyst, Wilbur Smith Associates, and
Valerio Oricchio, Transportation Analyst, Wilbur Smith Associates.
Meeting Announcement - Minutes and PHOTOS

September 17, 2008
Annual Picnic & Joint Meeting of APWA, ASCE, SBTOA, and ITE
Mega-networking opportunity in the sunny South Bay!
(Info on APWA Web Site) (View PDF of Meeting Announcement)

June 26, 2008
Transportation for Tomorrow: Sweeping Changes Recommended for Federal Transportation Funding
THERESE McMILLAN, Deputy Executive Director, Policy, MTC
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Read up on the NSTPRSC's Transportation for Tomorrow report.

May 22, 2008
Updates to the VTA's Bicycle Technical Guidlines (BTG)
MICHELLE DeROBERTIS, Senior Transportation Planner, Valley Transportation Authority.
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Download the VTA's Update to the BTG Guidlines (PDF). (See 1999 Guidelines.) View current bike plan, appendices, for Bicycle Technical Guidelines, and other info here. VTA will be posting the BTG directly on the web site www.vta.org soon!

April 24, 2008
Student Presentations: Sustainable Suburbs
ROBERT CERVERO, Chair, Department of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley (guest moderator)
KITAE JUNG, UC Berkeley
SAHIL GULATI, San Jose State
ERIC ANDERSON, San Jose State
Meeting Announcement - Minutes and PHOTOS
Download and view student papers here.

March 28, 2008
1st Annual SFBayITE Modeling Workshop
A total of 75 participants attended this FULL DAY WORKSHOP, featuring transportation modeling technologies and research from the industry's leaders, gathered from around the world. Nearly 1/3 of workshop attendees came from outside the Bay Area, and 45% represented public agencies.

Download presentations and view photos from this event here.

March 20, 2008
Transportation and the Media
GARY RICHARDS,San Jose Mercury News, "Mr. Roadshow"
KIM WONDERLEY, Morning Traffic News, KCBS-AM
STAN BURFORD, ABC-7 Morning News, KGO Newstalk
Meeting Announcement - Minutes and PHOTOS
Read Mr. Roadshow's Transportation Column Online at mercurynews.com/mrroadshow

February 21, 2008
BART at 35: The Past, Present, and Future
GAIL MURRAY, President, BART Board of Directors
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Download Gail's Presentation PPT
Find BART on the web at bart.gov

January 24, 2008
SFMTA Transit Effectiveness Project
BRITT TANNER, Associate Engineer, Transit Effectiveness Project, SFMTA
PETER STRAUS, MUNI Service Planning Manager, SFMTA
JULIE KIRSCHBAUM, Program Manager, Transit Effectiveness Project, SFMTA (invited)
Meeting Announcement - Minutes
Read about San Francisco's TEP on the web at sftep.com

November 15, 2007
ITE/SBTOA Awards Program Topic: TMP for I-80/580 MacArthur Maze Emergency Ramp Replacement (Joint Meeting with EBTE)
SEAN NOZZARI, Deputy District Director, Traffic Operations, Caltrans District 4
BARRY LOO, Office Chief, Traffic Management, Caltrans District 4
Meeting Announcement - Minutes and PHOTOS

October 18, 2007
Value Pricing in the Bay Area (Joint Meeting with WTS)
TILLY CHANG AND ELIZABETH BENT, SFCTA, City of San Francisco Congestion Pricing
MURALI RAMANUJAM, SCVTA, High Occupancy Toll Lane Projects in Santa Clara County
LISA KLEIN, MTC, Moderator; Regional Overview.
Meeting Announcement pdf Minutes and PHOTOS
Download Tilly and Elizabeth's Presentation PDF
Download Murali's Presentation PDF

September 27, 2007
Thirsty Thursday: Networking Happy Hour
Meeting Announcement pdf Minutes and PHOTOS

September 19, 2007
Annual Picnic & Joint Meeting of APWA, ASCE, SBTOA, and ITE
Meeting Announcement html

June 21, 2007
From Ballots to Bucks for Transportation: Implementing Prop 1B Infrastructure Bonds
RANDY RENTSCHLER, Director, Legislation and Public Affairs, MTC
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes

May 17, 2007
Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning for Achieving Mode Shift in a Community
NIKO LETUNIC, Principal, Eisen/Letunic Transportation, Environmental and Urban Planning
CRAIG TACKABERRY, Assistant Director, Marin County Department of Public Works
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes
Download Craig's Presentation on Walk-Bike-Marin PPT (4 MB)
Visit Walk Bike Marin on the web at walkbikemarin.org
Download Niko's Presentation on Best Practices: San Francisco Pedestrian Master Plan PPT (1 MB)

April 19, 2007
Student Paper Awards: The Future of Transit-Oriented Development
WENDY TAO, UC Berkeley
SAHIL GULATI, San Jose State University
NICOLE FOLETTA, UC Berkeley
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes

March 22, 2007
Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration: Building a Road to the Future
JIM MISENER, Transportation Safety Research Program Leader, California PATH, UC Berkeley
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes

February 22, 2007
Smart Growth: Coordinating Land Use and Transportation Planning
REID EWING, Ph.D., Research Professor, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes
Download Reid's Presentation PPT (10 MB)

January 18, 2007
Traffic Calming: Citizen/Government Partnerships
LEAH GREENBLAT, Transportation Planner, City of Lafayette, and
MANITO VELASCO, Traffic Calming Program Manager, City of San Francisco DPT
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes

November 14, 2006
Caltrain Project 2025: A Peek at Peninsula Rail Travel in 20 Years
ROBERT DOTY, Director of Rail Operations, Engineering, and Construction, Caltrain
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes

October 19, 2006
Downtown Parking Innovations: Avoiding the High Costs of Free Parking
DAN ZACK, Downtown Development Manager, City of Redwood City
VALERIE KNEPPER, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) , and
MICHAEL VECCHIO, Transportation Specialist, City of Walnut Creek
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes and PHOTOS
Download Valerie's Presentation PPT
Link to Walnut Creek's Permit Parking Program

September 28, 2006
Evaluation of Traffic Signal Displays for Protected/Permissive Left Turn Control
GLENN GRIGG Consulting Traffic Engineer; Retired City Traffic Engineer, City of Cupertino
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes and PHOTOS

View Oregon DOT's Pamphlet "What Do You Know? Flashing Yellow Left Turn Signals Are Here!"
ODOT Link PDF Download
Visit the NCHRP 3-54 Research Project Web Site on Protected-Permitted Left Turns (PPLT)
Read Glenn Grigg's comments on NCHRP Project 3-54(2) & Report 493

September 20, 2006
Annual Picnic & Joint Meeting of APWA, ASCE, SBTOA, and ITE
Meeting Announcement html and PHOTOS

July 24 , 2006
Oakland A's Game with the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS)
Meeting Announcement html pdf and PHOTOS

June 15, 2006
Reforming Traffic Policies to Support Smart Growth - the San Jose Experience
HANS LARSEN, Deputy Director, Department of Transportation, City of San Jose
with a special appearance by the San Jose Traffic Jammers, performing LIVE on the Yoshi's Jazz Club Stage Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes and PHOTOS
Download Hans' Presentation PPT (Coming Soon)
Download the Traffic Jammers' Lyrics PPT (Coming Soon)

June 2, 2006
ITE Charity Golf Tournament
FINAL RESULTS, Posted here!
Check out the PHOTOS from this year's golf tournament.

May 18, 2006
Innovations in Bicycle Facility Design
JOHN CICCARELLI, Senior Planner / Bicycling & Walking, Korve Engineering
MIKE SALLABERRY, Associate Transportation Engineer, SF MTA / DPT, Bicycle Program
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes and PHOTOS
Download John's Presentation PPT (9 MB)
Download Mike's Presentation PPT (11 MB)

April 16, 2006
Congestion Pricing in the Bay Area: Should it be done?
ROCK MILLER, ITE International Director for District 6, panel discussion moderator
NICOLE FOLETTA, UC Berkeley Graduate Program
MEGAN SMIRTI, UC Berkeley Graduate Program
CHIU FAI (WILSON) TAM, UC Berkeley Undergraduate Program
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes and PHOTOS
Read the Students' Winning Papers (PDF) ( Megan Smirti )( Wilson Tam )( Nicole Foletta )

March 16, 2006
Hydrogen Fuel Technology and Intelligent Transportation Systems
TIMOTHY LIPMAN Research Engineer, UC Berkeley
Meeting Announcement html pdf and Minutes
Download Timothy's Presentation PPS (10 MB)

February 16, 2006
Engineering Safe Intersections
JIM HELMER Director, Dept. of Transportation, City of San Jose
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes and PHOTOS
Download Jim's Presentation PPT (1.0 MB)
Declaration of Glenn Grigg Day

January 19, 2006
AIMSUN and VISSIM: Transit-Oriented Simulation
THOMAS BAUER, President, PTV America
JIA HAO WU, Senior Associate, TJKM Consultants
Meeting Announcement html pdf Minutes and PHOTOS
Download Jia Hao's Presentation PPT (15.6 MB)

Thursday, November 17, 2005
National Transportation Security Update
ROD DIRIDON, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute
Meeting Announcement pdf Minutes and PHOTOS

Friday, October 21, 2005
SAFETEA-LU: What’s in it for the Bay Area?
RANDY RENTSCHLER, Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Director of Legislation and Public Affairs
ALIX BOCKELMAN, Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Director of Programming and Allocations
Meeting Announcement pdf and Minutes
Download Alix's Presentation PPT (0.4 MB)

Thursday, September 15, 2005
Freeway Corridor Studies: Caltrans’ Top 10 Tips for Consultants
ALBERT YEE, Caltrans District 4, Deputy Director, Division of Operations
Meeting Announcement pdf Minutes and PHOTOS
Download Albert's Presentation PPT (0.1 MB)

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Transportation and the Media: Q&A with the Bay Area’s Top News Reporters in Print, TV, and Radio

(Meeting Announcement and Minutes)

GARY RICHARDS (Mr. Roadshow), Popular “Traffic Guru” and Author of the Mr. Roadshow Column for the San Jose Mercury News

JOE MCCONNELL, KBLX 102.9 Radio “The Quiet Storm” Morning Traffic Reports; ABC-7 Morning News; President of the California Radio and Television News Directors Association

STAN BURFORD, Helicopter Traffic Reporter for ABC-7’s award-winning “Drive-Time Traffic Reports” and KGO Newstalk AM 810 Radio

June 23, 2005: Bond Yee Day Declaration and Song

Friday, June 10, 2005

2005 Golf Tournament: Benefit for the ITE Student Scholarship Fund and Katie’s Clinic for Rett Syndrome

(more about the tournament)

GRAND PRIZE – Team Scramble (RAY DAVIS, City of Belmont, GARY TSUNAMI, City of Stockton, RAY SANTIAGo, City of West Sacramento)

 WINNER – Closest-to-the-pin Contest - JOHN TEMPLETON, City of Concord

 WINNER – Long Drive Contest - MIKE TASSANO, City of Pleasanton

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Bike/Ped Safety and Safe Routes to School Innovative Tools for the Designing Safer Facilities

(Meeting Announcement and Minutes)

CHRISTINA ATIENZA of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)

SELETA REYNOLDS of the Fehr & Peers Transportation Consultants

DAVID PARISI of Parisi Associates Transportation Consulting

Thursday, May 12, 2005

ITE AND EBTE JOINT TECHNICAL WORKSHOP:

An Insider’s Look at the California MUTCD

(meeting announcement) ( PDF) (presentation)

Thursday, April 21, 2005

(Meeting Announcement and Minutes)

ITE Student Outreach Meeting: Students Speak Up on Single-Occupancy Hybrids in the HOV Lane

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Discussion Panel: Red Light Photo Enforcement in the Bay Area

(Meeting Announcement and Minutes)

HAMID MOSTOWFI, Supervising Traffic Engineer, City of Berkeley

TABIN CHUNG, Program Manager, City and County of San Francisco

GLENN GOEPFERT, Assistant Director of Public Works, City of Cupertino

DAVID HUYNH, Senior Transportation Engineer, City of Fremont

Thursday, February 17, 2005

Vision for Caltrans: Strengthening Partnerships and Expediting Project Delivery

(meeting announcement) (minutes)

Will Kempton, Caltrans Director

January 20, 2005

Environmental Justice: Striking a Balance to Serve the Transportation Needs of the Diverse Public

(meeting announcement) (minutes)

(click on names below to see their presentations)

DAVID R. RAGLAND, Adjunct Professor, University of California at Berkeley

THERESE M. KNUDSEN and RACHEL GOSSEN, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)

NORMAN G. DONG, Senior Planner from Caltrans Headquarters in Sacramento

NOVEMBER 18, 2004 

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS): Technology in Action

(meeting announcement) (minutes)

FRANK MARKOWITZ, City and County of San Francisco,

CHARLES PRICE, Caltrans Operations, and

RUSS THIELEN, Western Pacific Signal

October 21, 2004 
Making the Connection:  Security, Capacity, Efficiency & Logistics at the Port of Oakland

(meeting announcement) (minutes)

Ensign Richard Kocher, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

Steve Gregory, Senior Port Strategic Planner at the Port of Oakland

Matt Hanson, Goods Movement Specialist, Research & Innovation Division, Caltrans HQ

September 25, 2004 
Fruitvale TODay

(minutes)

Tom Limon, Unity Council

Wlad Wlassowsky, City of Oakland

Jeff Ordway, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

Tina Spencer, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)

James Corless, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC).

April 22, 2004 
Student Paper Presentation & Mentor Program Kickoff
(meeting announcement)
Luis Mejias, Student Paper Competition Winner (read his winning paper)
Patty Camejo, Student Chapter Liaison

March 18, 2004 
Regional Measure 2 - What is it? What is next?
(meeting announcement) (slides) (Minutes)
Rebecca Long, Metropolitan T ransportation Commission

February 26, 2004 
High Speed Rail in California
(meeting announcement) (minutes)
Robin Leavitt, Deputy Director of the California High Speed Rail Authority,

January 29, 2004 
California’s Adoption of the MUTCD
(meeting announcement) (slides) (minutes)
Johnny Bhullar, Senior Transportation Engineer, with Caltrans’ Division of Traffic Operations in Sacramento.
Matthew Schmitz, FHWA’s California Division Office Safety/Traffic Engineer.

November 20, 2003
Take this Project and Love it!
Context Sensitive Design in San Francisco
(meeting announcement) (minutes)
Jose Luis Moscovich, Director
Lee Saage, Doyle Drive, Project Manager
Paul Ward, Mgr. of Capital Projects, Octavia Blvd./Central Freeway
Maria Lombardo, Deputy Director, Market Street Study

October 16, 2003
Status of Caltrans Projects and Budgets
(minutes)
Jeff Morales, Director of Caltrans

September 18, 2003
Tension at the Top: Policy Choices in Transportation
(meeting announcement) (minutes)
Steve Kinsey, Vice-Chair ot the Metropolitan Transportation Commision