Keynote Speaker: Brandye Hendrickson, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
SDITE and MCDITE are pleased to have Brandye Hendrickson providing the keynote address at our Opening Session. Ms. Hendrickson has served as the Deputy Administrator for FHWA since July 2017 after having built a reputation as a strong leader while Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation. For more information on Ms. Hendrickson, please click here.
Option A: Cars of the “Future” – Connected, Automated, Shared, and Electric Vehicles
Moderator: Mike Surasky, WSP
- GDOT Connected Vehicles: Plans and Progress (and a few problems) – Alan Davis, Georgia Department of Transportation
- E-Scooters, Coming to Your Town! – Sreekanth Nandagiri, AECOM
- Unanswered Questions in the C/AV Transition – Katherine Kortum, Transportation Research Board
Option B: Amazon HQ2 – Last City Standing (Panel Discussion)
Moderator: John Porcari, former US Deputy Secretary of Transportation and Maryland Secretary of Transportation
Panel Members:
- Christian Dorsey, Chair of the Arlington County Board of Supervisors
- Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director of the Coalition for Smart Growth
- Andrew Vanhorn, Executive Vice President of Development for JBG SMITH
- Senator Adam Ebbin, 30th Virginia Senate District
Option C: Mobility As We Approach 2020
Moderator: Sarah Gary, JMT
- The Uniqueness of I-81 – Tim White, Kimley-Horn; Brooke Jackson, Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment
- Mobility Patterns and Mode Preferences of Birmingham Travelers – Virginia Sisiopiku, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Transit, Technology, and Shared Mobility: How Virginia is Adapting to an Evolving Mobility Landscape – Tyler Beduhn, Kimley-Horn
Option A: SimCAP (Simulation and Capacity Analysis)
Moderator: Sanhita Lahiri, Virginia Department of Transportation
- Exploring the Potential of Monitoring HOV Lane Performance Using Probe Data – Chien-Lun Lan, Virginia Department of Transportation
- Challenges and Opportunities of Using Part-Time Shoulder Lanes Along HOT Lanes – Patrick Johnson and Kavita Boddu, Kimley-Horn
- The Rebuilding of a System Interchange on I-83 in Harrisburg, PA – Using Smart Traffic Data and Tools for Design – Melody Matter, McCormick Taylor
Option B: DOT Roundtable
This session is a two-part roundtable session featuring discussion on hot button issues that DOTs are facing in our area. The first part is an executive-level discussion focusing on key issues the DOTs are facing. The second part focuses on how DOTs are embracing technology and preparing for the future.
Part 1 Moderator: Jeffrey Paniati, ITE CEO
Part 1 Panel Members:
- Leslie Richards, Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation
- Rob Cary, Chief Deputy Commissioner, Virginia Department of Transportation
- Gregory Slater, Administrator, Maryland Department of Transportation
- Jeff Marootian, Director, District Department of Transportation
Part 2 Moderator: Bruce Belmore, ITE International President
Part 2 Panel Members:
- Cathy McGhee, Virginia Department of Transportation
- Mark Kopko, Special Assistant to the Secretary – Transformational Technology, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
- Soumya Dey, Associate Director of Traffic Operations and Safety, District Department of Transportation
Option A: Innovative Intersection and Corridor Projects
Moderator: Jeff Stephenson, Sain Associates
- Promising Early Results for Four New Interchange Designs – the Synchronized, Milwaukee B, Super DDI, and Parclo Progress – Joseph Hummer, North Carolina Department of Transportation
- Before and After Field Evaluation of Northern Virginia’s First Diverging Diamond Interchange – Wei Zhang, Federal Highway Administration
- Big Projects Call for Big Data, But Don’t Sell Your Other Projects Short – Nicole Kline-Elsier, McMahon Associates
Option B: Vision Zero – ITE Initiatives and Local Leaders (Panel Discussion)
Moderator: Larry Marcus, Wallace Montgomery
Panel Members
- Kelley Yemen, City of Philadelphia
- Yon Lambert, City of Alexandria Department of Transportation
- Michael Sawyer, City of Richmond, VA
- Wayne Martin, Chief Engineer, City of Harrisburg, PA
- Michael Griffith, Federal Highway Administration
Option A: Pedestrian Planning and Design
Moderator: Gerry Harter, Virginia Department of Transportation
- Assessing the Effectiveness of RRFBs – Dan Nabors and Jake Smith, Arlington County
- Uncontrolled Crosswalks: A Practitioner’s Perspective – Anjuli Tapia, Feh & Peers DC
- Athens in Motion: An Active Transportation Plan and So Much More – Jared Draper and Brent Moser, Toole Design
- Virginia Pedestrian Safety Action Plan – Mark Cole, Virginia Department of Transportation
Option B: Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) – Perspectives from Around the Districts (Panel Discussion)
Moderator: Joe Gregory, Program Manager, FHWA Office of Operations
Panel Members:
- Alan Davis, Assistant State Traffic Engineer, Georgia Department of Transportation
- Katie McCann, Operations Analyst, Virginia Department of Transportation
- Steve Gault, Statewide Traffic SIgnal Operations Engineer, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Option A: I’m an Engineer! I have people skills!
Moderator: Scott Walker, Toyota Motor Company
- Effective Mentoring: Who is Going to Teach Us? – Paul Slone, AECOM
- Advocacy – Empowering Our Voice – Nelson Shaffer – ITE Advocacy Committee
- Transportation Ethics and Language Reform – Jeremy Chrzan, Toole Design
Option B: Speed Management and Master Planning for Vision Zero
Moderator: Valerie Holmes, South Carolina Department of Transportation
- Setting Speed Limits for Vision Zero – Hugh McGee, Independent Consultant
- Speed Management – A Critical Component of Vision Zero – Bob Murphy, KCI Technologies
- Vision Zero and Veirs Mill Corridor Master Plan – Eric Graye, Montgomery County Planning Department; Paul Silberman, Sabra and Associates
Option C: Multimodal Planning
Moderator: Peter O’Halloran, Urban Engineers
- Tactical Urbanism to Improve Safety – Dan Nabors, Arlington County
- North Avenue Rising Project Overview – Mark Lotz, The Wilson T. Ballard Company; Paul Silberman, Sabra and Associates
- Getting There: The FWS Urban Transportation Connections Study Examines Equitable Access – Jennifer Bihl, Bihl Engineering; Danielle McCray, Kimley-Horn; Angelina Yost, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Transportation Planning/Mobility/Safety: Road Diet – Sujith Racha and Justin McCarthy, JMT; Enrique Gonzalez, Loudoun County
Option D: Adaptive Signals – Directly from the Vendors! (Panel Discussion)
Moderator: Steve Gault, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Panel Members: (specific representatives from the following companies will be announced later)
- Mark Sullivant and Reggie Chandra, Rhythm Engineering
- Marshall Cheek, Trafficware
- Pete Marshall, Siemens
- Greg Barlow, Rapid Flow Technoligies
- Farhad Pooran, Econolite
Option A: Public Engagement – Strategies, Success, and (gasp) Failures
Moderator: Al Federico, Federico Consulting
- Arlington County’s Six-Step Public Engagement Guide for Capital Projects – Roger Munter – Arlington County Government
- Nashville’s Bikeway Battles: Public Input Wins and Losses – Jeffrey Hammond, Metro Nashville Public Works
- #kindergarten4cars – Public Perception of a Controversial Road Diet in a Vibrant College Town – Matt Buckley, WRA
Option B: Linking Transportation and Land Use
Moderator: Marybeth Bergin, City of Mobile
- Preserving the Neighborhood: Cutting Out Cut-Through Traffic – Valerie Henchel, City of Virginia Beach; Kirsten Tynch, VHB
- Latest Trends in Access Management – Stuart Samberg, RK&K
- Planning for Our Future: Transportation in Arlington Public Schools – Tina Fink, Toole Design
Option C: Protected Bike Lanes – When Sharrows Just Aren’t Enough
Moderator: Tracy Shandor, Kimley-Horn
- City of Philadelphia JFK/Market Street Pilot, Gus Scheerbaum, City of Philadelphia Department of Street;
- Mobility and Livability in Charlotte: Looking to the Future – Kellie Reep, Stantec; Vivian Coleman, Charlotte Department of Transportation
- The Growth of Protected Bike Lanes – Sergio Viricochea, Arlington County
Option D: Mobility as a Service (ITE TSMO Council)
- Bob Murphy, KCI Technologies
- Eric Rensel, Gannett Fleming
Option A: ITE Town Hall
- Bruce Belmore, ITE International President
- Randy McCort, ITE International Vice President
Option B: Complex Multimodal Projects (Aren’t They All?)
Moderator: Vivek Hanrihan, RS&H
- Roosevelt Boulevard – Transformation in Mobility – Neelima Ghanta and Bo Du, HNTB
- TDOT Multimodal Design Guidelines – Jonathan Storey, Gresham Smith; Jessica Wilson, Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Richmond Highway Revitalization: Implementation of Bus Rapid Transit Corridor – Vanessa Aguayo, Fairfax County Department of Transportation
Option C: Parking! Bikes! Roundabouts! Do They Work Together?
Moderator: Valerie Henchel, City of Virginia Beach
- Taking Your Bicycle Plans to Construction – Chris Rome, WSP
- Bicycles and Roundabouts: Like Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets or Chicken and Waffles? – Alek Pochowski, Kittelson & Associates
- parkDC: Chinatown/Penn Quarter: A Sustainable Approach to Performance-Based Parking in Washington, DC – Soumya Dey, District Department of Transportation
Option D: Transportation Operations – Not Just for Freeways
Moderator: Daniel Helms, ARCADIS
- Signal Timing on Steroids: Richmond’s Approach to Achieving Vision Zero – Jenna Simandl and Daniel Markham, Kimley-Horn; Michael Sawyer, City of Richmond
- Alternative Signal Testing/Timing Strategies – Shreyas Bharadwaj, RK&K
- Improving Efficiency and Resiliency of Traffic Signal Timings with a Traffic Responsive System – Mathews George, Jacobs
ITE International will be hosting a roundtable workshop to support FHWA’s effort to identify, develop, and promote speed management noteworthy practices carried out by states/locals for reducing speeding-related fatalities. Please see more information on the Wednesday Workshop page.
Option A: TSMO and Signal Operations
Moderator: Stacie Phillips, Kimley-Horn
- The Super Bowl of Traffic Engineering – Planning and Operations for the Big Game – Sean Coleman, Kimley-Horn; Matt Glasser, Georgia Department of Transportation
- Evaluating the Safety Impact of Flashing Red Arrow Protected-Permissive Left-Turn Signal Control in Maryland – Piotr Rachtan, Maryland State Highway Administration
- TSMO in Alabama: Regional Traffic Operations Program for Tuscaloosa – Thomas Montz and Jason Taylor, Arcadis
Option A: One Last Word on Safety
Moderator: Scott Mohler, AECOM
- US-72 Corridor Study: Accomplishing Safety Objectives While Juggling Public Opinions – Laura Yates, Volkert; Matt Johnson, Alabama Department of Transportation
- Assessing Pedestrian-Bicycle Crash Risk in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Using Crash Data, Roadway Attributes, and Socio-Economic Indicators – Daniel Helms, Jose Rodriguez, and Yuwen Hou, Arcadis
- Districtwide Crash Analysis – Jeffrey Kuttesch, RK&K