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ITE Washington Section Newsletter
VOLUME 30 | ISSUE 3 | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020
Washington’s community of transportation professionals
inside this edition
departments2 President's Message4 Vice-President's
Message4 Secretary Message4 Advertising Info
inside ITE6 Scribe Report8 Event Calendar10 ITE/IMSA Exhibitor
Details
training16 Professional Industry
Training16 Careers (see wa-ite.org)
industry insider
13 Crossword Puzzle15 ITE Talks
inside this edition Looking to 2020: ITE/IMSA Conference
Save the Dateand Join the
Fun!
ITE Washington's ThirdAnnual Trivia Night
March 10th, 2020
Time to register for the Washington ITE and IMSAConference!Monday February 10th and 11thBellevue Hilton300 112th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
Washington ITE and IMSA are excited to announce our upcoming annualjoint conference with a full-day technical program covering topics inAdvanced and Emerging Technologies, Regional Transportation Projects,Transit, and an Engineering Managers Discussion Panel. The event alsooffers a comprehensive exhibition featuring the latest in traffic products andvendor workshops. General registration to the technical events andexhibition is free and parking is free of charge. Please register here.
Please join us for ITE’s 2nd AnnualTransportation Student-Industry Night in
Spokane, WAFeaturing student networking opportunities, career/job
opportunities, and industry presentationsFebruary 19th, 2020
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January 2020 begins the formal implementation of ONE ITE at the Districtand Section level. The changes benefit Districts and Sections and aresummarized below:
Section bylaws will be updated using a standard template withspecific areas tailored to sections. ITE Washington bylaws areconsistent with the new template and it will be easy to transition. TheWestern District will adopt section bylaws at the Western ITEmeeting in June 2020.Section representative to WesternITE. The recommendation is toappoint the Past-president and the Board appointment Daniel Lai.Daniel will coordinate district activities with the section and attend theWesternITE board meeting (via conference call) on January 31,2020.Aligning the Transportation Achievement Awards with the fiveTechnical Councils (Safety, Traffic Engineering, Planning, CompleteStreets and TSMO). Nominations for each of these Awards wouldcome from the districts. The level to which the sections align awardswith the district and national awards will provided opportunity forSection member awards to be submitted to district and nationalawards.There will now be two Section/Chapter Awards rather than one.Outstanding Section/Chapter Award—recognizes most outstandingoverall and (NEW) Section/Chapter Momentum Award—recognizesthe most improved overall.Facilitation of a Web User Group, future standard website platformfor sections, fraud and scam alerts, and website data collection.Sherief Elbassuoni has been attending the Web User Group.Preparation of a Section Support Manual and Leadership GuideDiversity and Inclusion Policy
ONE ITE has greatly improved communication between Sections and theDistrict and International office. I have attended regular webinars with theInternational office and have opportunity to provide input. ONE ITE isproviding significant benefit to more effective and meaningful leadership atthe section anddistrict levelwith the ultimate goal of supporting ourmembers.
Claudia Hirschey2019-2020 ITE Washington President
president's message
WASHINGTON BOARD OF DIRECTION
PresidentClaudia, PE, RSP1
Owner, Transportation Consultant ServicesNewcastle, Washington
Vice President/TreasurerJamal Mahmoud, PE
Transportation Operations EngineerCity of Bothell, Washington
SecretaryJeanne Acutanza, PE
Owner, Acutanza STSKirkland, Washington
Immediate Past PresidentDaniel Lai, PESenior ITS Engineer
City of Bellevue Washington
SafetyGary Norris, PE, PTOEOwner, DN Traffic Consultants
Preston, Washington
Student Committee Co-ChairsDarcy Akers, EIT
ITS Engineer, City of BellevueBellevue, WashingtonSarah Keenan
Transportation EngineerFehr & Peers
ITE/IMSA Meeting ChairRyan Peterson, PE, PTOESenior Transportation Engineer
The Transpo Group
ScribeJustin Chan, PE
Transportation EngineerTranspo Group
ITE Hospitality ChairCarla Nasr
President, Traffic Data GatheringLake Stevens, Washington
MembershipJan Ciganik, PE
Senior Traffic Engineer,KPG Interdisciplinary Design
WebsiteSherief Elbassuoni, PhD, PE, PTOE
Transportation Engineer,DKS Associates - Seattle, Washington
Technical Activities & TrainingVivek Goswami, PE, PTOE
Jacobs - Seattle, WashingtonBrian Kellogg, PE, PTPWSP - Seattle, Washingto
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With this newsletter we will have just completed anotheroutstanding Safety Conference and Training. This year’sconference was very successful, building upon action items fromlast year’s conference.Weall led the conferencewith ideasonwhatwe can do to improve transportation safety and reduce crashes.Many thanks to the ITE Safety Committee: Gary Norris, BrianChandler, Robert Shull, and Caroline Brabrook.Next up is our annual ITE/IMSA Conference on February 10th and11th. The conference is at the Bellevue Hilton. There is an eveningnetworking reception on Monday, February 10th, followed by theall-day conference on Tuesday, February 11th.We are excited about his year’s technical program and vendorparticipation covering topics in systematic safety improvements,crowdsourcing for real time traffic information, human factors and autonomous vehicles,traffic during the SR 99 closure, metered roundabouts, and curbside management.The event offers a comprehensive exhibition featuring the latest in traffic products andvendor workshops. The lunch program and keynote address featuresMark Etzbach fromAcusensus North America, who will share the company's experience in using technologyto address distracted driving challenges in Austrailia.General registration and the lunch program registration is available on Eventrbrite:https://2020_ite_imsa_wa.eventbrite.com
And to add to the fun of ITEevents, save the date for ITEWashington’s third annual TrafficTrivia Night! This is a fun and social event for students and professionals that will test yourknowledge on a variety of transportation topics! Traffic Trivia Night is Tuesday, March 10,2020. Look forward to seeing you there!
Jamal Mahmoud, P.E.Vice-President/TreasurerTransportation Operations
EngineerCity of Bothell, Washington
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Vice President Message
Message from the Secretary
Seeing clearer with a 2020 visionIf you have been in the transportation industry for any length of time,you may look at the change of the calendar year with a particularinterest. This year, the year 2020, has been the quintessentialforecast year upon which we have been basing so much of ourinfrastructure design anddevelopment. In the early aughts,weevenapplied the term 20/20, suggesting perfect vision, to reflect clarity inideas and a notion of a vision for our future horizon year, 2020.Notably, the Puget Sound Regional Council, and maybe others,named their comprehensive regional plan, Vision 2020.
Amusingly, a friendoncenoted that after that regional Vision 2020plan, things havebeengetting murky as we update and name these future-looking plans Vision 2040.
I suspect that there may be a few of you may be dusting off your paper, comb-bound,documents to compare the forecasts you made in 1999 to the counts on variousroadways. Let us know how that went! More importantly, it is the care and thoughtfulnessin which we in this profession consider future conditions when developing costlyinfrastructure.
Jeanne AcutanzaSecretary
Owner, Acutanza STSKirkland, WA
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WSDOT Northwest Region Traffic Management Center TourNovember 19, 2019
This year’s November tourwas held at the WSDOTNorthwest Region (NWR)Traffic Management Center(TMC) in Shoreline. ITEmembers started off bylearning about WSDOT’sorganization as a whole andthe role of WSDOT’s six
regions. For Northwest Region specifically, theShoreline TMC is responsible for Whatcom,Skagit, Island, Snohomish, and King Counties,covering approximately 1180 miles of roadway.Within the TMC, there are various departmentsspanning a wide range of services, including trafficengineering, incident management, congestionmanagement, tunnel operations, radio dispatch,public information, software development, andIntelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)implementation. Staff from these variousdepartments work together to ensure traffic and congestion are effectively managed and incidents are addressedpromptly. For example, TMC operators utilize software developed in-house by the software development group tomonitor roadway conditions and for asset management. Primarily, this involves the use of ITS deployed along theroadways, including CCTV cameras to view real-time conditions, data stations for traffic counts and congestion andflow mapping, ramp meters to control the flow of vehicles entering freeways, variable message signs and highwayadvisory radios to disseminate traveler information, and active traffic management signs to provide incidentmanagement and speed harmonization. These TMC activities take place 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
As part of the tour, ITEmembers got a chance to watch the TMC operators in action, as they were actively monitoringroadway conditions, addressing incidents, and coordinating with external organizations likeWashington State Patrol.Memberswere also able to take a look inside the TMC itself, including the variousworkstations and videowall screensdisplaying CCTV camera feeds, flow maps, and more.
Justin Chan, EITITE Scribe
Transportation EngineerTranspo Group
Kirkland, Washington
ITE Safety Conference & TrainingJanuary 7, 2020
This year’s annual Safety Conference and Training was held atthe Renton Community Center. It was a jam-packed day full ofinteresting topics and speakers consisting of local and nationalexperts in road safety. This year’s speakers included Dr. EdMcCormack with the University of Washington, former UDOTSafety Engineer Robert Tull, our ITE President ClaudiaHirschey, ChrisComeauwith theCity of Bellingham,EdSpilkerwith WSDOT, Brian Chandler with DKS, and Darrin Grondellwith the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. Overall, thetheme of this year’s conference was the traffic safety culturehere in the US, and specifically what we can do as bothindividuals and practitioners to promote roadway safety in our
TMC operators monitoring roadway conditions
ITE members learning about how the WSDOT NorthwestRegion TMC monitors and manages traffic. continued on page 14
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Save the DateJoin the Fun
3rd Annual ITE Trivia NightMarch 10th
5:30PM-7:30PMThis is a fun and social event mixing students andmembers and all sectors of our membership.
Location details to follow
Date Subject Location
FEB 10/11 ITE/IMSA Conference Bellevue Hilton
FEB 19 Transportation Student-Industry Night Gonzaga University
MAR 10 Traffic Trivia Night TBD
APR ITE Program TBD
MAY 21 Student Night TBD
MAY 24-27 Joint ITE/Quad Conference Sheraton Vancouver BC
JUNE ITE Washington Annual Meeting TBD
JUNE 2-4 Washington Traffic Safety Commission, Traffic Safety Conference Spokane
event calendar
2019-20 ITE Washington Section Events
2020 ITE Associate EventsJAN 21 ITS Networking Event Fado Irish Pub
APR 14-16 APWAWashington Spring Conference Vancouver, Washington
AUG 9-12 ITE National Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana
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Please join us for ITE’s 2nd Annual Transportation Student-Industry Night in Spokane, WA
Featuring student networking opportunities, career/job opportunities, and industrypresentations
When: Wednesday February 19, 2020Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pmWhere: John Hemmingson Center - Room 312Gonzaga University702 E Desmet Ave.Spokane, WA 99202Registration Link: https://eastern_wa_ite_student_industry_night.eventbrite.com
As a result of last year’s successful student event, ITEWashington is bringing together students and transportationprofessionals for an informative and fun networking event. Last year, over 40 transportation-focused students fromGonzaga University, WSU, Eastern Washington University and Idaho University attended.This event provides a great opportunity for students to learn about potential careers in the transportation field – fromplanning to engineering and everything in between. The event also features a 2-hr networking eventwhere studentscan interact with different companies who will share information about what they do and potential job opportunities.The event will also include a panel of transportation professionals that will talk about their careers in transportationfrom different perspectives such as public agency vs. consulting and also different paths within transportation suchas planning, design and operations.The event is free for everyone to attend and a light dinner will be provided. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP byFebruary 14, 2020 to help with event planning (RSVP not required to attend). For companies or organizations thatare interested in participating and setting up a booth at the student-industry night, please contact Darcy [email protected]
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ITE Washington and IMSA ConferenceRegistration now available!
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ITE Washington and IMSA are excited to announce our upcoming annual joint conference on February 10 and11, 2020. The conference will be in the same place as last year (see address location below) to accommodatemore vendors and larger participation. In addition, we are excited to announce an evening reception onMonday, February 10th, followed by the all-day conference on Tuesday, February 11th.
This year’s conference will include a full-day technical program covering topics in systematic safetyimprovements, crowdsourcing for real time traffic information, human factors and autonomous vehicles, trafficduring the SR 99 closure, metered roundabouts, and curbside management.
The event offers a comprehensive exhibition featuring the latest in traffic products and vendor workshops.General registration to the technical events and exhibition is free and parking is free of charge. Registrationcoming soon.
Welcome reception, 5: 30 pm to 7:00, Monday February 10, 2020 at the hotelConference, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Tuesday February 11, 2020
Where:Bellevue Hilton300 – 112th Avenue SEBellevue, WA 98004
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Exhibitor Quick Facts/Reasons to AttendThere will be close to 60 exhibitorsExcellent opportunity to learn about new productsas well as understanding industry trends20 Free techincal seminarsIndustry networkingConnect with old friendsFREE admittance to participate
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day-to-day lives. To kick things off in themorning session,EdMcCormack discussed how the traffic safety culture inNorway differs from the US. For a variety of reasons,including lower travel speeds due to Norway’s inherentlywinding and narrow roads, more comprehensive driver’seducation and licensing processes, an extensiveenforcement program, and perhaps most importantly ofall, the culture in safety and transportation, Norwayexperiences significantly fewer road fatalities per capitathan the US. Interestingly, Norwegians are significantlyless likely to drive under the influence, with the legal limitbeing 0.02% (compared to 0.08% in the US) andextremely high fines that follow. Next, we heard fromClaudia Hirschey who discussed the current role of safetywithin the NEPA and SEPA processes. She discussedthat often, safety is not as thoroughly evaluated as itshould be, and instead, generic statements that roadsafety will not be expected to become worse are used. Toendoff, shechallengedattendees to thinkmoreabouthow
safety can be better incorporated into the NEPA andSEPA processes and how we can make the analysis andevaluation process better. Next, Chris Comeau sharedsome of the changes the City of Bellingham hadimplemented to its Transportation Impact Assessment(TIA) process to take a more multi-modal approach. In aneffort to move away from the traditionally vehicle-centricTIA process that relies on vehicle delays and levels ofservice, Bellingham wants to use measurements ofpeople and person-trips, including those for vehicles,pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit.
As attendees settled in for lunch, Ed Spilker presented onthe 2020 City Safety and County Safety Programs.Specifically, applications for the 2020City Safety Programare due on March 6th, and this funding source will not beimpacted by I-976. Ed also shared with attendees theoverall process for agencies to complete a Local RoadSafety Plan, as well as additional resources that areavailable to them, including crash history data fromWSDOTand the FHWASystemic Safety Project SelectionTool.Theafternoonsessionwas just as rich in informationas themorning session. Brian Chandler started things off byproviding an overview of the Road Safety ProfessionalProgram, highlighting the requirements for the RSP1 andRSP2 (with specializations in Behavioral andInfrastructure) certifications. Next we heard from DarrinGrondell who presented the 2019 Target Zero Update totheWashingtonStrategicHighwaySafetyPlan. Tragically,the majority of traffic fatalities in Washington state are a
result of preventablecausessuchas impairment,distraction, speeding, and lack of seat beltusage. Furthermore, the cost of traffic fatalitiesand serious injuries is estimated to be $8.4B inthe state, yet only $50M in spending is allocated.Target Zero is not something that can beachieved by one agency alone, but by everyoneworking together, and Darrin urged attendees tothink about what each of one of us can do toimprove the traffic safety culture. To concludethis year’s conference, Robert Hull provided aclosing keynote. He presented on Toward ZeroDeaths, a national strategy for traffic safety. Thisstrategy includes six focus areas, and includes aspecific chapter on traffic safety culture. Robertalso shared with attendees some of theprograms he had worked on during his time withUDOT, including its initial Zero Fatalitiescampaign. Lastly, some additional resourcesthat Robert recommended include NCHRP17-69 – A Strategic Approach to Transforming
Traffic Safety Culture to Reduce Deaths and Injuries,NCHRP 20-24(110) – Development of Resources toSupport State DOT Communications on Safety, and theTraffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund Program. One ofRobert’s goals for this conference was for everyone tohave at least one actionable takeaway, whether it besomething you do professionally or within your own family.There was definitely no shortage of ideas, whether it befrom thepresenters themselves, or the series of interactivebreak-out sessions and table discussions that took placeafter each presentation to allow attendees to discuss anddigest what they just heard from the speakers.
ITE members enjoying their lunch as they learn about funding opportunitiesthrough the City Safety Program, County Safety Program, and requirements fordeveloping Local Road Safety Plans.
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ITE Talks Transportation is a collaboration between ITE and Bernie Wagenblast, founder and editor of theTransportation Communication Newsletter and host of Transportation Radio. Each month, a new podcast features athought leader within the transportation industry. In keeping with #transportationtuesday, a new episode will beavailable the 4th Tuesday of every month.
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Washington State Local Technical AssistanceProgram (LTAP)Training for Local AgenciesThe Washington State Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) is apartnership between WSDOT's Local Program Division and FHWA,providing training opportunities and a coordinated technology transferprogramfor localagencies inWashingtonState. LTAPofferscoursesdirectlytargeting the training needs of local agencies receiving Federal funding.Types of Training for Local Agencies:LTAP Classes/WebinarsTraining currently available for registration.Training by Our PartnersThis is a listingofotherprogramsandtrainingofferings throughWSDOTandLTAP Partners.Online TrainingLinks to many online training courses, including construction and materialtesting.For more information:
Contact the LTAP Training Center : 360-705-7355 :[email protected]
Washington Transportation ProfessionalsWashington Transportation Professionals is a transportationpeer exchange and networking group.
The group networks, shares best practices and lessons learned,and discusses ideas about traffic and transportation-related issuesat free peer exchanges on both sides of the state. WSDOT'sLocal Programs division leads the group, with help from WSDOT'sActive Transportation division, local agencies, and businesses.The goal is to develop transportation professionals and createprofessional connections between them to improve communitiesacross the state. We also have an email distribution list wherepeople can learn about training and funding opportunities and getupdates on technical and policy topics related to traffic andtransportation.Group membersOur group includes all cities and towns, all counties, metropolitanplanning organizations, Washington state agencies, FederalHighway Administration, vendors, consultants, universities, andother professionals. Roles include city engineers, traffic andtransportation engineers, planners, technicians, supervisors,managers, directors, mayors, clerks, council members, salespeople, product developers, programmers, professors, and relatedprofessionals.Upcoming peer exchangesThese free peer exchanges will be held in person and will also beavailable by a free, live webinar to allow an exchange of ideasacross Washington.
Fall 2019 peer exchangeWSDOT is looking for a location in Western Washington to hold this peerexchange, and are also looking for ideas for topics and presenters.Please let them know if you have ideas. This free event will be held inperson and will also be available by a free, live webinar to allow anexchange of ideas across Washington.
Contact: City Safefty & Traffic Programs Manager
Professional Transportation Careers
Visit www.wa-ite.org for current job postings.Submit new postings to:
Sherief Elbassuoni, PhD, PE, PTOE
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Transportation Engineer
DKS Associates - Seattle, [email protected]
Postings should include company, position, brief description ofresponsibilities, requirements, contact information and postingtimeframe.
training
Upcoming LTAP'sWSDOT Work Zone Traffic Control DesignThese are WSDOT internal classes with spots available to Local Agencies.Mar. 3 & 4 (Vancouver)Mar. 24 & 25 (Tumwater)Apr. 21 & 22 (Moses Lake)May 12 & 13 (Everett)Cost: Free. 16 hour class. See Brochure linked in title for more details and exact times for each location.
