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The 2004 ITS Texas Annual Meeting was held November 17-19 at the Doral Tesoro Hotel & Golf Club, Fort Worth, Texas.

Session 1:  The Transportation Management Center (TMC) Evolves

• TMC Design:  It Takes a Team, Chris Poe, Ph.D., P.E., Central Region Manager, PB Farradyne 
• TMC Items to Consider, Mel Partee, P.E., Transportation Engineer V., Traffic Operations Deivision, TxDOT

Session 2: TMCs Big and Small

• City of Richardson Traffic Management Center (652 KB ), Walter Ragsdale, P.E., Assistant Director of Development Services, City of Richardson.
• City of Ft. Worth Traffic Management Center (867 KB ), Russ Wiles, P.E., ITS Manager, City of Ft. Worth.
• DART Light Rail Operations Center (525 KB ), Patrick Hamilton, Sr. Manager, Operations Control Center, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

Opening Luncheon:  Transportation and Quality of Life (509 KB ), Dr. Walter Kraft, Ph.D., P.E., Sr. Vice President, PB Farradyne, Inc.

Session 3a: HOT Topics in Transit

• North Central Texas Regional ITS Efforts (116 KB ), Natalie Bettger, Principal Transportation Planner, North Central Texas Council of Governments.
• DalTrans TMC, A True Partnership (381 KB ), Terry Sams, P.E., TxDOT Dallas District.
• Transit Signal Priority in Downtown Dallas (1,483 KB ),  Abed Abukar, P.E., Project Manager, Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

Session 3b: Integrating Operations

• TxDOT Dallas Intercity II Project, (75 KB ) Robert Bacon, P.E., ITS Engineer, PB Farradyne.
• CTECC ATMS-CAD System Integration, (865 KB ) Brian Burk, P.E., Transportation Operations Engineer, TxDOT Austin District.
• SWRI C2C Agency Integration, (484 KB ) Steve Dellenback, Institute Scientist, Southwest Research Institute.

Session 4: Vendor Technology Forum

• Moderator: Al Kosik

Session 5a: A Look Into the Future

• NASA, Military and Consumer Technology Finding It's Way Into ITS (2,622 KB ) Jake Smith, President, Cactus Computers.
• ITS Deployments in Harris County, Texas (6,123 KB ), Wayne Gisler, P.E., Harris County Traffic Management & Operations Engineer, and Ron Johnson, Harris County Quality Assurance Coordinator.
• 511 Services Hit The Road (1,979 KB ), Peter Costello , Sr. ITS Analyst, PBS&J.
• A Model for ITS Evaluation and Planning (562 KB ), Khaled Abelghany, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Environmental and Civil Engineering, Southern Methodist University.

Session 5b: ITS for Special Events

• Texas State Fair Park  (458 KB ), Beth Ramirez, P.E., Program Manager, Transportation Management Systems, City of Dallas.
• Kansas Motor Speedway (802 KB ), Matt Volz, ITS Project Manager, PB Farradyne.
• BASS Hall (506 KB ), Russ Wiles, P.E., ITS Manager, City of Ft. Worth.
• Superbowl 2004 (5,380 KB ), Capt. Tim Kelly, Director of Homeland Security, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO).

Session 6a:  Ethics in Engineering

• Professional Ethics (2,680 KB ), Dr. Ray James, P.E., College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.

Session 6b:  The Hidden Price of Success

• Good is Never Enough (1,014 KB ), Sally Wegmann, P.E., Director of Transportation Operations, TxDOT Houston District.
• Key Elements of a Successful ITS Program (176 KB ) Pat Irwin, P.E., Director of Transportation Operations, TxDOT San Antonio District.
• Management and Operations of ITS (524 KB ), Dr. Walter Kraft, Ph.D., P.E., Sr. Vice President, PB Farradyne.