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The 2005 ITS Texas Annual Meeting was held November 16-18 at the Hilton Hotel in College Station, Texas.

Session 1:  Bridging People, Places with the Future -- Hurricane Issues

• ITS:  Bridging People & Places with the Future (1,686 KB ),  Dr. C. Michael Walton, Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin.
• Weathering the Storm:  Using ITS to Support Evacuation Efforts (383 KB ), John Barton, P.E., District Engineer, TxDOT Beaumont District.
• Lessons Learned by LaDOTD After Evacuation in Southeast Louisiana (317   KB ), Carryn Zeagler, ITS/IT Technical Support Specialist, Louisiana DOTDD.
• ITS & Statewide Transportation Issues During Hurricanes Katrina & Rita (747 KB ), Scott Alley, P.E., Emergency Management Coordinator, Maintenance Division, TxDOT.

Concurrent Session 2A: $elling ITS -- Bringing ITS into New Markets

• A.M.B.E.R Alert Program (112 KB ), Charles Koonce, TxDOT, Traffic Engineering Section, Transportation Management Division.
• Houston TranStar's Award Winning Website (956 KB ), Jack R. Whaley, Director, Houston TranStar.
• The Value of Transportation Data in the New York Metropolitan Area (2,455 KB ), Ahmad Sadegh, Project Manager, NY/NJ Model Deployment Initiative.

Concurrent Session 2B: Keeping the Lights On -- ITS Operations

• Mobility Assistance Patrols (234 KB ), Rick Cortez, P.E., Freeway Management Engineer, TxDOT Dallas District.
• Maintenance of ITS Devices (92 KB ), Brian Fariello, P.E., Traffic Management Engineer, TxDOT San Antonio District.
• Daily Operations (228 KB ), Sally Wegmann, P.E., Transportation Operations Director, TxDOT Houston District.

Concurrent Session 3A: What's Happening Nationally in ITS

• The ITS Landscape and What it Means for You (534 KB ), Neil Schuster, President & CEO, ITS America.
• ITS America Activities, Projects and Goals (1,028 KB ), Neil Schuster, President & CEO, ITS America.
• Traffic Incident Management European Scanning Tour (1,538 KB ), Mark Olson, Traffic Operations Engineer, FWHA.

Concurrent Session 3B: ITS Applications in Transit

• ITS Transit Standards and 511 (145 KB ), Ronald Boenau, P.E., Transportation Systems Manager, FTA.
• Integrated Corridor Management -- Transit Applications (95 KB ), Erin Flanagan, P.E., Associate Vice President, TransCore.
• Interagency Cooperation -- The DalTrans Story (   KB ), Mohammed Moabed, P.E., Director of Transportation Operations, TxDOT Dallas District.
• IH-30 Managed HOV Lanes (   KB ), Koorosh Olyai, P.E., Assistant Vice President, Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

Session 4: Vendor Technology Forum

• Moderator: Duane Hartmann

Concurrent Session 5A: Developing the Next Generation of ITS Practitioners

• Workforce Development:  Where Do We Go From Here (2,563 KB ), Gary Thomas, Ph.D., P.E., Center Director, Center of Professional Development, Texas Transportation Institute.
• On-Line Training:  A Classroom Alternative (111 KB ), Denise Tisdale, Consortium for ITS Training and Education (CITE), University of Maryland.
• Services Available from the FHWA Resource Center (721 KB ), Greg Jones, ITS Specialist, FHWA.

Concurrent Session 5B: Technology -- Where is it Taking Us?

• Not Your Father's Ethernet (13 KB ), Jake Smith, President, Cactus Computer, Inc.
• Wireless Ethernet That Really Works (425 KB ), Kathleen Mullens-Jost, City Engineer, City of Irving, TX.
• MPEG 4 and Other Recent Advances in MPEG Compression (290 KB ), Makan Abousaeedi, Vice President, Cornet Technologies.

Concurrent Session 6A:  Ethics in Engineering

• Professional Engineering Ethics (   KB ), C.W. Clark, P.E., Director of Compliance and Enforcement, Texas Board of Professional Engineering.

Concurrent Session 6B:  Managing Managed Lanes

• Guidance and Tools for Managed Lanes -- Where to Go For Help (1,333 KB ), Beverly Kuhn, Ph.D., P.E., System Management Division Head, Texas Transportation Institute.
• Managed Lane Plans in North Texas (2,601 KB ), Mathew E. MacGregor, P.E., TxDOT.
• Pricing Strategies for Managed Lanes (735 KB ), Jianling Li, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Arlington.
• From Managed Lanes to Managed Tunnels -- A Possible Solution for Houston (4,670 KB ), Gonzalo E. Camacho, P.E., Camacho & Associates.