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2011 Meeting Presentations

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The 2011 ITS Texas Annual Meeting was held November 9-11, 2011 at the Embassy Suites in San Marcos - Hotel and Conference Center.

Session 1 – Opening Session. ITS and Transportation - Where Do We Go From Here?

Moderated by Steve Novosad, Atkins North America
"2011 Session 1"
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Session 2A - The Changing Landscape of Social Media

Moderated by Dave Carter, City Of Richardson
"Welcome to the Social Media Revolution"
Greg Sowell, MBA, Director of Communications, City of Richardson
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Session 2B - ATMS Part I

Moderated by Jeff Weatherford, City of Houston
"City of Houston Municipal Broadband WiMAX Network"
Justin Ewald, City of Houston
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"Arterial Travel Times Using Anonymous Wireless Address Matching (AWAM)"
Darryl Puckett, Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute
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"West Houston Advanced Traffic Management System (WHATMS)"
Michael Wahl, P.E., PTOE, Traffic Operations Division, City of Houston
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"Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons In Austin"
Gary W. Schatz, P.E., PTOE, Austin Transportation Department, City of Austin
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Session 3A - TxDOT Regional ITS Projects

Moderated by Robert Bacon, MICA Corporation
"DalTrans - TxDOT Dallas: What's Next?"
Rick Cortez, P.E., Freeway Management Engineer, TxDOT-Dallas
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"TxDOT Regional ITS Projects. . . for Houston District/Houston TranStar"
John Gaynor, P.E., Director of Transportation Management Systems, TxDOT-Houston
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"Alamo RMA Update"
Pat Irwin, P.E., Director, Engineering and Operation, Alamo RMA
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Session 3B - Cost-Benefit Assessments of ITS Implementations

Moderated by Jeff Kaufman, Houston-Galveston Area Council
"U.S. ITS Knowledge Resources: Benefits, Costs, Deployment Statistics, and Lessons Learned"
James Pol, P.E., PMP, Team Lead, RITA, ITS Joint Program Office
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"Analysis Tools for Demonstrating ITS/Operations Benefits"
Krista Jeannotte, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
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"One Method to Assess Transportation Management Center Benefits: The Houston TranStar Annual Report"
Tony Voigt, P.E. Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute
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Session 4A - Professional Development

Moderated by Andy Oberlander, TxDOT
"Professional Practice: Update / Ethics"
Lance Kinney, P.E., Executive Director, Texas Board of Professional Engineers
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Session 4B - Utilizing ITS for Special Events

Moderated by Robert Bacon, Mica Corporation
"NFL Super Bowl Traffic Management"
Edward Ofori-Abebresse, P.E., City of Arlington
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"Implementing a Joint Emergency Operations Center for the Super Bowl"
Gary Jost, P.E., TEAL Engineering Services, Inc.
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"2011 San Antonio Hurricane Evacuation Plan: Standard Operating Procedures"
Ricardo Castaneda, P.E., Director of Transportation Operations, TxDOT-San Antonio
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Session 5A - ATMS, Part II

Moderated by Jeff Weatherford, City of Houston
"Site Specific Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) Implementations"
Frank Gutierrez, Southeast Region Sales Manager, High Sierra Electronics, Inc.
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"Adaptive Traffic Signal Systems"
Tom McKeon, Vice President, Rhythm Engineering
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"Arterial Street Operation in the Dallas US 75 ICM Demonstration"
Christopher Poe, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Agency Director, Texas Transportation Institute
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"Missouri City ATMS"
Mark Conway, P.E., Walter P. Moore
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Session 5B - ITS Data

Moderated by Bob Brydia, Texas Transportation Institute
"Types of ITS Data Used by the North Central Texas Council Of Governments"
Marian Thompson, Transportation Systems Operations Supervisor, North Central Texas Council of Governments
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"Practical Uses of Bluetooth® Based Probe Data"
Darrell W. Borchardt, P.E., Senior Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute
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"Use of Private Data Sources to Verify Travel Demand Models"
Jeff Kaufman, AICP, Transportation Operations Coordinator Houston-Galveston Area Council
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"Magnetic Re-Identification: A Growing List of Arterial Performance Measurements"
Brett Sumpter, Regional Manager, Sensys Networks
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Session 6A - ITS Operations

Moderated by Andy Oberlander, TxDOT
"Super Streets in Texas"
Gilmer D. Gaston, P.E., PTOE, Vice President Traffic Engineering, Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc.
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"DFW Connector: Traffic Management Center Operations"
Kent Kacir, P.E., Senior Engineer, Kimley-Horn and Associates
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"Traveler Information for the Central Texas I-35 Widening Project"
Robert E. Brydia, Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute
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"Jostradamus 2012: Bold Predictions For The Same Old World"
Joseph Hunt, Information System Analyst, TxDOT-Dallas
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Session 6B - Technology

Moderated by Steve Novosad, Atkins
"San Antonio Wrong Way Driver Operational Test Corridor"
Brian G. Fariello, P.E., Traffic Management Engineer, TxDOT-San Antonio
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"Connected Vehicle Technology: Bridging the Gap Between Vehicles and ATMS"
Steve Dellenback, Director – Intelligent Systems Department, Southwest Research Institute
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"BlueToad - Bluetooth Travel Time System"
Paul Misticawi, Vice President - Public Sector Sales, TrafficCast International
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"Connected Vehicle ITS World Congress 2011 Results"
Clay Packard. P.E., Sr. ITS Analyst II, Atkins North America
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Business Lunch

"ITS America Highlights"
Keith T. Parker, President/CEO, VIA Metropolitan Transit
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