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Yes, together we are the best!
March 29, 2012
San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section
2012 Annual Report
For the Period of January 1– December 31, 2011
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Table of Contents
SFBAY AREA ITE LEADERSHIP TEAM ........................................................................................4
2011-2012 ROSTER OF ELECTED OFFICERS ......................................................................................... 5 2011-2012 APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS ......................................................................................... 5
MEMBERSHIP ........................................................................................................................8
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ..........................................................................................................9
GOVERNANCE ...................................................................................................................... 10
TECHNICAL PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................ 11
SCRIBES FOR LUNCH MEETINGS ............................................................................................ 13
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................... 22
ANNUAL RECOGNITION AWARDS ......................................................................................... 22
2011 TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR .......................................................................... 22 2011 TRANSPORTATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR .................................................................................. 23
PAST PRESIDENT’S ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................. 25
ITS ACTIVITES ....................................................................................................................... 26
TEAM CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 ....................................................................................... 26 ITS FOR CITIES – JULY 29, 2011 ...................................................................................................... 26
ITE/APWA SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT ..................................................................... 27
ITE COMMUNICATION PROGRESS ......................................................................................... 28
ITE EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT AND EVENT REGISTRATIONS SYSTEM ......................................................... 28 ITE SF BAY AREA WEB SITE ............................................................................................................ 28
Home Page ............................................................................................................................ 29 Board & Bylaws and Annual Reports ..................................................................................... 29 Assistance to Other Organizations ........................................................................................ 29 Local Jobs .............................................................................................................................. 30 Links Page, with PE vs. PTOE Page ........................................................................................ 30 Students/Mentors Page......................................................................................................... 30 Technical Programs ............................................................................................................... 30 Golf Tournament ................................................................................................................... 30 Section Awards ...................................................................................................................... 30 Past Events ............................................................................................................................ 30 Photo Album .......................................................................................................................... 31 Plans for Upgrade and Improvement .................................................................................... 31
STEP MENTORING PROGRAM ............................................................................................... 33
SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM..................................................................................................... 34
ANNUAL PICNIC AND NETWORKING MEETING ...................................................................... 35
STUDENT ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................ 36
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UC BERKELEY ITE CHAPTER............................................................................................................. 36 General Meetings .................................................................................................................. 36 Office Visits ............................................................................................................................ 36 Activities ................................................................................................................................ 37
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHAPTER ................... 38 Overview of the Year ............................................................................................................. 38 Student Chapter Summary .................................................................................................... 38 Professional Meetings ........................................................................................................... 39 Student Chapter Meeting ...................................................................................................... 39 Innovative Bike & Pedestrian Projects in San Jose, SJSU (February 9, 2012) .......................... 39 Company and Field Tours ...................................................................................................... 40 Organization Fairs ................................................................................................................. 40 Future Planned Activity ......................................................................................................... 40 Fund Raising .......................................................................................................................... 41 Member Roster...................................................................................................................... 41
APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................ 43
2011 TECHNICAL FOURTH ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION MODELING WORKSHOP ....................................... 43 2011 MONTHLY LUNCH MEETING FLYERS ......................................................................................... 44
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S F B A Y A R E A I T E L E A D E R S H I P T E A M
Kamala Parks
President
Mousa Abbasi
Vice President
Jia Hao Wu
Treasurer
Tiffany Barkley
Secretary
Shruti Malik
Immediate Past President
James R. Helmer
Chair, Past President
Council Secretary
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2011-2012 Roster of Elected Officers
President
Kamala Parks
Kittelson Associates
180 Grand Avenue, Suite 250
Oakland, CA 94612
510-839-1742 ext 107 voice
510-839-0871 fax
510-393-6611 mobile
Vice President
Mousa Abbasi, PhD, PE, TE, PTOE
Transpedia Consulting Engineers
613 Fourth Street, Suite 205
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
707-527-6300 voice
707-527-6303 fax
Treasurer
Jia Hao Wu, PhD.
W & S Solutions, LLC
4900 Hopyard Road Suite 100.
Pleasanton, California 94588
925-468-4132 voice
925-463-4128 fax
925-413-8983 mobile
Secretary
Tiffany Barkley
Iteris , Inc.
2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 200
Berkeley, CA 94704-1345
510-295-4592 voice
510-540-7612 fax
Past President
Shruti Malik, PE, PMP
Hatch Mott McDonald
4301 Hacienda Drive, Suite 300
Pleasanton, CA 94588
925-469-8010 voice
925-469-8011 fax
2011-2012 Appointed Board Members
Membership
Coordinator
Lin Zhang
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
555 12th Street, Suite 1600
Oakland, CA 94607
510-873-8700 voice
510-873-8701 fax
STEP Mentoring
Chair and
SF/Peninsula Student
Outreach Liaison
Paul Stanis
DKS Associates
1970 Broadway, Suite 740
Oakland, CA 94611
510-267-6645 voice
510-268-1739 fax
South Bay Student
Outreach Liaison
Murali Ramanujam
Santa Clara Valley Transp. Authority
Development & Congestion Management
Division
3331 North First Street, Building B
San Jose, CA 95134-1906
408-952-8905 voice
East Bay Student
Outreach Liaison
Eduardo Serafin
Technology Transfer Program
UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation
Studies
1301 S 46th St, Bldg 155, Richmond, CA
94804
510.665.3457
510.665.3454
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Student Outreach
Adviser
Eduardo Serafin
Technology Transfer Program
UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation
Studies
1301 S 46th St, Bldg 155, Richmond, CA
94804
510.665.3457
510.665.3454
Web Administrator
Sam Lam
University of California at Berkeley
2520 College Ave, Apt. #106
Berkeley, CA, 94704
626-372-2019 voice
Wed Design
Administrator
Joakim Osthus, P.E.
Mead & Hunt, Inc.
133 Aviation Boulevard, Suite 100
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707-526-5010 voice
707- 526-9721 fax
707-324-9305 mobile
Co-Scribe Afsaneh Yavari 925-789-7337 voice
Co-Scribe Kimberly E. Leung [email protected]
Technical Programs
Co-Chair
Afsaneh Yavari
925-789-7337 voice
Technical Programs
Co-Chair
Nate Chanchareon, PE
San Francisco Municipal Transportation
Agency
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103-5417
415.701.4374 voice
415.515.8954 cell
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ITE Awards Chair
Amit M. Kothari, PE
San Francisco Municipal Transportation
Agency
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103-5417
415-701-4462 voice
415-701-4301 fax
Legislative Chair
Michelle DeRobertis, PE
Santa Clara Valley Transp. Authority
3331 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
408-321-5716 voice
408-321-2300 general
ITS Coordinator
Joy Bhattacharya, PE, PTOE
TJKM Transportation Consultants
3875 Hopyard Road, Suite 200
Pleasanton, CA 94588-8526
925-463-0611 voice
925-463-3690 fax
Social Events Chair Kimberly E. Leung [email protected]
Golf Tournament
Chair
Jerry Robbins
San Francisco Municipal Transportation
Agency
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103-5417
415-701-4490 voice
415-701-4343 fax
Chair of Past
Presidents’ Council
James R. Helmer, PE, TE, PTOE
City of San Jose
Dept. of Transportation
200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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Sponsorship Chair
Bhanu P. Kala, PE
Wilbur Smith Associates
201 Mission Street, Suite 1450
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-495-6201 voice
415-495-5305 fax
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M E M B E R S H I P
The Section membership decreased by 6% between 2010 and 2011. However, the Section made
efforts to increase the membership. As of March 15, 2012, the total has reached to 481 as
compared to 686 in 2010.
2010-2011 2011-2012 Membership Grade
2 2 Honorary
78 76 Fellow
444 423 Member
12 12 Institute Affiliate
145 129 Student Member
5 4 Other
686 646 Membership Total
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F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T The section is identified as follows:
The Section’s Federal Employer Identification Number: 94-3104865
Date Issued: 2/7/2011 501(c)3.
2012 Annual Report – Financial Statement
Chase Bank
350 – 20th Street
Oakland, California 94612
(510) 452-6666
Beginning Balance – January 1, 2011
Net Grand Total
ITE HQ- Transfer from Chase
Expense Prior to 2005- January 20, 2011
$23,074.59
$2,005.64
$5,000.00
$475.59
Ending Balance – December 31, 2011
ITE HQ Student Scholarship – Feb. 13 2012
$20,555.82
$15,394.30
Income Categories Total
Meeting Revenue $11,691.48
ITE HQ Membership Dues $6,590.00
Technical Programs Revenue $2,425.18
ITE HQ Membership Coupons $1,258.00
Other Income $261.45
Credit for bank charges $150.00
Total Income Categories $22,376.11
Expense Categories
Meeting Expense $10,355.40
Student Outreach $3,571.07
Technical Programs Committee $2,129.11
Administrative / Board Activities $2,066.56
Miscellaneous $475.59
Plaques and Awards $430.55
SBTOA $420.89
BALLOTS - Officers or Bylaws $410.55
Lunch Meeting Draw $186.85
Bank Charges $173.95
Internet & Web Site $149.95
Total Expense Categories $20,370.47
Net Grand Total $2,005.64
Note: the report is obtained from ITE MS Money Chase Account.
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G O V E R N A N C E
Were changes made to your Bylaws during this reporting period? Yes No
If yes, please attach a copy of the new bylaws.
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T E C H N I C A L P R O G R A M S
The Section establishes new technical program committee, which includes Nate Chanchareon and
Afsaneh Yavari as co-chairs and Jia Hao Wu as a member. The program consisted of
presentations, workshops and technical papers on various subjects by experts from the Bay Area,
Spain, Hong Kong, Canada and a series of ITE webinars. Section’s ITE members from
governmental agencies and private firms strongly supported the technical program. They
volunteered their time to provide professional services and program venues, including W & S
Solutions, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley Transportation System, San Francisco
MTA, University of California, Davis, Dowling Associates.
The co-chairs are mainly responsible for organizing the programs, determining the presentation
topics, inviting speakers and working with the section officers. Section’s President Nate
Chanchareon provided the Section leadership support and other officers Shruti Malik, Kamala
Parks and Mousa Abbasi. The co-chairs participated in the discussions on the program and sent
out program e-mail announcements, and Sam Lam provided technical program updates
throughout the year on the SF Bay ITE website (http://www.sfbayite.org).
Fourth Annual Transportation Modeling Workshop
Topic: ―Modeling for Sustainable Transportation and Land Use Developments‖
Date: Friday April 1, 2011, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM,
Location: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco
Following the great success of our last three Annual San Francisco Bay Area ITE Transportation
Modeling Workshops, with participants gathered from around the world, the San Francisco Bay
Area ITE organized the Fourth Annual Transportation Modeling Workshop, on April 1, 2011.
There were 80 participants, and the fee was $35 for ITE members, $65 for non‐members, and $20 for students. These fees included lunch and coffee/drinks during breaks.
The theme of this workshop was "Modeling for Sustainable Transportation and Land Use
Developments". The objectives of this seminar was to show what innovative transportation
modeling tools are available to our engineers and planners in the transportation modeling
industry, and how these tools can be applied to transportation planning/engineering projects.
Speakers were representatives from the international transportation modeling software
development industry, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
(MTC), San Francisco Transportation Authority, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,
and many others who talked about the current modeling development status on climate change
evaluation, meso‐scopic modeling, and land use models linked to the transportation models. Some presentations were made at the last TRB conferences or will be presented in the future ITE
conferences. The following is a list of topics and respective presenters:
Welcoming Notes, Nate Chanchareon, Technical Programs Co‐Chair Keynote Address, Moving Toward a Sustainable Mobility System, Timothy Papandreou,
Deputy Director, Sustainable Streets, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
(SFMTA)
Using an Activity‐based Travel Model to Inform Climate Studies, David Ory, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
Emerging Land Use and Transportation Modeling with UPLAN and Emme in China, Jia Hao Wu, W & S Solutions Transportation Consultants
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Integrated Modeling for California Climate Planning, Robert Johnson, University of California, Davis
Cube Land Implementation for Kern Council of Governments, Matthew Martimo, Citilabs
Integration of Travel Demand, Land Use and Emissions Modeling for Transit Corridor Expansion Projects in the Silicon Valley, George Naylor, Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority (VTA)
Making Your Demand Model Sensitive to Bicycle Infrastructure: from Raw GPS Data from the Cycle Tracks Smart Phone Application to a Bicycle Route Choice Model, Billy
Charlton, San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA)
Transport Modeling for Transport and Land Use Sustainability: Lessons and Challenges from East Asia and the Middle East, Richard Di Bona, Independent Consultant & LLA
Consultancy, Ltd., Hong Kong
Dynamic Traffic Assignment in San Francisco – Finding Out Where the Cars Go and Why, Elizabeth Sall, SFCTA
Modeling Pedestrian Traffic and Safety in STEPS Modeling Software, Baljinder Bassi & Allen Nie, Hatch Mott MacDonald
Multimodal Level of Service Analysis of a Road Diet in Pasadena, Bill Cisco, Dowling Associates
Evaluating the Efficiency of Variable Speed Policies using Micro‐simulation, Alex Gerodimos, TSS‐Transport Simulation System
Active Traffic Management using Macroscopic Simulation, Alex Kurzhanskiy & Gabriel Gomes, UC Berkeley PATH
Modeling Freeway‐to‐Boulevard Conversions, Greg Riessen, Planning Department, City of San Francisco
The workshop concluded with a questions/answers session and appreciations/ acknowledgments.
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S C R I B E S F O R L U N C H M E E T I N G S Statistics of the 2011 Lunch Meetings are reported below. The lunch meeting flyers are shown in
APPENDICES.
MONTH VENUE LOCATION ATTENDEES
January, 2011 Ponzu Restaurant’s Orpheum Ballroom San Francisco 48
February, 2011 Silver Dragon Restaurant Oakland 31
March, 2011 DeVery University Oakland 37
April, 2011 SFMTA San Francisco 46
May, 2011 The Faculty Club, Howard Room
UC Berkeley Berkeley 15
June, 2011 Elephant and Castle, Niantic Room
San Francisco 76
September, 2011 Sinbad's Pier 2 Restaurant San Francisco 51
October, 2011 DeVry University Oakland 58
November, 2011 Michael's at Shoreline Mountain View 79
Scribes: Afsaneh Yavari, Kimberly Leung, and Tiffany Barkley
The Scribe committee prepared minutes for the monthly meetings as shown below:
January 2011 by Afsaneh Yavari
On January 20, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section (SFBayITE) held its first monthly
meeting of 2011 at Ponzu Restaurant’s Orpheum Ballroom in San Francisco. There were 48
people in attendance. This program featured the ITE’s Annual Recognition Awards ceremony,
honoring the 2010 Project of the Year and 2010 Professional of the Year award winners. The
winner of the 2010 Transportation Project of the Year was ―AC Transit’s NextBus: System-wide
Real Time Bus Arrival Information‖. Jon Twichell of Capital Projects, AC Transit, made a
presentation describing the project. The winner of the 2010 Transportation Professional of the
Year award was Mark Spencer.
February 2011 by Tiffany Barkley
On February 17, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section (SFBay ITE) held a joint
monthly meeting with the South Bay Traffic Officials Association (SBTOA) at the Silver Dragon
Restaurant in Oakland. 31 people attended the meeting, whose theme was Statewide Legislation
and Transportation. Shruti Malik, the section president, began the meeting with an announcement
for SFBay ITE's 4th Annual Transportation Modeling Workshop, which will be held on April 1st
at SFMTA in San Francisco. In other news, Advancing Women in Transportation (WTS) will be
holding their annual meeting at the Hyatt Embarcadero in San Francisco on May 18-20th. Pat
Gibson, who is running for ITE's International Board of Directors, was in attendance, and
encouraged all members to vote in the upcoming June elections.
The meeting's technical presentation was given by Lezlie Kimura Szeto, who is the air pollution
specialist for the local government outreach group of the California Air Resources Board
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(CARB). Eliot Rose from UC Berkeley was also slated to present, but was unable to attend the
meeting. Ms. Sveto presented on "Sustainable Communities for Sustainable States", and focused
on CARB's efforts to direct local governments in implementing SB 375. Implementation of SB
375 is a three phase process. The first phase, which has just been completed, sets emission
reduction targets for each MPO. The second phase is the planned development phase, in which
each MPO comes up with a sustainable development strategy to help them meet their emission
reduction target. The third phase offers incentives for implementation of the planned strategies.
Ms. Szeto discussed the challenges of having SB 375 be only incentive-based, rather than a
sanction or a mandate. Already, however, MPOs have greatly improved their analytical planning
tools to prepare for the implementation phase. For example, travel demand models have
improved, travel surveys have been refined, and MPOs are beginning to develop and monitor
performance indicators to track their progress is meeting targets.
March 2011 by Tiffany Barkley On March 17th, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section
(SFBay ITE) held a joint monthly meeting with ITS-CA at Devry
University in Oakland. 37 people were in attendance. The theme of the
meeting was Automated Enforcement. Kamala Parks, the section vice
president, began the meeting with some announcements. The section
is holding its fourth annual Transportation Modeling Conference on
April 1st at SFMTA. Kamala also announced the upcoming elections
for new section officers.
The first presentation was given by Lieutenant Kevin Davis of the California Highway Patrol
(CHP), who spoke about automated enforcements from the law enforcement perspective.
Lieutenant Davis is an expert in the estimation of speed limits, automated speed enforcement, and
red light camera systems. According to Lieutenant Davis, the goal of automated enforcement
from the law enforcement perspective is to change driver behavior to save lives. CHP supports
automated enforcement only when it is fair, supplemental to officer deployments, and allows
enforcement where otherwise not possible (for example, a bridge with no shoulders). The
decision of where automated enforcement is deployed is data-driven, and accuracy is of critical
concern when deploying enforcement technologies. Lieutenant Davis discussed the need for early
and comprehensive media campaigns so that motorists are not surprised by the deployments, and
advises cities to avoid the topic of revenue generation. He discussed three specific types of
automated enforcement: (1) red light camera systems, which CHP operates in Sacramento and
Los Angeles; (2) automated speed enforcement, which is not authorized in California; and (3)
automated occupancy enforcement, which is being tested on I-15 in San Diego.
The second presentation was given by Julie Dixon from Serco. Serco is an international provider
of management services to government agencies, and transportation is one of their specialties.
Serco has been operating San Francisco's parking program since the early 1990s, and was
awarded the management of SFPark, which is San Francisco's project to incorporate new parking
management technologies and approaches. Parking technologies in urbanized areas are changing
rapidly. In many locations, parking is too expensive to make quarters feasible. San Francisco
currently lets drivers pay for parking with credit cards or with SF smart parking cards. Revenue
has increased by 50% since San Francisco implemented an integrated parking system; the city
made $37.5 million dollars off of parking last year. Serco built a backend database that all
vendors tie into, so that the city knows exactly which meter each penny came from, which helps
them make decisions on changing meter hours or pricing. The next step of SFPark is demand-
based pricing, which will involve the integration of traffic data into the parking data warehouse.
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April 2011 by Tiffany Barkley
On April 14, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section (SFBayITE) held a joint monthly
meeting with the Northern California Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation
Officials (COMTO) and the International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association
(ICTPA). 46 people were in attendance at this meeting, which was held at the San Francisco
County Transportation Authority's office. The format of the meeting was a lively panel discussion
on engaging diverse communities in the transportation decision making process. The panel was
moderated by Debra Jones, a native San Franciscan who has worked at both SFMTA and AC
Transit, and is now an Environmental Protection Specialist for the Federal Transit Administration
in Sacramento. The panel consisted of Robert Lee, Manager of the Local Government and
Community Relations Division of BART; Lysa Hale, Project Consultant for the Clipper Program
for MTC; and Brajah Norris, External Affairs Manager for the Central Subway Project for
SFMTA.
On the ITE side, the meeting began with an announcement from section president Shruti Malik
about the upcoming section elections. Specifically, the section is looking for secretary candidates.
The election ends June 15, 2011. Section co-scribe Tiffany Barkley announced that the section is
looking for a new co-scribe. Co-scribes are responsible for taking notes at monthly meetings.
Following announcements, the panel discussion began with introductions from each of the panel
members, followed by a question and answer session.
Mr. Lee gave an overview of current happenings at BART, which include the extension to Warm
Springs from the Fremont Station and the need to replace the current fleet, which has been
operating since the 1970s. Ms. Hale described the Clipper Program, which has instituted a smart
payment card accepted by 7 transit agencies around the Bay Area. Mr. Norris introduced
SFMTA's Central Subway Project, which is a 1.7 mile extension of the underground T Third Line
from the Caltrain Station through Union Square to China Town. At 1.57 billion dollars, it is
SFMTA's largest capital investment project in 50 years.
The discussion centered on the topics of assessing project impacts on diverse and
underrepresented communities and effectively engaging these communities in the stakeholder
process. BART performs an equity analysis for every project, which considers the impacts to
minority and low income communities. They also hold meetings in these communities to gather
feedback on fares, accessibility, and amenities. To locate these communities, they use census data
from the project's vicinity. They then consult with local groups about the most effective ways to
perform outreach in each community. One lesson that the agency has learned over time is the
importance of ensuring that food purchased for meetings is culturally-appropriate. The Clipper
deployment was an operations project, not an infrastructure project, so the challenges are
different. Because the Clipper Card accounts for fare discount rules across agencies, it can be
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complicated to use. As such, the focus is on communicating Clipper instructions (how to use, how
to add money, how to add discounts, etc) with those who cannot access the website or who have
limited English proficiency. Here, it has become apparent that translating instructional materials
from English is not sufficient, because of the subtle differences in tone and meaning between
different languages. Instead, the program has native speakers write materials. Ms. Hale also
discussed the ways that the Clipper program has leveraged the expertise of the outreach staff of
partner transit agencies, who are accustomed to dealing with these challenges. For the Central
Subway Project, SFMTA has employed a number of tools. Since the project largely impacts
Chinatown, they distribute materials in multiple Chinese dialects. They also contract with local
community-based organizations to help distribute messages and obtain feedback, and use a social
media program to further inform the public. They have also found the benefit in not just
communicating with local communities, but also employing them in the project. To this end, the
agency set up a meeting to allow local minority contractors to meet with large prime firms to seek
partnering opportunities.
May 2011, by Afsaneh Yavari
On May 19, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section (SFBayITE) meeting was held at the
Faculty Club, Howard Room, at the University of California, Berkeley. There were 15 people in
attendance. This meeting featured the winners of the 2011 ITE Student Paper Competition. The
theme of the papers was Sustainable Communities: Intersecting Infill Development with
Transportation, in which the students were asked to present their research and analysis of infill
sites and transportation considerations of land use alternatives for the sites. The moderator was
Ms. Elizabeth Deakin, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Urban Design, at UC
Berkeley. Ms. Deakin’s research focuses on transportation and land use policy and the
environmental impacts of transportation through the publication of over 200 articles, book
chapters, and reports. The winner of the Grand Prize was Mark Young, who is a BS candidate at
San Jose State University. The topic of his paper was: Intersecting Infill Development with
Transportation. Ms Kimberly Leung, a MS candidate at University of California at Berkeley,
won the Graduate Paper Award. The topic of her paper was: High Density Oriented
Developments adjacent to The Milpitas Bart Station. Ms. Katie Leung, a BS candidate at
University of California at Berkeley, won the Undergraduate Paper Award. The topic of her
paper was: Intersecting Infill Development with Transportation, a Study Focused in Milpitas, CA.
June 2011 by Tiffany Barkley
On June 20th, the section held its Annual Business Meeting at Elephant and Castle in San
Francisco. 76 people were in attendance to hear the program on Complete Streets, Sustainable
Communities, and Safe, Active Transportation. The meeting began with a Student Appreciation
announcement. Murali Ramanujam presented Stephanie Chow and Alvin Sarmiento, both of San
Jose State University (SJSU), with plaques for their efforts at reactivating the ITE student chapter
at SJSU. Other announcements were made for the upcoming ITE/APWA Golf Tournament, to be
held on July 15, 2011, and the Annual Western District meeting in Alaska on July 10th thru 13th.
Following the student recognitions, the Annual Business Meeting featured three presenters
speaking on the theme of "Complete Streets, Sustainable Communities, and Safe, Active
Transportation". John Sighamony, Senior Transportation Planner for the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority (VTA), gave a talk entitled "SB-375 (Sustainable Communities
Strategies) for Local Agencies". VTA is unique in that it is both a transit operator and a
Congestion Management Agency, and Mr. Sighamony shared the agency's strategies on
encouraging sustainable communities, which include Express Lanes, Bus Rapid Transit, and the
potential adoption of a Complete Streets Program. The second presentation was given by Meghan
Wier, an epidemiologist with the San Francisco Department of Public Health who specializes in
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health impact assessments of
transportation projects. In her
presentation, entitled
"Transportation Policy is Health
Policy", she discussed the aspects
of health that are impacted by
transportation projects, such as the
ability to walk, bike, and play
safely, noise and air quality levels,
and equitable access to
transportation facilities. She
described a number of tools
available for performing health
impact assessments, and detailed
her agency's development of a
Pedestrian Injury Collision
Forecasting Model used to identify high-risk corridors and meet the target of reducing San
Francisco's 800 annual pedestrian injuries by 50% in 10 years. The final presentation was given
by John LaPlante, Director of Traffic Engineering at T.Y. Lin. Mr. LaPlante's presentation,
entitled "Complete Streets: Who Benefits and Who Pays" focused on debunking a number of the
myths impeding the
implementation of Complete
Streets. Given that one-third of
Americans do not drive, Complete
Streets are those that accommodate
all modes that want to use the
facility. While there is no single
design solution for Complete
Streets, Mr. LaPlante described a
number of location-specific ideas
for improving multimodal access,
such as reducing lane widths on
arterials, adding landscaping,
installing pedestrian countdown
clocks, and timing signals to the
speed that you want vehicles to
travel.
To conclude the Annual Business Meeting, Shruti Malik, current section president, announced the
election results and welcomed the new SF Bay Area ITE Elected Officers for the upcoming year.
The new board members are: Kamala Parks, President; Mousa Abbasi, Vice President; Jia Hao
Wu, Treasurer; and Tiffany Barkley, Secretary.
September 2011 Kimberly Leung
On September 15, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section (SF Bay ITE) held its monthly
meeting at Sinbad's Pier 2 Restaurant in San Francisco. The topic of the meeting was "34th
America's Cup - Race, Economy, and Transportation," which focused on the preparations for the
America's Cup, an international yacht race to be held in the San Francisco Bay in the summer of
2013. The meeting was sponsored by Iteris. The meeting began with a presentation by Dalene
Whitlock, who currently serves as ITE International Director. Dalene spoke about the purpose,
organization, and strategic plan of ITE. The strategic plan includes student initiatives, career
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development, technical excellence, social/networking, and promoting the profession. Following
the presentation, the newly elected Board Members - President Kamala Parks, Vice President
Mousa Abbasi, and Secretary Tiffany Barkley - were sworn in. Roger Koehler, Sales Director at
Iteris, gave a brief presentation about the video detection and traffic management services of the
company. With the introduction of CA Bill AB 1581, all new and replaced traffic signals are now
required to detect bicycle and motorcycle traffic. He enumerated reasons for the usage of video
detection, which is already becoming the most dominant form of technology for traffic
management. Adam Van de Water, Assistant Project Director - 34th America's Cup, Office of
Economic and Workforce Development with the City of San Francisco, addressed the
preparations and economic impacts of the America's Cup. Adam first gave an overview of the
event timeline, proposed course area and event locations, and renderings of renovations to the
piers for staging areas, spectator sites, and other logistics. A draft EIR was already published in
July, which received over 2000+ pages of comments by August, and the EIR certification is
targeted for the end of this year. Peter Albert, Manager of SFMTA Urban Planning Initiatives,
discussed the transportation impact and improvements projects being undertaken in preparation
for the America's Cup, specifically with a focus on the People Plan. He opened with the guiding
principles for all of the implementations plans that the City is putting together. The City has goals
of remaining efficient with their resources, environmentally sustainable, and adaptable and also
hope to leave a positive legacy. Therefore, the City is working towards improving transportation
systems already in place by encouraging transit agencies, such as BART, MUNI, Caltrain,
Golden Gate Transit, AC Transit, and WETA among others, to collaborate to provide the most
efficient service for the public. This, however, comes with a number of institutional barriers
among the various agencies and even with vendors such as Clipper. The next few years are being
used a testing ground to try out new transit services such as adding a MUNI Route 47 with
limited service on Van Ness and implementing the MUNI E line on top of the existing F line.
There are also plans to extend the bicycle sharing pilot program, which is set to start in the
Financial District and SOMA in Spring 2012, through the northern part of San Francisco through
the Marina to Crissy Field for the America's Cup. The City is also considering areas for satellite
parking outside of San Francisco at BART stations in West Oakland and Daly City and at Ferry
Terminals in Larkspur to encourage people to use shuttles or transit to get into the City. There are
still many other considerations such as access, safety, and transportation demand management
that still needs to be planned for as the City moves forward with their plans.
October 2011, by Afsaneh Yavari
On October 20, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section (SFBayITE) held its monthly
meeting at the DeVry University/Keller School of Management in Downtown Oakland. There
were 58 people in attendance. The topic of the meeting was "California High Speed Rail -
Opportunities &s Challenges". The meeting panel provided a project update, including
opportunities and challenges to its implementation. Kamala Parks, the new President of the
SFBayITE started the meeting. She announced that the nominations for the SF Bay ITE
Professional of the Year Award and for the Transportation Project of the Year Award are due to
Mr. Amit Kothari (SFBayITE Awards Chair) by November 14, 2011. She then introduced Mr.
Bill Nichols of National Data & Surveying Services (NDS), who sponsored this meeting. Mr.
Nichols spoke briefly about their services which include traffic data collection.
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Mousa Abbasi, the new Vice President, introduced the first speaker, Mr. Randy Rentschler,
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)'s Director of Legislation and Public Affairs,
whose presentation was
titled "California High
Speed Rail: update and
MTC's role in the
planning of the project in
the Bay Area". He started
his presentation by
indicating that there are 7
million residents, 3.1
million jobs, 9 counties,
and 26 public transit
operators in the Bay Area.
MTC has allocated over
$1.4 billion to Caltrain
over the past 30 years.
Peninsula is loaded with
wealth creating
transportation
infrastructure. The Bay
Area labor market is experiencing a stronger recovery than most of California, but is still lagging
behind the rest of the nation. The next big step will be California High Speed Rail. Since the
high-speed rail is about connecting large metropolitan areas, the critical decision is focusing on
the proper city pairs. High speed rail will be an alternative to congested air travel, and will
provide clean electric transportation.
The second speaker was Mr. Brock Winstead, District Director and representative from Senator
Joe Simitian's office, presenting "HSR and Caltrain: A Blended Approach". He explained that
what his office is asking is that the HSR between San Francisco and San Jose to stay within the
Caltrain right-of-way, with no elevated structures, and to restrict EIR to a more modest project.
He then explained that what their office is not asking for is switching to Caltrain in San Jose,
running only one HSR train per day, not extending to the Transbay Terminal, and shutting the
door to future construction. He indicated that it might not always be possible to stay within
existing right-of-way, and some communities prefer above-grade structures as their best option.
He concluded that the goals are to respond to pressing community concerns, while saving time
and money.
The third speaker was Ms. Marian Lee, Executive Officer for Planning and Development at
Caltrain. Her presentation was titled, "Caltrain plans and projects that benefit high speed rail
implementation". She discussed the Caltrain Modernization Program and its focus areas, which
include projects such as Caltrain Electrification and Advanced Signal Upgrade. She talked about
coordinated planning with HSR and other stakeholders. She also talked about the system from
San Jose to Transbay Terminal, supporting both Caltrain and HSR, utilizing existing right of way
and tracks, minimizing impacts to communities while lowering project cost. She then discussed
the Caltrain capacity analysis, and if the "blended system" concept is feasible. She discussed
multiple considerations, such as operation, infrastructure, cost (capital & operation), ridership,
Prop 1A requirements, and CEQA/NEPA requirements. She then talked about the scope of work,
including building a simulation model (Main Line and Terminals). She discussed the preliminary
findings, which suggest that the "blended system" concept has merit, and there is a potential for
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up to 10 trains / hour / direction during peak periods. Additional rail service simulations are still
needed, and the next steps will be design (passing tracks location, grade crossings
upgrades/separations/closures, system upgrades) and project cost estimate. The meeting
concluded with questions
and answers with the panel.
November 2011, by
Afsaneh Yavari
On November 17, 2011, the
San Francisco Bay Area ITE
Section (SFBayITE) and the
South Bay Transportation
Officials Association
(SBTOA) held their joint
lunch meeting at the
Michael's At Shoreline
restaurant in Mountain View.
The meeting focused on
express lanes in the Bay
Area. The topic of the
meeting was Express Lanes in the Bay Area- Operational & Planned. There were 82 people in
attendance. Kamala Parks, the new President of the SFBayITE started the meeting by announcing
that the ITE Western District conference which will be held in Santa Barbara in June of 2012.
The Gold Sponsor of today's meeting, Sensys Networks, and the Silver Sponsor, TY Lin
International, were introduced. Mousa Abbasi introduced the meeting speaker, Mr. Murali
Ramanujam, from Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, who presented both
presentations.
In the first presentation, I-680 Express Lanes, Murali provided an update on the operations of I-
680 Express Lanes, which opened one year ago. The I-680 Express Lane is the Bay Area’s first
express lane project, which opened on September 20, 2010. It stretches for 14 miles on I-680 in
southbound direction over the Sunol Grade. It was converted from a HOV lane to a HOT Lane,
which starts at Highway 84 in the north and ends at Route 237 in the south. He provided an
overview of the I-680 Express Lane, which met the first year revenue projections. He then
provided operations data through the first fourteen months, following with charts showing year by
year comparison, weekly gross revenue, weekly gross trips, gross revenue by day, 2011-2012
revenue trend, typical daily revenue, typical daily trips by hour, peak period averages, average
toll rate by hour, vehicle count by trip frequency, toll rate frequency, and finally enforcement
summary by CHP. He concluded by indicating the additional traffic studies that will be done
including the evaluation of ingress/egress points to be coordinated with MTC traffic study and
automated enforcement modified design with multiple camera sites.
The second presentation, SR 237 Express Lanes, was an update on the SR 237/I-880 Express
Connectors project that is expected to open early in 2012. The SR 237/I-880 Express Connectors
project is part of the Silicon Valley Express Lanes Program which also consists of US101/SR 85
corridor. He provided some background information including VTA Ad Hoc Financial Stability
Committee Recommendation, Legislative Authority, VTA Feasibility Study, SR 85 & US 101
Preliminary Engineering (PE) and Public Outreach, Recommendation for Implementation Plan,
and SR 237/I-880 Project Initiation. He indicated that the reasons the express lanes are proposed
in Santa Clara County are to increase efficiency of existing roadways, to provide commuters with
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new options, and finally it is a source of revenue generation for needed improvements including
transit. He then talked about the proposed signage, hours of operation, and proposed schedule. It
is anticipated that the installation and testing of electronic toll system will happen in
January/February 2012 and it will be open to traffic in February/ March 2012. He also discussed
how the toll revenues are planned to be used. The meeting concluded with questions and answers
with the panel.
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S O C I A L A C T I V I T I E S Prepared by Kimberly Leung
On September 15, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section (SF Bay ITE) held its monthly
meeting at Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant in San Francisco. The topic of the meeting was ―34th
America’s Cup—Race, Economy, and Transportation,‖ which focused on the preparations for the
America’s Cup, an international yacht race to be held in the San Francisco Bay in the summer of
2013. The meeting was sponsored by Iteris.
Adam Van de Water, Assistant Project Director—34th America’s Cup, Office of Economic and
Workforce Development with the City of San Francisco, addressed the preparations and
economic impacts of the America’s Cup. Adam first gave an overview of the event timeline,
proposed course area and event locations, and renderings of renovations to the piers for staging
areas, spectator sites, and other logistics. A draft EIR was already published in July, which
received over 2000+ pages of comments by August, and the EIR certification is targeted for the
end of this year.
Peter Albert, Manager of SFMTA Urban Planning Initiatives, discussed the transportation impact
and improvements projects being undertaken in preparation for the America’s Cup, specifically
with a focus on the People Plan. He opened with the guiding principles for all of the
implementations plans that the City is putting together. The City has goals of remaining efficient
with their resources, environmentally sustainable, and adaptable and also hope to leave a positive
legacy. Therefore, the City is working towards improving transportation systems already in place
by encouraging transit agencies, such as BART, MUNI, Caltrain, Golden Gate Transit, AC
Transit, and WETA among others, to collaborate to provide the most efficient service for the
public. This, however, comes with a number of institutional barriers among the various agencies
and even with vendors such as Clipper. The next few years are being used a testing ground to try
out new transit services such as adding a MUNI Route 47 with limited service on Van Ness and
implementing the MUNI E line on top of the existing F line. There are also plans to extend the
bicycle sharing pilot program, which is set to start in the Financial District and SOMA in Spring
2012, through the northern part of San Francisco through the Marina to Crissy Field for the
America’s Cup. The City is also considering areas for satellite parking outside of San Francisco at
BART stations in West Oakland and Daly City and at Ferry Terminals in Larkspur to encourage
people to use shuttles or transit to get into the City. There are still many other considerations such
as access, safety, and transportation demand management that still need to be planned for as the
City moves forward with their plans.
A N N U A L R E C O G N I T I O N A W A R D S
In 2006, the Section initiated an Annual Recognition Awards Program that recognizes excellence
in transportation in two categories; Transportation Professional of the Year and Transportation
Project of the Year. Transportation professionals and projects from the 15-county greater San
Francisco Bay Area are eligible to participate in this program.
2011 Transportation Professional of the Year
The purpose of this award is to recognize an ITE member who has contributed significantly to the
transportation field over the last several years. During the review of nominations and ranking
process, the Review Panel considers the nominee’s expertise in the transportation field,
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involvement with ITE activities, contributions to transportation profession, training/mentoring
students and young professionals, etc.
This year’s award recipient was Joy Bhattacharya, P.E. with TJKM Transportation Consultants in
Pleasanton. Joy received this recognition for his outstanding technical expertise in traffic
operations and ITS; valuable contributions to several regional transportation projects,
commitment to ITE activities and development of young and emerging transportation
professionals. Joy’s long list of major projects includes Adaptive Signal System and TMC in
Hayward, Webster Street SMART Corridor, Adaptive Signal System in Salinas and Mountain
House ATMS. Joy is a past president of the ITE San Francisco Bay Area Section and currently
serves as the ITS Coordinator. He has previously served on the ITE Transportation Software
Development Task Force, Intelligent Traffic Signal Operations Committee and the ITE
Highway/Railway Active Controls Committee. His keen interest in developing next generation
of transportation professionals led him to teach two courses offered through the UC Berkeley’s
Technology Transfer Program. Over the last several years, he has helped organize numerous
workshops, joint events and businesses breakfast providing valuable networking opportunities
and promoting transportation.
2011 Transportation Project of the Year
The purpose of this award is to recognize innovation and/or creative-thinking in the field of
transportation. While reviewing the nominations in this category, the Review Panel is looking for
a project that may have implemented ground-breaking ideas, developed new services/processes or
implemented innovative design or planning. The panel ranks the projects based on innovation,
unusual circumstances, unique challenges, cost effectiveness and public acceptance.
This year’s award recipient was Temporary Transbay Terminal in San Francisco. This project,
implemented by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) required innovative design to
address significant geometric constraints, outstanding multi-agency coordination and project
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execution strategies that benefitted thousands of daily commuters using numerous transit
agencies.
The Temporary Transbay Terminal is a regional transportation hub that provides temporary bus
terminal facilities while demolition of the old Transbay Terminal and construction of the new
multi-modal Transbay Transit Center takes place. It serves AC Transit, WestCAT Lynx, Muni,
Golden Gate Transit, SamTrans, Paratransit and Greyhound passengers. Thousands of
commuters passed through the Terminal every nvigorates the surrounding neighborhood.
Edmond Sum, Engineering Manager with TJPA presented this project at the January 2011
Section Meeting and accepted the award.
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P A S T P R E S I D E N T ’ S A C T I V I T I E S The Chair of the Past President’s Council is Jim Helmer. Jim attended the national ITE Technical
Conference in Orlando as well as the Annual Meeting and Exhibit in St. Louis in 2011. He
currently serves as Chair of ITE's Public Agency Council where he and the executive board
members have grown Council membership by nearly 70% to about 800. He is also an active
member of the Intstitute's Sustainable Transportation Task Force, and participated in the recent
State of the Practice in Sustainable Transportation Survey. Retired from municipal transportation
agency service, Jim has recently been active in California, Washington and Hawaii in developing
policies and guidelines for the planning and installation of electric vehicle infrastructure for
public use. He has given presentations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area Section to public
and private planners, engineers, inspectors and policy-makers on the preparation necessary for the
advancement in the use of the electric vehicles in the United States.
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I T S A C T I V I T E S ITE SF Bay Area Section partners with ITS California’s Northern Section and assists in
promoting regular workshop series that focuses on the deployment of Intelligent Transportation
Systems in California. These events are designed to attract a broad audience of transportation
professionals at public agencies, private firms and research centers. Two workshops were
organized for 2011, which are as listed below:
Team California – September 26, 2011
Team California brings together public, private and academic partners whose goal is to see early
deployment of ―connected vehicles‖, where broadcast or point-to-point wireless links and their
applications proliferate. Team California embraces safety, mobility-enhancing and commercial
services and all wireless media; moreover, Team California is neutral on whether this comes
about from Federal, State or local governments or from commercial sources – and long as
―connected vehicles‖ happen sooner rather than later and in California.
1. Team California: Introduction and Purpose. Alan Clelland / Jim Misener The Public Sector Perspective
2. Speaker #1, USDOT or Dynamic Mobility Applications contractors (invited) 3. Speaker #2, Greg Larson, Caltrans Division of Research and Innovation 4. Speaker #3 Peter Thompson, SANDAG 5. The Private Sector Perspective - Connected Vehicle Trade Association representative 6. The Vehicle OEM Perspective - Luca Delgrossi, Mercedes RTNA
ITS for Cities – July 29, 2011
ITS technologies offer opportunities to better manage transportation systems of any size and
form. Over the last decade, those that have implemented ITS systems have seen their technologies
mature, and have learned how to use them more effectively. This is apparent at the regional level
and at the local level. ITS California's upcoming workshop puts together key ITS users and early
adopters at the local level, who will offer their view of where ITS has benefited their
transportation system, what they expect out of their ITS systems in the future, and discuss
challenges and opportunities.
As always, a sizeable Q&A section will be offered along with the opportunity to network with
panel members and peers. An optional boxed lunch is available to participants through the online
registration process.
PANELISTS
Jay Primus, SF Park Project Manager, San Francisco MTA
Ken Salvail, ITS Program Manager, City of San Jose
Dean Hsiao, ITS System Manager, City of San Leandro
Mike Wallace, Fehr & Peers, on measuring ITS GHG benefits in Tracy, CA
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I T E / A P W A S C H O L A R S H I P G O L F
T O U R N A M E N T Jerry Robbins PTP, AICP, Transportation Planning Manager of SFMTA is the chair of the
ITE/APWA Scholarship Golf Tournament event. The Bay Area Section of ITE once again joined
forces with the Northern California Section of the American Public Works Association (APWA)
to sponsor a scholarship golf tournament for members of these organizations. The tournament
was held on Friday, July 15, 2011 at the Metropolitan Golf Course in Oakland. Approximately
80 golfers participated in the event, which raised $635.71 for the ITE scholarship fund and a like
amount for APWA scholarship fund. Sponsors of this year’s tournament included Fehr & Peers;
Kimley-Horn Associates; Quality Counts, LLC; and Sensys Networks Inc. The 2012 tournament
is tentatively scheduled for Friday, July 13, 2012.
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I T E C O M M U N I C A T I O N P R O G R E S S
ITE Email Announcement And Event Registrations System
Last year the ITE SF Bay Area has implemented a ConstantContact system for the section email
announcement and the event registration. As Secretary of the Section for 2011 and 2012, Jia Hao
Wu and Tiffany Barkley have had positive experience and continue to use it. It has eliminated
potential loss of the no-shows in the section meetings and saved our extensive many hours of
registrations. The system has the following features for the email announcement and on-line
registration:
Creating an email newsletter just got easier with our one-click editing tool! Use the step-by-step Email Wizard to create a email newsletter.
Add colors and ITE logos to one of our 400+ email newsletter templates. Easy editing tools make it a snap to customize our email newsletters, add formatting with one click,
drag and drop images, resize pictures. Bring our event promotions to life with pictures.
Schedule welcome emails or commonly sent messages with an Email Autoresponder.
Easy-to-use tools and templates for online event registration and promotion Professional — our events, look professional.
Secure credit card processing — collect event fees securely with PayPal processing.
Facebook, Twitter links make it easy to promote our events online.
Track and see results with detailed reports on invitations.
Easy payments, RSVP's, and more.
In addition, we have been considering to use it for our election process as well.
ITE SF Bay Area Web Site
The ITE SF Bay Area has maintained a Web site for its members since 2001. For the past 4 years,
we have been providing updated information on ITE events at the local, district, and international
level. We also use the front page of our Web site to advertise events of great interest to our
members, including events put on by the Intelligent Transportation Society of California,
Women’s Transportation Seminar, the California Department of Transportation, the
Transportation Research Board, the American Public Works Association, local municipalities and
universities, and many more.
In 2011, the web site averaged over 45,000 hits per month and over 4,300 unique site visits.
Interest in the website has grown over 10 percent in comparison to 2010. Furthermore, web traffic
exceeded 65,000 hits in April 2011. Our members rely on the web page as a resource for
downloading past presentations from events and reading about upcoming events put on by ITE
and other organizations within the transportation community. The following highlights webpage
features.
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Summary of Web site Usage, February 2011 to early January 2012
Home Page
The front page of http://www.sfbayite.org/ features a calendar of upcoming Section events, as
well as a calendar of other upcoming events in the larger transportation community. The front
page also features our ―Current Headlines‖ with more information about upcoming events such as
classes and workshops, as well as general Section announcements regarding deadlines for the
awards program, officer elections, the student scholarship contest, and many more.
From the Home Page, members can peruse past headlines at
http://www.sfbayite.org/pastindex.html and search for the links to programs from previous years.
Each year the Section enhances the services it provides to members via our online lunch meeting
announcements. In 2011, we continued providing an interactive, zoom-able Google map with
walking, driving, and public transit directions is embedded in each Web page, as well as a link to
an interactive map showing nearby parking garages. (Previously to 2008, we provided only a
static picture file that showed the map.) For an example, go to
http://www.sfbayite.org/events/Mtg_2009_05-21/.
Board & Bylaws and Annual Reports
The Board & Bylaws and Annual Reports pages provide links and information to Section
business items, including elected officers (past and present), board members, charter and bylaws,
and annual reports.
Assistance to Other Organizations
Our Section hosts and maintains the web pages, including announcements of upcoming events,
archives of past meeting announcements, and a listing of officer rosters for the South Bay Chapter
of ITE, also known as the South Bay Transportation Officials Association
(http://www.sfbayite.org/sbtoa/) and the East Bay Traffic Engineers (EBTE) at
http://www.sfbayite.org/ebte/.
http://www.sfbayite.org/events/Mtg_2009_05-21/http://www.sfbayite.org/ebte/
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Local Jobs
The jobs page is a vital resource for the transportation community in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Section provides listings at no cost for local jobs for transportation engineers and planners, as
well as student internships. Employers e-mail the job listings to [email protected]. The
Webmaster posts the information after checking that the postings meet the Section’s criteria
(local and transportation-related).
Links Page, with PE vs. PTOE Page
The Section provides an exhaustive list of helpful links for the transportation community at
http://www.sfbayite.org/links/. In addition, we maintain a PTOE vs. TE page at
http://www.sfbayite.org/TE_PTOE.html for California Engineers. This TE vs. PTOE page is an
original work based on the research of ITE SF Bay Area members. The Section has maintained
this page since 2006 and has updated it throughout the years, as various changes to the processes
for both the TE and the PTOE have occurred.
Students/Mentors Page
Students visit this page to learn about upcoming scholarships provided by Caltrans, ITE, and
others, as well as the Section’s Annual Student Scholarship Program. Note that our Section
provides an archive of all winning student papers since 2006 at
http://www.sfbayite.org/students/paper-contest/.
Technical Programs
The Section provides a detailed meeting announcement as well as presentation downloads from
past technical programs, viewable at the Past Events page. In addition, the main technical
programs page provides links to ITE International’s Webinars, the US DOT's Talking
Technology and Transportation (T3) online training program, and the ITS Deployment series at
http://www.sfbayite.org/technicalprograms/.
Golf Tournament
The Section maintains a web page history of all the mighty battles fought on the green, at the
Annual ITE Golf Tournament, dating back to 2005. The chairs of the Golf Tournament rely on
the Web page to advertise the event well in advance. After the event, we post the final results and
rankings, as well as pictures to memorialize the winners and the losers. The Section’s golf page is
viewable at http://www.sfbayite.org/golf/
Section Awards
The Section maintains a Web site to advertise the call for nominations for the ITE Awards
Program recognizing the Outstanding ITE Professional and Transportation Project of the Year.
We maintain an archive of past winners of these awards, with biographical and/or project details
for the winners. On the awards page, we also provide recognition to Section members who have
received prestigious awards from the District, including Presidential Proclamations. Information
about the annual awards is available at http://www.sfbayite.org/awards/.
Past Events
Our past events page at http://www.sfbayite.org/pastevents/ provides links to the scribe reports
and meeting minutes, event photos in our Web album, and most importantly, downloadable PDF
http://www.sfbayite.org/students/paper-contest/http://www.sfbayite.org/golf/
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or Microsoft Power Point versions of the presentation files. Information and links for those
wanting to join ITE and current members are also found on our Home Page.
Photo Album
The ITE SF Bay Area
Section is unique among all
Sections in its zeal for
taking photos at all events
and uploading them to our
online photo album. One
can find photos for most
ITE meetings and technical
programs, as well as the
golf tournaments from
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, and 2010, 2011, many
of the student activities, and
almost every other ITE
meeting dating back to
2005. In addition, one may
find a comprehensive photo
album documenting the
2010 ITE Western District
Annual Meeting in San
Francisco.
The Section provides a high
quality of photos and
coverage of nearly all
events. The photo album is
the result of dozens of hours
of hard work and talent
donated by our ITE
members each year. Don’t
miss our photo album at:
http://sfbayite.smugmug.com/Events. Examples of our photos taken for 2011 events in the
website are shown above.
Plans for Upgrade and Improvement
The current chapter website is maintained by a volunteer webmaster. It is currently based on
HTML language and that means that it is more of a time commitment than what we would like
for the webmaster. Also, it requires programming knowledge that not everyone who wants to
volunteer possesses. In order to make the work of the webmaster easier and to enable people
without programming knowledge to volunteer for this position, it was decided to update the
website to a more modern and user-friendly format.
The chapter board formed a committee (Joakim Osthus, Sam Lam and Mousa Abbasi) to lead the
efforts of updating the chapter website. Following discussions regarding the desired outcome of
the update and the level of effort that would be needed, it was decided that we would seek the
assistance of an outside consultant. An amount of $5,000 was budgeted for the services of this
consultant.
http://sfbayite.smugmug.com/Events
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The consultant’s work is in the preliminary design stages. The new website is expected to be up
and running sometime in April. 2012.
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S T E P M E N T O R I N G P R O G R A M Paul Stanis was responsible for the STEP Mentoring Program. The most recent round of STEP
Mentoring Program matching yielded 4 mentor/mentee match-ups in mid-2011. These
partnerships have been meeting and sharing knowledge, guidance, and ideas during the past year.
The main challenge for the program is encouraging professionals' participation. The current
strategy for the STEP Mentoring Program is to spend the spring and summer encouraging
professional involvement for another round of matching as the 2012-2013 academic year begins
in the fall.
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S P O N S O R S H I P P R O G R A M The sponsorship program was introduced by the SF Bay Area ITE Section during the year 2009-
2010. The objective of this program is to identify potential sponsors who would be interested in
sponsoring during the SF Bay Area ITE Section monthly meetings. The sponsorship money
raised through this program is used to pay a part of the out-of-pocket costs collected from the
monthly meeting attendees. This reduces the meeting’s cost-of-attendance, and in-turn
encourages more attendance from the members, non-members, and students.
The SF Bay Area ITE Section allows a maximum of two (2) sponsors per meeting, one each of
the Gold and Silver Sponsors. It collects $300 from a Gold Sponsor and $200 from a Silver
Sponsor. In return, benefits provided to the sponsor include the following:
1. Gold Sponsor a. Sponsor can talk/present during the ITE lunch meeting. The talk/presentation time is
not to exceed five minutes.
b. Sponsor can bring his own pamphlets and distribute them during the meeting. c. Sponsor’s logo and web address will be included in the meeting announcement that
will be circulated to the SF Bay Area ITE members and posted in the San Francisco
Bay Area ITE website (www.sfbayite.org).
d. RSVP fee will be waived and lunch will be provided for one representative of the sponsor.
2. Silver Sponsor a. Sponsor can bring his own pamphlets and distribute them during the meeting. b. Sponsor’s logo and web address will be included in the meeting announcement that
will be circulated to the SF Bay Area ITE members and posted in the San Francisco
Bay Area ITE website (www.sfbayite.org).
c. RSVP fee will be waived and lunch will be provided for one representative of the sponsor.
As part of this program, the SF Bay Area ITE Section has collected sponsorship fees from the
sponsors during the year 2011-2012. These sponsorship fees do help keep the lunch meeting self-
sustainable.
http://www.sfbayite.org/http://www.sfbayite.org/
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A N N U A L P I C N I C A N D N E T W O R K I N G
M E E T I N G The SF Bay Area Section ITE continues the successful annual tradition of sponsoring a picnic
and networking meeting with three of our sister organizations: the Silicon Valley Chapter of the
American Public Works Association (APWA), the San Jose Branch of American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE), and the South Bay Transportation Officials Association (SBTOA). The
picnic and meeting took place at lunch time on September 28th, 2011 at Central Park in the City
of Santa Clara. This event brought together about 100 people from different engineering
disciplines and included an introduction by officers and chairs from the sponsoring
organizations. It was a relaxing and enjoyable way to meet and network with fellow engineers.
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S T U D E N T A C T I V I T I E S The San Francisco Bay Area is an expansive region with a number of world-class institutes of
higher learning. Four liaisons together form the Section’s Student Outreach Committee plan
activities for, and serve as liaisons and mentors to the various student populations in the Bay
Area:
1. South Bay Student Outreach Chair (focus: San Jose State University and University of Santa Clara)
2. East Bay Student Outreach Chair (focus: University of California, Berkeley) 3. East Bay Student Outreach Professional Liaison (focus on student-related professional
activities)
4. Peninsula Student Outreach Chair (focus: San Francisco State University, Stanford University)
UC Berkeley ITE Chapter
General Meetings
September 14, 2011 – 1st General Meeting
The UC Berkeley ITE Student chapter hosted its first general meeting of the fall semester. This
was an introductory meeting. After introductions, the ITE officers led a well organized game of
Jeopardy for members to meet one another. Following Jeopardy, the graduate students were asked
to explain their current research and anything else they wished to share regarding graduate
school. The rest of the members were able to ask them questions about applying to Graduate
school and why they chose their topic of research.
October 19, 2011 – 2nd General Meeting
For our second general meeting we invited a graduate student to talk about her international work
in the graduate program. In addition, we showed part of documentary about transportation
systems in Portland, Oregon. After the showing we had a discussion about possible solutions for
Berkeley as well as California as a whole. We had a very good showing of graduate students who
attended and contributed to the discussion
November 16, 2011 – 3rd General Meeting
The Berkeley ITE chapter held its the third and final general meeting of the semester. We were
able to invite a guest speaker from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The guest
speaker was involved with projects in California, Singapore, and Malaysia. He was able to share
much of his experience with the ITE members and compare and contrast his work in the United
States with his work overseas. His presentation was very interesting and gave us opportunities to
ask questions.
Office Visits
September 21, 2011 - Dowling Associates Office Visit – Oakland Office
The focus of the visit was to be introduced to their Oakland office and projects they were working
on at that time. We also had ample time to ask any questions we had.
October 28, 2011 - Fehr & Peers and URS Office Visit – San Jose Office Visit
We were able to meet with the San Jose State University ITE Chapter and visit the Fehr & Peers
and URS offices in San Jose. We were able to connect with another chapter and build connections
with other groups across the bay. The office visits were very informative and gave ITE members
the opportunity to explore the workplace of a transportation engineer.
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Activities
September 24, 2011 - UC Berkeley ITE Chapter Scavenger Hunt
We had a fun time together and were able to build friendships and spend an afternoon with those
who have similar interest.
October 13, 2011 - Documentary Viewing with BUSSA
BUSSA is the Berkeley Urban Studies Student Association on campus. We were able to watch a
transportation-oriented documentary with them. After the film we were able to have a good
discussion about the documentary and about transportation in general. It was a great time to just
connect with another group on campus who shared similar interests.
December 1, 2011 - ASCE and ITE Joint Gingerbread Social
The UC Berkeley chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Institute of
Transportation Engineers were able to spend some quality time together during this social. We
had a great time eating snacks, playing games, and getting to know each other better.
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Institute Of Transportation Engineers, San Jose State University
Student Chapter
From April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, the officers are reported in the following table.
Student Chapter Officers
President Shivam Vohra
Vice President Roshan Shukla
Secretary Shams Bashar
Treasurer Brett Faust
Events & Public Relations Clifford Wong
Faculty Advisor Dr. Jan L. Botha
ITE Student Chapter
Advisor
Murali Ramanujam
Student Chapter Membership
1. Number of Student Chapter Members: 15 2. Number of members of the Institute: 7 3. Number of Student eligible to be a Student member of the Institute: 15 4. Number of faculty members who are current ITE members: 2
Report Submitted by: Contents Approved by:
Name: Shams Bashar Name: Murali Ramanujam
Phone: 510-209-0986 Phone: (408) 952-8905
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Date: 3/2/2012 Date: 3/2/2012
(ITE Student Chapter Advisor)
Overview of the Year
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) at San Jose State University (SJSU) started off
early in the year by planning the goals and activities for the 2011-2012 year. ITE SJSU Chapter
organized various lunch and learn sessions with professionals from the industry, company tours,
joint tours with ITE Berkeley Chapter, career and club fairs, and attended San Francisco Bay
Area section ITE and South Bay Transportation Officials Association (SBTOA) meetings. The
Chapter progressed quickly this past year and is hopeful to continue its growth and expand its
membership and connections with the professional world.
Student Chapter Summary
The students of SJSU reactivated the ITE Student Chapter last year. Since then, the Chapter has
continued to encourage and endorse talent and interest of students in the transportation
engineering/planning profession. San Francisco Bay Area ITE section has ensured a pool of
dedicated professionals to support the SJSU ITE student chapter activities. Some new activities
that ITE SJSU Chapter wants to participate this year the following meetings:
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1. Attend the 2012 Western District ITE Conference in Santa Barbara, CA. 2. Participate in the student paper competition – both at the Section (Bay Area) and District
(Western states) level.
3. Participate in student mentoring program.
Professional Meetings
2011-2012 ITE Bay Area Section Meetings
Stephanie Chow and Roshan Shukla attended ITE Bay Area section meeting on June 16, 2011.
The topic was ―Complete Streets, Sustainable Communities, and Safe, Active Transportation‖ by
John Sighamony, Senior Transportation Planner for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority.
South Bay Transportation Officials Association (SBTOA) Meetings
Shams Bashar attended the SBTOA meeting on February 14, 2012. The topic was on ―San Jose
Trail Development‖, by Yves Zsutty, Trail Manager at City of San Jose. ITE members will also
be attending another SBTOA meeting on March 13, 2012. The topic of this meeting is
―Chairperson’s Prior