Technical Sessions and Workgroups | December 2, 2019 

 

  Panel 1: Designing for Inclusion and Success

• Panelist 1:  Anna Zivarts, Rooted in Rights, Disability-Led Design Principles

• Panelist 2:  Adiam Emery, SDOT

• Panelist 3:  Dongho Chang, SDOT

 

Lunch Keynote: Ankara to Seattle - A Global Perspective on a Sustainable Transportation Future,

                           Celeste Gilman, Deputy Director, WSDOT Regional Transit Coordination Division

 

  Panel 2: Performance Measures that Actually Change What We Do

• Panelist 1:  Jeff Pierson, Fehr & Peers, LOS to VMT. California’s Transition to a New Metric for Traffic Impact Analysis

• Panelist 2:  Teresa Tapia, Streetlight Data, Big Data: Changing How We Measure Impact, Performance, and Access

• Panelist 3:  Jason Cambridge, SDOT, A Modern Approach to Monitoring Transportation Network Performance in Seattle

 

  Panel 3: Transit is the Future.  Is Our System Ready?

• Panelist 1:  Jill MacKay, IBI Group & Meagan Powers, Concord Engineering; ITS for Sound Transit's First BRT

• Panelist 2:  Casey Gifford, King County Metro Transit, Via to Transit

• Panelist 3:  Wintana Miller, DKS, Transit Signal Priority in Washington

 

Technical Sessions  |  December 3, 2019 

 

  Session 1A - New Technologies, Part 1 - Data & Signal Performance Measures

• Scaling Traffic Signal Performance Measures Using GPS, Ted Trepanier, INRIX

• Leveraging Cloud-based Technology for Optimizing Signal Timing & Real-Time Adaptive Control, Mike McIntee, Econolite

• Spokane Regional Transportation Management Center, Arterial Data Collection, Becky Spangle & Glenn Wageman, WSDOT

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  Session 1B - Connected and Automated Transportation

• Planning for Emerging & Disruptive Technologies, Jason Campos, IBI Group

• WA State AV Workgroup Subcommittee on Infrastructure & Systems, An Update, Chris Grgich, Fehr & Peers & Ted Bailey, WSDOT CAT Program Manager

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  Session 1C - Vehicle Electrification - What's it got to do with ITS?

• Panelist 1: Mike Usen, DKS Associates

• Panelist 2:  Michael Ippoliti, HDR

• Panelist 3:  Anita VanAsperdt, Moonshadow Mobile, Inc.

 

  Session 2A - ITS for Safety

• Innovative Technologies in Safety for All, Dr. Jonathan Kurz, Verizon

• How SDOT Counts Bicycles, Rafael Zuniga, SDOT

• Video Analytics for Smart Cities: Generating Better Data to Make our Intersections Smarter and Safer, Franz Loewenherz, City of Bellevue

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  Session 2B - Network Resilience & Cyber Security

• SDOT Network Resiliency, Kara Rhett, SDOT

• Security for Transportation Management in the Connected World, Sunny Chakravarty, Econolite

• ITS and Cyber Security Challenges, Steve Bowles, 360 Network Solutions

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  Session 2C - Big Data for Traffic Management & Transit Planning

• Why the Future of Traffic Management Depends on the loT-ITS Integration, Mike McIntee, Econolite

• SR99 closed to traffic for 3 weeks - How did Seattle cope?  A review of where and when people travel when we limit roadway capacity.  Jeffrey Conor, SDOT

• Drilling Down on Big Datat Applications for Transit in the Central Puget Sound, Teresa Tapia, Streetlight Data & Lisa Ballard, WSDOT

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  Session 3A - New Technologies Part 2 - V2I Connections

• The New Requirements of the Signal Priority System in a Smart City Future, Mike McIntee, Econolite

• Recent Developments in Roadside Units, Kai Antrim, Western Systems

• Prioritized, Automated Information Presentation Delivers Better Traffic Management, John Stark, Activu

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  Session 3B - Multimodal ITS

• SDOT UW Multimodal Integrated Corridors Mobility of All, Melaku Dubie & Samuel Yemane, SDOT

• Smart Communities - How 5G, Mobility, Vision Zero and Multi-Modal Approaches are Converging, Greta Knappenberger, Verizon

• Technology to Track Pedestrian and Bicycle Movements, David Shahon, CT Northwest

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  Session 3C - TSMO

• NextGen Work Zone Database/iCone Pilot Project - From Planning the Work to Working the Plan with Real-time Communications, Tony Leingang, WSDOT

• Effects of Next-Generation Vehicles, A 5-Year Update, Chris Grgich, Fehr & Peers 

• Pain, Suffering, and FUN with TSMO!, Tom Hein, ITS Heartland