The Program Committee is excited to announce the 2021 TexITE Webinar Series! We will be partnering with Texas sections to host monthly webinars which will provide each section an opportunity to share section news and highlights from the past and upcoming year with members both within and outside their sections. The webinar series will also allow members who submitted abstracts for the cancelled Spring Meeting to present and provide continuing education options to TexITE members, free of charge.

Below is the current schedule but please check back here for additional updates as we finalize details. We will send out registration links via email in advance of each webinar. Please add news@texite.org to your address book to ensure you receive the registration notifications.

When Topic
April 29
12 – 1:30 PM 		New Technologies in Transportation!

Speakers:
Nader Ayoub (Iteris): Using Analytics to Time Traffic Signals
Zach Ward (AM Signal): Tapco/FLIR Wrong Way Detection
Giovanni de Vivo (Texas Highway Products): Q-Free - Modem Technology Stacks for Advanced Traffic Management Systems

May 20
12 - 1:30 PM		 Safety and Operations

Speakers:
Raul E Avelar (Texas A&M Transportation Institute): Systemic Approach to Mitigate Roadway Departure Crashes in Texas
Millie Hayes (FHWA Texas Division) and David McDonald (TxDOT TRF): Next-Generation Traffic Incident Management
Kentaro Iio (Traf-IQ, Inc.): COVID‐19 and Social Distancing: Disparities in Mobility Adaptation by Income
June 9
12 - 1:30 PM		 Multimodal Opportunities

Speakers:
Reddy Edulakanti (HDR): Multi-modal Microsimulation to quantify effects of Transit Projects
Venu Kukkapalli (Transcend Engineers & Planners, LLC): Houston METRO Bus Stop Optimization
David Leininger (Dallas Area Rapid Transit): Silver Line Project Update

June 25
12 - 1:30 PM		 Traffic Bowl / Awards Ceremony
August 4
12 - 1:30 PM		 Transportation Planning

Speakers:
William (Bill) Loudon (Alliance Transportation Group): Integrating Emerging Technologies into Metropolitan Transportation Planning
Nirav Ved and Will Lisska (Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and RSP Group): The Intersection of Planning and Data in Central Texas
Adam Stacy (Alliance Transportation Group, Inc.): Traffic Projections Best Practices
August 27
12 - 1:30 PM		 ITS, TSMO and Big Data

Speakers:
Jason Wu (Texas A&M Transportation Institute): Roadside LiDAR Based Intrusion Alerting System to Improve Work Zone Safety
Joe Hutchinson (AECOM): TSMO and ITS: Complementary Processes with Tangible Benefits
William White (GKW ENGINEERING): Application of Software Assistance to Speed Zone Checks
Jennifer Butcher (Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers, Inc.) and Eduardo Villalon (TxDOT): Using wejo Data for Capacity Projects

September 29
12 - 1:30 PM		 Connected/Autonomous Vehicles

Speakers:
Zeke Reyna and James Kuhr (TxDOT): Texas CAV Task Force and TxDOT CAV Activities
Ann Foss (City of Arlington): Arlington AV and Rideshare Integration
Corey Clothier (Stantec GenerationAV): Autonomous Vehicles: A Holistic Approach to Safety
Jim Cline (Texas A&M Transportation Institute): Application of Connected Vehicle Data in Rural Access Management/Design

October 20
12 - 1:30 PM		 Women of TexITE: Stop the Leaky Pipe

The term “Leaky Pipe” was taken from a LeadershipITE class project, which examined the reasons why people are leaving the transportation industry. The research for the project revealed that there are more women leaving the industry than men, and for different reasons. During this webinar, we will discuss with our panelists some of the reasons and solutions to keep women in the industry.

Panelists:
Alisa S. Max, P.E., ENV SP, Harris County Engineering Department
Kay Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., PE, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Mark Ingram, PE, PTOE, Alliance Transportation Group
Kerin Smith, P.E., City of Frisco

 
Also, a reminder that TSPELS is offering these free ethics webinars to assist license holders with meeting their ethics requirement. Each webinar provides an up-to-date overview of agency activities, case studies, and a review of professional ethics topics. Additional information can be found here.

We are looking forward to connecting with each of you virtually until we can meet again in-person! If you have any questions, please contact TexITE Vice President, Erin Eurek at vicepresident@texite.org.