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San Francisco Bay Area ITE Section

2012 Annual Report

For the Period of January 1– December 31, 2011

2012 SF Bay Area ITE Annual Report page 2 of 44

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


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


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


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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

Secretary

Tiffany Barkley

Iteris , Inc.

2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 200

Berkeley, CA 94704-1345

510-295-4592 voice

510-540-7612 fax

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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

[email protected]

Web Administrator

Sam Lam

University of California at Berkeley

2520 College Ave, Apt. #106

Berkeley, CA, 94704

626-372-2019 voice

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

Co-Scribe Afsaneh Yavari 925-789-7337 voice

[email protected]

Co-Scribe Kimberly E. Leung [email protected]

Technical Programs

Co-Chair

Afsaneh Yavari

925-789-7337 voice

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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ITE Awards Chair

Amit M. Kothari, PE


Agency



415-701-4462 voice

415-701-4301 fax

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

Social Events Chair Kimberly E. Leung [email protected]

Golf Tournament

Chair

Jerry Robbins


Agency



415-701-4490 voice

415-701-4343 fax

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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

[email protected]


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


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.


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.


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

http://www.sfbayite.org/


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.


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


(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.


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


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


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


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.


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


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


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.


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,


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


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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/


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/


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


The consultant’s work is in the preliminary design stages. The new website is expected to be up

and running sometime in April. 2012.


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.


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/


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.


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.


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.


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:


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

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