TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Presented by New Haven’s City Plan Department, enjoy a two-hour tour of the City using many of New Haven’s bike lanes on Thursday, May 9 at 2:00 PM. Bike rentals are available!

Session 1A – Status of Roundabout Implementation in Connecticut (and beyond)

• Chris Granatini, Tighe & Bond
• Daniel Pennington, Town of Glastonbury
• Michael Zarba, Town of New Milford
• Jordan Pike, CTDOT
• Guilford B. Mooring, Town of Amherst, MA
• Lisa Sherman, CDM Smith

Session 1B – From Data to Decision in a Data Rich World

Data-Driven Decision Making: Improving the Vision

• Michael Collins, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

Asset Management, Performance Measurement and Making Data Driven Decisions

• Andrew Fonseca, Miovision

Drilling Down on Big Data: Types, Sources, and Planning Use Cases

• Pam Cruz, Streetlight Data, Inc.
• Ryan Link, Streetlight Data, Inc.

Session 2A – Leveraging Technology & Partnerships towards Improved Transportation

Advancing Next-Generation Transportation Operations Using Technology and the Foundation of SHRP2 Reliability Solutions

• Tracy Scriba, Federal Highway Administration

Transportation Partnerships for Success: The Successes (and Challenges) of a Local Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Team

• Dale Picha, TxDOT – San Antonio District & Texas District IBOD member

Negotiating Transit TNC Partnerships that Work

• Dan Berez, Nelson\Nygaard
• David Perlmutter, Nelson\Nygaard

Session 2B – Innovating the Coordination of Planning & Design

Casey Arborway – Reshaping Mobility Through Inclusive Design

• Jonathan Kapust, HNTB Corporation
• Gary McNaughton, McMahon Associates

Visualization as a Planning Tool

• Frank Wefering, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

Connecting $400 Million in Transportation Investments around Connecticut’s Busiest Transportation Center

• Garrett Bolella, City of Stamford

Session 2C – Student Membership Roundtable – Solving Student Issues in ITE

• Michael Knodler, University of Massachusetts
• Alyssa Ryan, University of Massachusetts

Session 3A – ITE Forum on Mobility as a Service 

• Lynn LaMunyon , Maser Consulting
• Fariel Bouattoura, MINDHOP, Inc.
• Carlos Ortiz, Advantec Consulting Engineers, Inc. & Western District IBOD member
• Gail Yazersky, Transportation Mobility, NJDOT
• Dale Picha, TxDOT – San Antonio District & Texas District IBOD member

Session 3B – The Latest & Greatest in Tolling & Tunneling

Meeting Safety Provisions for Grandfathered Tunnel Conditions

• Bernd Hagenah, HNTB Corporation

Innovative Tunnel Inspection and Rehabilitation Practices

• Heiner Sander, HNTB Corporation
• Eric Wang, HNTB Corporation

A Crossroads in Tolling: Maintaining a Balance Between Policy and Technology

• James Johns, Jacobs

Session 3C – Lessons Learned in Data Collection & Application

Lessons Learned from a Comprehensive Inventory of At-grade Shared Use Path Intersections in the Pioneer Valley

• Gary Roux, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

Smartphone-based Household Travel Survey Conducted for a Medium-sized MPO Study Area: Experience and Results

• John Sterbentz Binghamton Metropolitan Transportation Study
• Steve Gayle, Resource Systems Group, Inc.

Leveraging Crash Data for Improved Transportation Operations and Safety: City of San Jose Case Study

• Max Burke, UrbanLogiq

Session 4A – Panel Forum with the Northeast State Traffic Engineers

• Northeastern U.S. State Traffic Engineers

Session 4B – Bicycles, Bicycles, Bicycles

Practical Lessons from Planning Suburban Bicycle Infrastructure

• Jim Watson, Nelson\Nygaard
• Meritxell Font, Nelson\Nygaard

Improving Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Connecticut

• Marcy Miller, Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc.
• Parker Sorenson, Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc.
• Anna Bergeron, CTDOT

What Happens when Bicycle Needs for a Corridor Changes 75% through Design

• Alan Cloutier, Stantec

Session 4C – Empowering our Voice – Advocacy & ITE

Our Responsibility to Advocate

• Jason DeGray, Toole Design Group / ITE Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

The Challenge of Governing, the Responsibility of Leading

• Heather Hamilton, BSC Group, Inc. / Select Board Member for the Town of Brookline

Mobility Justice

• Lydia Hausle, Toole Design Group

ITE Luncheon

The State of ITE

• Bruce Belmore, ITE International President
• ITE Northeastern District Director Candidate Presentations

Session 5A – ITE Town Hall Forum

• Bruce Belmore, ITE International President
• Randy McCourt, ITE International Vice President

Session 5B – Pedestrian Traffic Control & Flashing Yellow Arrows

New Perspective to Traffic Controls for Pedestrian Safety in Residential Urban Neighborhoods

• Inessa Lipsky, NYC DOT
• Heidi Wolf, NYC DOT

Flashing Yellow Arrow for Right Turn Maneuvers – An Evaluation of Driver Behavior

• Liz Casola, HNTB Corporation
• Alyssa Ryan, University of Massachusetts

PPLT Signal Sequencing across the US: How to Clear the FYA Permissive Indication

• Francis Tainter, University of Massachusetts
• Michael Knodler, University of Massachusetts

Session 5C – Leveraging Transportation for Housing & Development

Scoring Public Housing Locations: Using Developer Data to Measure Transit Access to Basic Services.

• Rob Smith, University of Connecticut
• Nicholas Lownes, University of Connecticut
• Kelly Bertolaccini, University of Queensland

Downtown Main Street, Fitchburg MA: The Role of Transportation to Downtown Redevelopment Opportunities

• Robert P. Jurasin, Tighe & Bond
• Tom Skwierawski, City of Fitchburg, MA

Unlocking Land Potential Through Smarter Mobility 

• Mark Masongsong, UrbanLogiq

Session 6A – AVs, Drones and Connected Cities  

Black Rock Turnpike – Utilizing Drone Data Collection for Detailed Microsimulation

• Michael Morehouse, Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc.
• Parker Sorenson, Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc.
• Craig Yannes, Tighe & Bond

An Analysis of the Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Private Household Vehicle Ownership in the State of Connecticut       

• Sruthi Mantri, University of Connecticut
• Stephen E. Michna, University of Connecticut
• Nicholas Lownes, University of Connecticut

Making my City a Connected One!

• Jeff Wilson, Applied Information, Inc.

Session 6B- Transportation Potpourri

RIDOT’s Wrong-Way Driving Mitigation Program

• Peter Pavao, VHB
• Rachel Dooley, VHB

Traffic Modeling for the I-84 Hartford Project

• Nicholas Mandler, TranSystems

Session 7A – Reshaping Transportation, Safety and Infrastructure

Transforming Transportation 2019

• Paul Wessel, USGBC

Traffic Engineering is Vision Zero

• Jason DeGray, Toole Design Group

Planning and Designing for People in Massachusetts

• Michelle Danila, MassDOT

Session 7B – Safety, Safety, Safety

JFK Boulevard Crash Analysis – Four-Step Assessment of Traffic Safety Deficiencies 

• Michael Ahillen, Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc.
• Matthew Maher, Stantec

Innovations in Transportation Safety

• Craig Yannes, Tighe & Bond
• Ryan Pothering, CTDOT
• Alejandro Brito, CTDOT

City of Stamford: Vision Zero and Education

• Sandeep Aysola, Yale University
• Frank Petise, City of Stamford, CT