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April 9 - 13, 2016
SDITE Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN
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Bill Seymour
Vice-President
Hollis Loveday
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Jennifer Bihl
International Director
Bob Murphy
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Kirsten Tynch
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Craig Hanchey
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I hope all is well!
Struggling with Time Management? I sure am and I doubt that I'm alone. We featured this in the KYSITE newsletter and we thought it would be appropriate here as well.
Here are some facts and figures about time management from the website balancetime.com.
- The average working person spends less than 2 minutes per day in meaningful communication with their spouse or "significant other".
- The average working person spends less than 30 seconds a day in meaningful communication with their children.
- The average person uses 13 different methods to control and manage their time.
- By taking 1 hour per day for independent study, 7 hours per week, 365 hours in a year, one can learn at the rate of a full-time student. In 3-5 years, the average person can become an expert in the topic of their choice, by spending only one hour per day.
- 9 out of 10 people daydream in meetings.
- 95% of the things we fear will occur, do not occur.
Don't forget to slow down and I'll try to take my own advice.
- Scott Walker, Editor
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New ITE Executive Director / CEO
ITE International President John J. Kennedy
On behalf of the Institute of Transportation Engineer's (ITE) Executive Committee and International Board of Direction, it is with great pleasure that I announce the selection of Jeffrey F. Paniati, P.E. as the Institute's next Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. Jeff will remain in his current position with the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as Executive Director, Office of the Administrator, until mid-October, after which time he will join ITE headquarters staff in Washington, DC, USA. Jeff will succeed current ITE Executive Director and CEO Thomas W. Brahms, who will retire at the end of December 2015 after 43 years of service to the Institute.
Jeff's more than 32-year career with FHWA has comprised a series of progressively more responsible roles, including leading safety and traffic operations research programs at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, where as Safety Design Chief he was a catalyst for the Highway Safety Manual; to Director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office, where he led the establishment of the strategic direction and investment priorities for the U.S. DOT's ITS program; and to Associate Administrator of the FHWA Office of Operations, where he led agency efforts to improve management and operations of the United States' surface transportation system.
More information can be found here.
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SDITE 2015 Annual Meeting Recap
Many thanks to the Deep South Section for hosting this year's Annual Meeting in beautiful Biloxi, Mississippi! We attended great technical sessions, awesome ABD-sponsored social events including a Hawaiian Luau, cheered on our students in the Traffic Bowl, and enjoyed the chance to catch up with friends from around the Southern District. Here are some photos from the 2015 Annual Meeting. (PS --Tune up your guitar for the 2016 Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN!)
Golf Outing at Shell Landing
Opening Session
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Transportation + Art
Mississippi chainsaw artist Dayton Scoggins transformed dozens of standing dead trees in the median of Beach Boulevard in Biloxi into marine-themed sculptures. The trees were victims of the saltwater storm surge from Hurricane Katrina. For more, visit Biloxi's webpage.
Have ideas or photos related to Transportation + Art?
Email Meredith Van Duyn.
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Student Chapter: Traffic Bowl Update
Congratulations to AUBURN UNIVERSITY, who won the William H. Temple Scholarship Challenge on April 21 at the 2015 SDITE Annual Meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi. Auburn overcame fierce competition from UT-Knoxville and Clemson in the final round, and they will represent the Southern District at the ITE International Meeting in Hollywood, Florida (August 2-5, 2015). Good luck!
Students (L - R) - Mikhail Gordon, Michael Moore, Ashley Steele
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From the Sections...
Start making your plans to attend one of these upcoming meetings.
Kentucky
This year's KYSITE Annual Golf Outing is going to be held at The Brook Golf Course located at 2260 Lexington Rd, Versailles, KY 40383 on June 3rd, 2015. Don't wait -- REGISTER NOW.
The meeting will start in their pavilion at 10:45 AM. Lunch will be provided at 11:00 AM with tee off at noon.
Alabama
Check out this Alabama football signed by Nick Saban! You can help us increase the anticipation for the auction! Once you secure an item or items to be donated to the auction, please send an email with your name, your ITE section, a description of your item, and a photograph of the item if possible to auction@alsite.org.
Georgia
This year's seminar will be held at the King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort on St. Simons Island from Sunday, July 19th through Wednesday, July 22nd.
The Georgia ITE Summer Seminar is one of the best annual transportation conferences in Georgia. It is packed full of great technical programs and important, relevant topics. The theme this year is "Navigating Change." The technical program is focused on innovative approaches applied to multiple modes of transportation. This conference is an excellent venue to build new relationships, and to enjoy and refresh old relationships with your colleagues and family in a phenomenal beach setting!
More information can be found here.
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Election Results
Meredith Van Duyn, PE
Results are in! Balloting for 2016 SDITE Officers ended on March 31, and board members will take the oath of office for their new posts later this year.
Congratulations to the 2016 officers:
President: Hollis Loveday, PE
Vice President: Jennifer Bihl, PE
Secretary-Treasurer: Scott Walker, PE, PTOE
In addition, the proposed dues increase for 2016 to maintain a balanced operationa budget was also approved.
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Policy and Legislative Updates
Joe Milazzo II, PE (RTA Executive Director and member, NCSITE Strategic Initiatives Council)
A Balanced Network Access and User Fee-Based Approach for Transportation Funding
The Regional Transportation Alliance business group recognizes that the March 2015 passage of North Carolina Senate Bill 20, while essential for stabilizing the current transportation funding situation, was not a long-term solution. In addition, while we applaud the new data-driven Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) prioritization system, we know that STI does not create new revenue, which is insufficient for our growing state.
The reality is that fuel taxes are failing as a funding source over time due to the increasing disparity in fuel efficiency across the fleet of registered vehicles, and going forward we will need a new statewide funding paradigm that is both sustainable and fair.
The RTA has endorsed the development of a balanced "network access and usage fee" transportation funding framework, as described in this draft RTA policy summary report (executive summary, FAQs).
The concept is based on the rationale that drivers of all vehicles enjoy immediate access to an entire functioning transportation network, and that there is a significant cost in providing a network that is ubiquitous and available.
If implemented, the concept would lower fuel taxes and increase a combination of existing fees, renaming them as "access charges" analogous to those used by many mobile phone networks.
While the RTA concept offers several possible access and user fee components in a draft package, our position does not specify particular amounts for any fee increase or fuel tax decrease, and every element would not have to be included.
The RTA's primary goal in surfacing this concept is to elevate the conversation and spur ideas and discussion about how we fund transportation in our growing state. Elements of this approach can be found in or are consistent with components of several bills including H927 and H203.
The RTA welcomes comments and feedback from NCSITE members and other transportation partners including the NC Chamber Coalition for a Prosperous Future, NC Go! and other groups.
Learn more about this concept at letsgetmoving.org/MakeItSimple.
Don't forget about the ITE Advocacy Network, which supports the advocacy of ITE members on transportation issues of international, national, state, regional, and local significance. (To access, log into your account at www.ITE.org, click on "Communities," and search "Advocacy.")
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May is Bike Month!
May is Bike Month! If you have fun stories or photos to share, send 'em on in for the next issue of The Connector!
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ITE International VP Candidates
The International ITE Vice-President Candidates have been announced. More information on each can be found here.
Here's a picture of each (listed in alphabetical order):
Shawn J. Leight, P.E., PTP, PTOE (F)
Vice President
CBB Transportation Engineers + Planners
St. Louis, MO, USA
Jimmy H.C. Lin, P.E. (F)
President and CEO
KOA Corporation
Monterey Park, CA, USA
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Volunteer Opportunity of the Month
There are over 700 hours each month. Do you have one you can spare?
As noted last month, we are looking to expand our newsletter staff by one. This volunteer would help to add content to this newsletter. This would be approximately one hour a month.
Email Scott if interested.
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Have You Seen This?
Who says that our profession can't have a little fun while making the world a safer place? Think your city is ready for this?
Thanks to Kathryn Brown (VASITE) for passing this along!
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We hope you enjoyed this edition. Feel free to let us know what we are missing or if you want to help us out some time!
Sincerely,
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Scott Walker, Editor
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