IMSA-NW & ITE QUAD Conference 2016
 
Conference Agenda

05/23/2016
8:00 am - 12:00 pmExhibitor Move-In
9:30am - 11:00amTOUR 1: WSDOT TMC
15710 Dayton Ave N (Shoreline, WA 98133). Max. 30 attendees. First RSVP, first served. No additional charge.
11:00 am - 4:00 pmRegistration Desk Open
12:00pm - 2:00pmLunch
1:10pm - 1:50pmTrack 1: Incorporating Pavement Conditions into Microscopic Simulation Car-Following Models
Maged Mohamed, University of Idaho
Sanad Aldagari, University of Idaho
Track 2: Digital Printing of Signs
Matt Hills, Avery Dennison
2:00pm - 2:40pmTrack 1: RP-8-14: How Evolving IES Practices Will Change Future Local Agency Illumination Design Policy
Ryan Peterson, Transpo
Jennifer Palmer, Transpo
Nora Schultz, Leotek
Track 2: City of Edmonds Sign Inventory
Darren Browning, City of Edmonds
3:10pm - 3:50pmTrack 1: Walking Workshop: Improving Multimodal Accessibility to Lynnwood Transit Center
Donald Samdahl, Fehr & Peers
This session is planned as a walking workshop to the Lynnwood Transit Center, weather permitting. Please dress comfortably.
Track 2: LED Lighting
Paul Cho, City of Redmond
5:00pm - 7:00pmExhibitor Reception

05/24/2016
7:30am-8:30amMorning Refreshments
8:00am - 5:00pmRegistration Desk Open
8:00am - 5:00pmCertification Courses

Traffic Signals II (1B) 

Signal Inspectors (1C) 

Signs and Markings I (2A) 

Signs and Markings II (2B) 

Traffic Signals I (2C) 

8:30am - 9:10amTrack 1: A Framework Regarding The General, Underlying Causes of Traffic Collisions
Mike Morris-Lent, SDOT
Track 2: Smart Cities Challenge - City of Portland
Adrian Pearmine, City of Portland
9:20am - 10:00amTrack 1: Implementing a Transportation Safety Management Program for Clark County, WA
Courtney Furman, Clark County
Brian Ray, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Track 2: SCATS Adaptive Traffic Signal System
Raid Tirhi, City of Bellevue
10:00am - 10:30amMorning Break
10:10am - 10:50amTrack 1: Safety Impacts of Using Wider Pavement Marking on Two-lane Rural Highway
Kevin Chang, University of Idaho
Marvin Ramirez, University of Idaho
Track 2: City of Lynnwood’s Adaptive Signal Control Deployment
Paul Coffelt, City of Lynnwood
11:00am - 11:40amTrack 1: What’s Going on at Public Ports in Washington
Eric Johnson, Washington Public Ports
Track 2: Dynamic Intersection Warning Systems.
Dina Swires, P.E., WSDOT
11:50am - 1:00pmLunch Plenary: Planning for/Responding to an Earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, from a Transportation Standpoint
Lawrence Eichhorn, SDOT
1:10pm - 1:50pmTrack 1: The Scalability Aspect of Roundabout Intersections
Brian Walsh, WSDOT
Track 2: Planning for Transportation Technology in the Puget Sound Region; SDOT Transportation Operations Center
Gary Simonson, PSRC
Kara Rhett, SDOT
2:00pm - 2:40pmTrack 1: Sound Transit 3 Planning
Eric Chipps, Sound Transit
2:00pmExhibitor Move-Out
2:40pm - 3:00pmAfternoon Break
3:00pm - 3:50pmTrack 1: SR 520 Tunnel Lighting
Tom Remedios, PLC Multipoint
Track 2: Active Traffic Management on Freeways in Puget Sound: Overview, Lessons Learned, & Future Plans for WSDOT’s ATM in the NW Region; Intelligent Transportation Systems and SR 99 Tunnel Project
J. Sims, WSDOT
Don Sims, Huitt-Zollars

05/25/2016
7:30am - 8:30amMorning Refreshments
8:00am - 12:00pmRegistration Desk Open
8:00am - 5:00pmCertification Courses
Traffic Signals II (1B)

Signal Inspectors (1C) 

Signs and Markings I (2A) 

Signs and Markings II (2B) 

Traffic Signals I (2C) 
8:30am - 9:10amTrack 1: Difference between TS1 and TS2 in Nema World
Albert Becerra, City of Redmond
Track 2: Cooperation between IT and Traffic Engineering to Improve Communication: a Panel Discussion
Doran Beauclair, Bellevue Traffic
Jim Rawley, Bellevue IT
Chuck Saunders, Kirkland IT
Letcher Ross, Seattle Traffic
9:20am - 10:00amTrack 1: I-405 Express Toll Lanes
Michael Severance, WSDOT
Track 2: GIS and Fiber Optics Communication
Paul Cho, City of Redmond
Billy Witherspoon, DKS
10:00am - 10:30amMorning Break
10:10am - 10:50amTrack 1: Road Diets - Multimodal Transportation Planning
Ryan Snyder, Transpo
Track 2: Preliminary Design of SCOOT Detection
Joseph Couples, Western System
11:00am - 11:40amTrack 1: Development of a Long Range Transit Plan: Integration with Land Use Planning
Alicia McIntire, Parametrix
Aaron Gooze, Fehr & Peers
Track 2: Greenways
Norene Pen, City of Seattle
Summer Jawson, City of Seattle
1:30pm - 2:30pmTOUR 2: Sound Transit Link Central Control
3407 Airport Way South (Seattle, WA 98134). Max. 20 attendees. First RSVP, first served. No additional charge.
IMSA Business Meeting