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TECHNICAL TOURS

All tours will depart from and return to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. A minimum number of participants is required for each tour. Should these minimums not be met, tours may be canceled and all monies refunded. Technical tours are designed for students of and active practitioners in transportation-related fields. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted on technical tours.

Cost: $50 ITE member $75 nonmember



EVENT DATE TIME
TransGuide Traffic Management Center Tour 8/10/2009 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
Tour participants will depart the Convention Center and travel to the TransGuide Traffic Management Center (TMC). Once at the TMC there will be presentations on the functions and activities of the Texas Department of Transportation’s TMC, as well as the City of San Antonio’s brand new TMC. Participants will tour both facilities and be given the opportunity to see the centers in action and ask questions. Participants will be returned to the Convention Center via bus.

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Port San Antonio Tour 8/11/2009 2:00 PM-5:30 PM
Port San Antonio is a master-planned, 1,900-acre aerospace industrial complex and international logistics platform centrally located in San Antonio. Created from the former Kelly Air Force Base, Port San Antonio is approximately equidistant from the east and west coasts of the United States and at the center of the NAFTA Corridor between Mexico and Canada. The entire development enjoys designation as a Foreign Trade Zone.

Transportation offerings include an airport with an 11,500- foot runway, accessibility by two class I railroads, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and three interstate highways, IH-35, IH-10 and IH-37, which are located at the Port’s front door. Markets of more than 90 million people are within two days’ drive of Port San Antonio. Five major seaports are accessible within a three-day drive: the Ports of Houston, Corpus Christi, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas and Veracruz.

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VIA Bus Tour of Proposed and Existing BRT Facilities 8/12/2009 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Tour participants will depart the Convention Center on a VIA bus and take participants on the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route highlighting proposed transfer stations. Participants will learn about the design options being considered as well as the challenges involved in implementing the BRT system. After the tour participants will be taken to some of VIA’s current and proposed transfer stations and will learn about daily operations. If time allows, information about the agency’s roll in the relief efforts during hurricanes Katrina and Ike will be discussed. Participants will be returned to the Convention Center via bus.

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