A list of Council Executive Committee members can be found in the membership directory under ITE Council Executive Committee members. A list of Council members can be found under ITE Councils. Select the appropriate Council from the dropdown menu and click "Search".
Awards Committee
Committee Chair: Kenneth Voorhies, Cambridge Systematics, Atlanta, GA, USA
Solicit nominations and select winners for the annual M&O/ITS Council awards program.
Information/Newsletter Committee
Committee Chair: Beata Lamparski, Hubbell, Roth & Clark Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Develop and distribute information on Management and Operations/ITS to ITE members, decision-makers and the general public. Prepare M&O/ITS Council newsletter and M&O/ITS articles for ITE Journal.
Technical Programs Committee
Committee Chair: Barbara Schroeder, Parsons Transportation Group, Denver, CO, USA
Develop M&O/ITS Council-sponsored session for ITE Annual Meetings and Technical Conferences, ITS World Congress and other conferences as requested. Review abstracts and papers submitted for presentation.
Incident Management Committee
Committee Chairs: John Corbin, Wisconsin DOT, Madison, WI, USA and
Steve Cyra, HNTB, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Promote successful deployment of regional traffic incident management programs. Facilitate a traffic incident management network to link traffic incident management professionals, and promote and support existing national incident management groups. The TIM Committee involves a national group of professionals from the transportation and public safety community committed to the effective implementation and support of local traffic incident management programs. An on-going TIM Committee activity involves the development, preparation and co-sponsoring of the annual Traffic Incident Management Workshop held in conjunction with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Please visit the NTIMC Web site for the latest information on products, procedures and task forces related to traffic incident management.
Standards Committee
Committee Chair: Raman Patel, RK Patel and Associates, Woodside, NY, USA
Generate input from ITE members and determine the needs for ITS standards and protocols. The committee oversees the development of ITS standards for which ITE is responsible, including the traffic management data dictionary, the transit communications ITS profiles, the advanced transportation controller, message sets for external traffic management center (TMC) communications and national Transportation communications for ITS protocol.
Traffic Management Center Committee
Committee Chairs: Maria Silver, Michigan DOT, Harrison Township, MI, USA and Jessie Yung, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, USA
Develop a forum for operators of traffic management centers to exchange information and ideas. Please visit the FHWA TMC pooled fund study Web site for the latest information on human-centered and operational issues that are common among transportation management center operators and managers.
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System Management and Operations Committee
Committee Chair: Pat Noyes, Pat Noyes and Associates, Boulder, CO, USA
Develop specific applications of computer and communications technologies for operations.
Intelligent Traffic Signal Operations Committee
Committee Chair: Pei-Sung Lin, CUTR, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Inspired by the findings of the National Traffic Signal Report Card, the Intelligent Traffic Signal Operations (ITSO) Committee was established under the M&O/ITS Council. This committee intends to save practitioners time and effort in exploring and researching strategies to resolve problems related to traffic signal systems within the United States and worldwide. The goal of the committee is to provide suggestion and opinions directly to transportation professionals and practitioners who are ITE members through an online system. The committee is comprised of experts on different aspects of traffic signal operations. The ITSO committee Web site is used as a medium to communicate with public and private agencies. Practitioners who are ITE members can submit their questions to the committee through the website.
