• 2004 TENC Best Paper Award: 'Use of Automated Wayside Horns for Improving Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety' by: Richard A. Raub and Roy E. Lucke
• 2004 TENC Best Project: Preemption of Traffic Signals Near Railroad Crossings with Active Warning Devices, Committee Chair Thomas Lancaster

The Traffic Engineering Council presented the following awards in 2004:

• 2003 TENC Best Paper: “Operational Benefits of Queue Detection for Protected-Permissive Left-Turn Phasing” by Daniel Mitchell and Saif Rahimuddin.
• 2003 TENC Best Project Award: “LED Arrow and Pedestrian Traffic Signal Standards” chaired by Nathaniel S. Behura
• Best Traffic Engineering Tip for 2003: “Work Zones and Right-of-Way Management” by W. Roger Buell

The Traffic Engineering Council presented the following awards in 2003:

• 2002 TENC Best Paper: “A Safety Checklist for Traffic Signal Operations Near Highway-Rail Grade Crossings” by Roelof J. Engelbrecht
• Best Traffic Engineering Tip for 2002: “Establishing Speed Limits in Kansas by Linda G. Voss and Patti A. Cooper

The Traffic Engineering Council presented the following awards in 2002:

• 2001 TENC Best Project Award: “Geometric Design Criteria for Highway-Rail Intersections (Grade Crossings)” chaired by John Baerwalk and Marc Start
• 2001 TENC Best Paper: “Crosswalk Enhancement Comparison Study” by Mansour Malek
• 2001 TENC Recognition of Outstanding Chair: Survey of Speed Zoning Practices, Kelly Parma
• 2001 TENC Recognition of Outstanding Chair: In-Pavement Flashing Lights at Crosswalks, Stephen Weinberger 
• Best Traffic Engineering Tip for 2001: "Study Finds "Countdown" Signals More Intuitive than Conventional Ped Signals" by Frank Markowitz (San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic)

A Traffic Engineering Council’s Technical Committee was presented the following award in 2002:

• 2001 Coordinating Council Award: Traffic Control Devices Handbook, ITE TENC Technical Committee chaired by Jim Pline

• 2000 TENC Best Product: Innovative Traffic Control Equipment Procurement Methods, ITE Technical Committee 4M-37, chaired by Abbas Mohaddes
• 2000 TENC Best Paper: “Innovative Treatments at Unsignalized Pedestrian Crossing Locations” by Herman Huang, Charles Zeeger, and Richard Nassi
• Best Traffic Engineering Tip for 2000: “Taming Those Big, Mean, Nasty Streets: Arterial Traffic Calming” by Dave Rouse

The Traffic Engineering Council presented the following awards in 2000:

• 1999 TENC Best Paper: “Converting Four-Lane Undivided Roadways to a Three-Lane Cross Section: Factors to Consider” by Keith K. Knapp, Thomas M. Welch and John A. Witmer
• 1999 TENC Best Product: Automated Enforcement in Transportation, ITE TENC Technical Committee chaired by Shawn Turner
• 1999 TENC Recognition of Outstanding Chair: Traffic Information Program Series (TIPS) Committee, Ronald L. Nowlin and Paul J. Carlson

A Traffic Engineering Council’s Technical Committee was presented the following award in 2000:

• 1999 Coordinating Council Award: Automated Enforcement in Transportation, ITE TENC Technical Committee chaired by Shawn Turner

The Traffic Engineering Council presented the following awards in 1999:

• Traffic Engineering Council's Outstanding Project Award:  Charles V. Zegeer as chair of the committee that produced the ITE publication, "Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities."
• Outstanding Paper Award:  David B. Richardson, Kevin I. Pacheco-Phillips, David A. Banks and Ben Barkow for their paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting entitled, "Bikeway Traffic Control Guidelines."
• Outstanding Service Award:  T. Darcy Sullivan, in recognition of outstanding service as Chair of the report Interim Purchase Specifications for LED Signal Modules.

The Traffic Engineering Council presented the following awards in 1998:

• Outstanding Paper Award:  Edward C. Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University, Pismo Beach, CA, USA in recognition of his paper, "Impacts of Implementing the California Route 91 Variable Toll Express Lanes."
• Outstanding Council Project Award: Willard A. Alroth, in recognition of the council project report entitled, "Preemption of Traffic Signals At or Near Railroad Grade Crossings with Active Warning Devices."

The Traffic Engineering Council presented the following awards in 1997:

• Outstanding Paper Award: Herbert S. Levinson, Herbert Levinson Trans. Cons., New Haven, CT, USA; and Timothy J. Lomax, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA in recognition of their paper, "A Travel Time Based Index for Evaluation Congestion."
• Outstanding Council Project Award: Ransford S. McCourt in recognition of the council project report entitled, "Neighborhood Traffic Management Survey."
• Recognition of Outstanding Service: Michael A. Ogden, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA in recognition of his service as Chair of the Guidelines for Establishing Freeway Service Patrols Committee of the Traffic Engineering Council.

The Traffic Engineering Council presented the following awards in 1996:

• Outstanding Paper Award: Stephen P. Venglar, Assistant Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA and Thomas Urbanik II, Assistant Director, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA in recognition of the paper published in the 1995 Compendium of Technical Papers entitled, "Advanced Technology Application: The 'Smart' Diamond."
• Outstanding Council Project Award:  Kenneth W. Ackeret, Associate, Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc., Las Vegas, NV, USA, Robert W. Stokes, Associate Professor, Kansas State University, Civil Engineering Department, Manhattan, KS, USA and Gary S. Spring, Associate Professor, North Carolina A&T State University, Civil Engineering Department, Greensboro, NC, USA in recognition of the council project report entitled, "Capacities of Triple Left-Turn Lanes-An Informational Report," prepared by ITE Technical Council Committee 5P-5A.