Chair: Steven B. Colman, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., Oakland, CA, USA
Vice Chair: Beverly T. Kuhn, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station, TX, USA

The Coordinating Council, under the direction of Chair Steven Colman and Vice Chair Beverly Kuhn, oversees the work and cross-disciplinary coordination of the individual councils and more than 60 current council projects. These include the development of standards and recommended practices for the profession, informational reports, handbooks, sessions for meetings and conferences, seminars, issue briefings, awards and tours.

With input from all ITE Councils the Coordinating Council has agreed to the following mission, goals and objectives for ITE Councils:

Mission
The mission of the ITE Councils is to enhance professional collaboration and advance the technical body of knowledge through communities of common interests.

Goals and Objectives

• Provide communities of common interest and disciplines within the larger ITE community of transportation professionals.
  • Enhance collaboration and communication
  • Support innovation and promote creative responses to timely issues
  • Link professionals and practitioners to advance the profession
  • Build connections to other organizations serving the transportation profession
• Serve as a link between these communities of common interest and other elements of the Institute, including the ITE international leadership, Districts/Sections, student chapters, and individual ITE members.
  • Develop communication tools for information sharing
  • Expand the use of the web to engage younger members
• Be the focal point of communities of common interest for activities, creation of new products and professional development.
  • Develop, collect and distribute technical documents and resources
  • Provide a variety of technical activities and projects to engage a broad range of participation

The Coordinating Council Action Plan is available here.
Council Toolbox: Summary of Tools and Program Options is available here.

Standing Committee on Recommended Practices (SCORP)

The Standing Committee on Recommended Practices (SCORP) provides top-down management process from the Coordinating Council to supplement the traditional volunteer-driven bottom-up approach to Recommended Practices of ITE. SCORP consists of representative(s) of the ITE Executive Director’s Office, applicable ITE Councils and at-large members appointed by the ITE Coordinating Council. SCORP reports to the ITE Coordinating Council and the Chair is the ITE Coordinating Council Vice Chair. The responsibilities of SCORP include:

• Annually solicit and review proposals from Council Executive Committees for recommended practice (RP)s to include in the core set of practice
• Work with ITE Headquarters to make recommendations to the ITE Board and Coordinating Council on what RPs should be included in the core set of practice
• Relay to relevant Council Executive Committees the resulting assignments/schedules and available resources for RPs under their purview
• Continuously monitor the status of assignments and resource allocations and report to the ITE Coordinating Council
• Assure that ITE procedures for the development and updating of RPs are followed, and that each ITE RP is reviewed at least once every five years to determine if it should be retained as is, updated, or deleted
• Master Recommended Practice Status List

ITE Council Operational Information

• Council Operating Guidelines
• Council Expense Form (for council chairs/vice-chairs only)
• Project Proposal Form  PDF  |  Word
• Preparation of Informational Reports
• Development of Standards
• Recommended Practices (RP) Development Process
• Council Membership Application
• Summary of Tools and Program Options