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2009 Annual Meeting Award Winners


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Burton W. Marsh Distinguished Service Award
Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award
Transportation Achievement Award for Facilities

Presented to Kevin G. Hooper, Principal, Kevin Hooper Associates, Falmouth, Maine.
Presented to Timothy J. Lomax, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas.
Presented to the Texas Department of Transportation, Houston District in recognition of the Katy Freeway Reconstruction Program. Delvin Dennis, Houston District Engineer, Texas Department of Transportation, Houston District, Houston, Texas accepted the award.
Transportation Achievement Award for Operations Transportation Achievement Award for Safety Wilbur S. Smith Transportation Educator Award

Presented to the Mississippi Department of Transportation in recognition of its project titled “Reconnecting Mississippi’s Coastal Communities Through ITS.” Michael Stokes, ITS Program Manager, Traffic Engineering Division, Mississippi Department of Transportation, Jackson, Mississippi accepted the award.
Presented to the California Highway Patrol in recognition of the training videos “Your Vest Won’t Stop This Bullet,” “P.U.R.S.U.E.” and “Saving Lives—One Stop at a Time.” Chief Steve Lerwill, California Highway Patrol accepted the award.
Presented to Professor Eric J. Miller, Director, Department of Civil Engineering, Cities Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. David M.Y. Millikan, P.E., Regional Vice President, Wilbur Smith Associates presents.
Edmund R. Ricker Traffic Safety Award—Individual Edmund R. Ricker Traffic Safety Award—Organization Management and Operations/ITS Council Individual Award
Presented to Martin E. Lipinski, Professor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Memphis, Herff College of Engineering, Memphis, Tennessee. Presented to the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Hart Solomon, Manager of Traffic Engineering and Operations, City of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada accepted the award. Presented to John M. Corbin, State Traffic Engineer, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison, Wisconsin.
Management and Operations/ITS Council Public Agency Award Coordinating Council Award Coordinating Council Award Transportation Education Council Best Innovation in Education Award

Presented to Mississippi Department of Transportation in recognition of its project titled “Reconnecting Mississippi’s Coastal Communities Through ITS.” Michael Stokes accepted. Presented to Robert E. Stammer Jr., Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee in recognition of the outstanding Expert Witness Council project titled “The Expert Witness Notebook.” Presented to the National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology at the University of Idaho in recognition of its Traffic Signal Summer Workshop and MOST Program. Michael Kyte, Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho accepted the award.
Traffic Engineering Council Outstanding Council Paper Award
Traffic Engineering Council Outstanding Project Award
Transportation Planning Council Best Program Award

Presented to John Beery and Andrew Rodewald, in recognition of their paper titled “Developing Effective Standards and Strategies for Roundabout Lighting.” John Beery, Director of Engineering, City of Noblesville, Noblesville, Indiana accepted the award.

Presented to Susan M. Langdon and Sudhir Murthy in recognition of their project titled “Using Existing Loops at Signalized Intersections for Traffic Counts: An ITE Informational Report.” Susan M. Langdon, President, Savant Group Inc., Dallas, Texas, and Sudhir Murthy, President, TrafInfo Communications, Lexington, Massachusetts accepted the award. Presented to the University of California-Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies, Technology Transfer Program in recognition of its California Pedestrian Safety Assessment Program. Matthew Ridgway, Principal, Fehr and Peers Associates Inc., San Francisco, California and Meghan Mitman, Senior Transportation Engineer/Planner, Fehr and Peers Associates Inc. accepted the award.
Transportation Planning Council Best Project Award Transportation Planning Council Best Project Award Public Agency Council Achievement Award of Excellence
Presented to the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) in recognition of its project titled “11th Street Bridges” Back row L to R: Robert Prunty, Kenneth H. Voigt, ITE President, Greer Gillis, DDOT. Front row L to R: Kavita Boddu, CH2M Hill, Tim Neuman, CH2M Hill
Presented to the New Jersey Department of Transportation in recognition of its project titled “Route 31 Integrated Land Use Transportation Plan.” Scott Diehl, Chief Traffic Engineer, Urban Engineers, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ accepted the award. Presented to the City of San Luis Obispo, California, in recognition of its Annual Traffic Safety and Bi-Annual Traffic Operations Programs. Jake Hudson, Senior Traffic Engineer, City of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California accepted the award.
Parking Council Best Practices Award
Section Activities Award
Student Chapter Award
Presented to Calgary Parking Authority, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in recognition of its project titled “ParkPlus System.” Dale Fraser, General Manager, Calgary Parking Authority, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Allan Bazar, Manager of Enforcement Services, Calgary Parking Authority accepted the award. Presented to the Georgia Section. John D. Edwards Jr., Principal, J.D. Edwards Transportation Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia accepted the award. Presented to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. David Hurwitz, Chapter President, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts accepted the award.
Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award
Past Presidents’ Award for Merit in Transportation Engineering
Young Consultant’s Award
Presented to Zhixia Li, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio in recognition of his paper titled “Modeling Dynamic Dilemma Zones Using Observed Yellow-Onset Trajectories.” Presented to Ning Li, Senior Highway Safety Engineer, Virginia Department of Transportation, Richmond, Virginia in recognition of the paper titled “Improving Data Accuracy of Roadway Departure Crashes: Virginia Practice and its National Implications.” Presented to Karen L. Giese, Project Manager, PTV America, Inc., Portland, Oregon, in recognition of her paper titled “Downtown Vancouver Transportation and Emergency Management System.”
Newsletter Awards. Circulation more than 500
Newsletter Awards. Circulation between 250 and 500
Newsletter Awards. Circulation less than 250

New England Chronicle,” New England Section, Editor: Laura Castelli. Representing the New England Section is Michael Knodler, New England Section President “ITE ANZ Newsletter,” Australia & New Zealand Section, Editor: Mark O’Brien. Representing the Australia & New Zealand Section is Andrew O’Brien, Principal and Managing Director, O’Brien Traffic, Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia Driver, South Carolina Section, Editor: James H. Mattox, III. Representing the South Carolina Section is Craig M. Hanchey, Sr. Vice President, Neel-Schaffer, Inc. and past president of the Southern District, Nashville, TN

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