ITE Webinar – Street Space – Not Just For Moving Cars
TSITE will be sponsoring the ITE webinar entitled “Street Space – Not Just For Moving Cars” at five locations across the state. This webinar training opportunity will be held on Tuesday, September 26th, from 3:00pm-4:30pm Eastern (2:00pm-3:30pm Central). More information about this ITE webinar can be found here.
| Chattanooga – Arcadis RSVP Contact: Karen Anderson Trowell via e-mail or telephone at 423-954-8711 The location for the webinar is: 1210 Premier Drive, Suite 200, Chattanooga, TN 37421 Kingsport – Mattern & Craig RSVP Contact: Jason Carder via e-mail or telephone at 423-245-4970 The location for the webinar is: 429 Clay Street, Kingsport, TN 37660 Knoxville – Cannon & Cannon Inc RSVP Contact: Becky Bottoms via e-mail or telephone at 865-670-8555 The location for the webinar is: 8550 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919 Nashville – RPM Transportation/KCI Technologies Inc RSVP Contact: Beth Ostrowski via e-mail or telephone at 615-370-8410 The location for the webinar is: 1101 17th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37212Memphis – Kimley-Horn RSVP Contact: Kenneth Monroe via e-mail or telephone at 901-334-5311 The location for the webinar is: Forum I, 6750 Poplar Avenue, Suite 600, Memphis, TN 38138 Please reply back directly to the local RSVP contact listed above so that they can keep a head count for these locations since space may be limited! For those TSITE members who need PDH’s, there are 1.5 PDH’s associated with this web seminar. Special thanks to all of our host sites! Please contact Najmeh Jami by email if you have any questions. |
Summer Newsletter
The 2017 Summer TSITE Newsletter can be seen here.
2017 TSITE Award Winners
The 2017 TSITE Awards were presented to the following very deserving individuals at the Summer Meeting held in Gatlinburg: (Past President Brandon Baxter presented the awards)
Ed Watt Volunteer Distinguished Service Award:
Greg Judy (Neel-Schaffer, Inc.)
(Luke Dixon accepted the award in Greg’s absence)
Tennessee Section Outstanding Individual Award:
Steve Bryan (TDOT)
Jack B. Humphreys Young Member Award:
Bryan Bartnik (TDOT)
The Robert Stammer Student Chapter Award was presented to the University of Tennessee.
2017 Election Results
The results of the 2018 Officer Election were announced during the 2017 Summer Business Meeting. The following individuals were elected to serve TSITE next year:
President
Greg Dotson, Neel-Schaffer
Vice President
Amy Burch, Collier Engineering
Secretary/Treasurer
Nathan Vatter, Tennessee Department of Transportation
Past President
Kevin Comstock, Tennessee Department of Transportation
Affiliate Director
Tim Britt, Temple, Inc.
Section Representatives
Chris Kirby, CDM Smith (2017/2018)
Lauren Gaines, Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon (2018/2019)
Terrance Hill, Kimley-Horn (2018/2019)
TSITE Officer Election – Reminder to Vote
Voting for the 2017 TSITE Officer Election ends Monday, July 24, 2017. Votes will be tallied and the elected 2018 TSITE Officers will be announced at the Summer Meeting.
In addition to the officer election, this year’s ballot also includes an amendment to the TSITE Bylaws. Information about the bylaws amendment is on the ballot.
Please Vote Here.
Summer Meeting Notice
Mark your calendars now and plan to attend the upcoming Tennessee Section ITE Summer Meeting to be held Wednesday, July 26 thru Friday, July 28 at the Park Vista Hotel in Gatlinburg, TN. Please go ahead make your hotel room reservations if you plan to attend.
ON-LINE BOOKING CODE: ITE
HILTON RESERVATIONS: 800-421-7275
The Park Vista a DoubleTree by Hilton
705 Cherokee Orchard Road | Gatlinburg, TN 37738
ParkVista.com
Just some of the highlights of the summer meeting include a welcome reception on Wednesday evening, technical sessions, and the awards banquet and scholarship auction on Thursday evening.
Online registration information can be found here. Also, don’t forget to bring auction items for the scholarship fund. We hope to see you in Gatlinburg!
ITE Webinar: Safety Fundamentals: Introduction to Traffic Safety Data
| TSITE will be sponsoring the ITE webinar entitled “Safety Fundamentals: Introduction to Traffic Safety Data” at five locations across the state. This webinar training opportunity will be held on Thursday, May 11th, from 3:00pm-4:30pm Eastern (2:00pm-3:30pm Central). More information about this ITE webinar can be found here.Chattanooga – The City of Chattanooga RSVP Contact: John Van Winkle via e-mail or telephone at 423-643-5959 The location for the webinar is: 1250 Market Street, Suite 3030 Chattanooga, TN 37402 Kingsport – Mattern & Craig RSVP Contact: Jason Carder via e-mail or telephone at 423-245-4970 The location for the webinar is: 429 Clay Street, Kingsport, TN 37660 Knoxville – Cannon & Cannon Inc RSVP Contact: Brian Haas via e-mail or telephone at 865-670-8555 The location for the webinar is: 8550 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919 Nashville – Neel-Schaffer, Inc. RSVP Contact: Luke Dixon via e-mail or telephone at 615-217-0500 The location for the webinar is: Parkview Towers, 210 25th Avenue N #800, Nashville, TN 37203 Memphis – Kimley-Horn Please reply back directly to the local RSVP contact listed above so that they can keep a head count for these locations since space may be limited! For those TSITE members who need PDH’s, there are 1.5 PDH’s associated with this web seminar. Special thanks to all of our host sites! Please contact Najmeh Jami by email if you have any questions. |
Spring Meeting – Hotel Room Block
A hotel room block has been set up at the Drury Plaza Hotel for the Spring TSITE meeting in Franklin, TN. If you’d like to take advantage of this discount, please contact the hotel directly at (615) 771-6778 by Monday April 24th.
Spring Meeting Notice: May 23rd
The TSITE Spring meeting will be held on May 23rd at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Franklin, TN. The draft agenda can be found here. Additional meeting details and registration information can be here.
2017 Traffic Bowl Winners
The 2017 Traffic Bowl Winners! From Left to Right: Traffic Bowl Host Steve Allen, Nirbesh Dahal, Pankaj Dahal, Behram Wali, and Traffic Bowl Chair Greg Judy.
Congratulations to the University of Tennessee for winning this year’s traffic bowl at the winter meeting in Cookeville. It was a great competition with four schools represented: the University of Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State University and the University of Memphis. UT Knoxville will represent TSITE at the Southern District (SDITE) 2017 Annual Meeting on March 26-29, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina.
