ITE Webinar: Safety Benefits of Complete Streets
TSITE will be sponsoring the ITE webinar entitled “Safety Benefits of Complete Streets” at five locations across the state. This webinar training opportunity will be held on Thursday, July 9th, from 12:00pm-1:30pm Eastern (11:00am-12:30pm Central). More information about this ITE webinar can be found here.
The five TSITE host locations and contact information for this web briefing are:
- 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 – CDM Smith
RSVP Contact: Kevin Cole via e-mail or telephone at (865) 963-4300
The location for the webinar is: 1100 Marion Street, Suite 300, Knoxville, TN 37921
- Nashville – Metro Public Works
RSVP Contact: Devin Doyle via e-mail or telephone at (615) 862-8704
The location for the webinar is: 750 South 5th Street, Nashville, TN 37206 (Director’s Conference Room)
- Memphis – Smith Seckman Reid
RSVP Contact: Ben Ledsinger via e-mail or telephone at 901-260-9888
The location for the webinar is: 2650 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 3200, Memphis, TN 38118
- Chattanooga – The City of Chattanooga
RSVP Contact: Kevin Comstock via e-mail or telephone at 423-643-5950
The location for the webinar is: 1250 Market Street, Suite 3030, Chattanooga, TN 37402
If you wish to attend, please RSVP to the host 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! Contact Amy Burch here if you have any questions.
Summer Meeting – July 29th to July 31st
You’re invited to the 2015 TSITE Summer Meeting to be held at the Park Vista Hotel (705 Cherokee Orchard Road – Gatlinburg, TN 37738) from Wednesday, July 29th to Friday, July 31st.
There will be many highlights including a sponsored Social Event on Wednesday night, the annual Awards Banquet and Scholarship Auction on Thursday night and of course several informative Technical Sessions along with the Business Meeting where the 2016 Officer Election results will be announced (more details on voting still to come). We encourage you to bring your family along and have allowed some time in our agenda for the ability to spend some quality time with them in this beautiful setting.
Member Registration for this 3-day event is $120 and pre-registration will close on Wednesday, July 22nd. Pre-payment is not required to allow for additional flexibility, however online registration ends on July 22nd and it will increase to $150 for late/walk-up registration – so please be sure to register early! Additional guest tickets will be available for purchase for all meals. Everyone is invited to attend the Wednesday Night Social Event at no extra charge made possible by several great sponsors! Just let us know how many guests you are bringing to this event.
Click here to register for this event.
Finally, please be prepared to participate in our annual Scholarship Auction, the proceeds from which provide scholarships for our student members. We encourage you to both bring items for the auction, as well as of course participate in buying items.
The conference will be held at the Park Vista Hotel (705 Cherokee Orchard Road – Gatlinburg, TN 37738). There are a limited number of rooms available for the nights of Wednesday (7/29) and Thursday (7/30) at a special rate of $83 + tax. There are also a small number of rooms available for additional nights before and after the meeting if you would like to extend your stay in the mountains at this great rate.
Below are the hotel room reservation instructions. The room block will currently expire on Friday, July 3rd so make your reservation soon!
For Online Hotel Reservations:
1. Go the the Park Vista website here.
2. From the home page (middle of page), find the “Make a Reservation” field. Choose your arrival and departure dates, number of rooms, and click “Check Rates.”
3. Adjust the number of rooms, adults and children for the booking.
4. Under the “Special Accounts & Rates” header on the right-hand side of the page, enter the booking code “ITE” in the “Group Code” field and click “Continue.”
5. The group rates will be displayed along with the available room types. Proceed with reservations as prompted.
Guests can also call 1-800-421-7275 at anytime to make reservations using the same group code and rates. Additionally, The Park Vista offers one and two-bedroom king and family suites that can be reserved at a group rate of $183/night. Reservations for the suites, based upon availability, can be made by calling the number above.
Spring Meeting – May 21st
The Spring TSITE Meeting will be held at the MeadowView Resort & Conference Center in Kingsport! There will be informative Technical Sessions, a Business Meeting, and a boxed lunch will be provided. Please click on the link below for more information and to register for this event. Online preregistration will close on Friday, May 16th.
The cost of the meeting for preregistered attendees will be reduced to $40. Attendees that do not preregister but instead “walk-up” to register the day of the meeting will pay the full meeting cost of $50.
TSITE has a block of rooms set aside with a special rate at the Meadowview Marriott for this meeting that will expire on Thursday, May 7. If you will be attending this meeting and need overnight accommodations, click here to make your reservation before Thursday, May 7.
If you have any questions about the event or how to register please contact Brandon Baxter at 615-244-8591 or email.
For directions please click here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
See what you missed at the last TSITE Meeting!
Not able to make the last TSITE Meeting? See what you missed by checking out previous meeting presentations here. Past meeting minutes and agendas can be found here.
The 2015 TSITE Winter meeting had several great technical sessions:
• Elvis Presley Boulevard Improvements (shown here)
• Memphis MPO Congestion Management Plan Update
• I-40/I-240 Interchange Improvements
• Southeast Regional Surface Transportation Workforce Center
2015 Traffic Bowl Winners
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The 2015 Traffic Bowl Winners! From Left to Right: TSITE President Mike Conger, Luis Taboada, Hunter McCracken, Kristina King and Traffic Bowl Chair Greg Judy.
- Congratulations to the University of Tennessee for winning this years traffic bowl at the winter meeting in Memphis. It was a great competition between the University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis. UT Knoxville will represent TSITE at the Southern District (SDITE) 2015 Annual Meeting on April 19-22, 2015, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Winter Meeting Rescheduled to March 26th
***Due to the weather & road conditions, this meeting has been rescheduled to March 26th***
You’re invited to the first quarterly TSITE Meeting for 2015 to be held at the University of Memphis in Memphis! There will be informative Technical Sessions, a Business Meeting, the Annual TSITE Traffic Bowl and lunch will be provided. Please click on the link below for more information and to register for this event. Online preregistration is open for this meeting but will close on Monday, March 23rd.
The cost of the meeting for preregistered attendees will be reduced to $30. Attendees that do not preregister but instead “walk-up” to register the day of the meeting will pay the full meeting cost of $40.
See below for registration instructions:
• If you are already registered/paid and plan on attending, no action is needed.
• If you have already registered/paid but will not be attending the rescheduled meeting, please email Brandon Baxter. Refunds are available for prepaid registrants.
• If you did not previously register but are planning to attend the rescheduled meeting, online preregistration is open again at the link below.
• If you have questions about your registration status for this meeting, please email Brandon Baxter.
Directions/parking details are available at the registration link below. The University of Memphis student chapter has arranged for meeting attendees to receive parking vouchers.
***Online preregistration is open for this meeting
but will close on Monday March 23rd***
If you have any questions about the event or how to register please contact Brandon Baxter at 615-244-8591 or via email here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Click for More Information & To Register!
Winter Meeting Rescheduled
***Due to the weather & road conditions, this meeting has been rescheduled to March 5***
You’re invited to the first quarterly TSITE Meeting for 2015 to be held at the University of Memphis in Memphis! There will be informative Technical Sessions, a Business Meeting, the Annual TSITE Traffic Bowl and lunch will be provided. Please click on the link below for more information and to register for this event. Online preregistration is open for this meeting but will close on Saturday, February 28th.
The cost of the meeting for preregistered attendees will be reduced to $30. Attendees that do not preregister but instead “walk-up” to register the day of the meeting will pay the full meeting cost of $40.
See below for registration instructions:
• If you are already registered/paid and plan on attending, no action is needed.
• If you have already registered/paid but will not be attending the rescheduled meeting, please email Brandon Baxter. Refunds are available for prepaid registrants.
• If you did not previously register but are planning to attend the rescheduled meeting, online preregistration is open again at the link below.
Directions/parking details are available at the registration link below. The University of Memphis student chapter has arranged for meeting attendees to receive parking vouchers.
***Online preregistration is open for this meeting
but will close on February 28th***
If you have any questions about the event or how to register please contact Brandon Baxter at 615-244-8591 or via email here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Click for More Information & To Register!
Webinar – Lagging Left-Turn Arrow Safety and Operation
TSITE will be sponsoring the ITE webinar entitled “Lagging Left-Turn Arrow Safety and Operation” at five locations across the state. This webinar training opportunity will be held on Tuesday, February 10th, from 12:00pm-1:30pm Eastern (11:00am-12:30pm Central). More information about this ITE webinar here.
The five TSITE host locations and contact information for this web briefing are:
- 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
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: 210 25th Avenue North, Suite 800, Nashville, TN 37203
- Memphis – University of Memphis
RSVP Contact: Dr. Stephanie Ivey via e-mail or telephone at 901-678-3286
The location for the webinar is: IFTI training room (EA 101), University of Memphis, Herff College of Engineering, Memphis, TN 38152
- Chattanooga – The City of Chattanooga
RSVP Contact: Kevin Comstock via e-mail or telephone at 423-643-5950
The location for the webinar is: 1250 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402 Conf Rm. 2B
If you wish to attend, please RSVP to the host 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! Contact Amy Burch here if you have any questions.
Winter Meeting – February 19th
Please mark your calendars now for the upcoming TSITE Winter Meeting to be held on Thursday, February 19th at the University of Memphis.
Additional meeting details and online registration information can be found here.
2015 TSITE Officers
The results of the 2015 Officer Election were announced during the 2014 Summer Business Meeting and the following individuals were elected to serve TSITE next year:
From Left to Right: Tim Britt, Kevin Comstock, Brandon Baxter, Mike Conger and John Hunter.
President
Mike Conger, Knoxville Regional TPO
Vice President
Brandon Baxter, Ragan-Smith Associates
Secretary/Treasurer
Kevin Comstock, City of Chattanooga
Past President
John Hunter, CDM Smith
Affiliate Director
Tim Britt, Temple, Inc.
Section Representatives
Amy Burch, RPM Associates
Brad Waldschmidt, Kimley Horn
Jonathan Cleghon, Metro Nashville Public Works
