Schedule updated as of 1/29/2025
Wednesday, April 22
Times TBD
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception and Pre-Conference Social
Welcome Reception and Pre-Conference SocialAtrium
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Monday April 11
7:30
Breakfast & Keynote Speaker (Session 1)
Conference Breakfast Keynote featuring President & CEO of American Traffic Safety Services Association Stacy TetschnerCHESAPEAKE BALLROOM (3rd Floor)
9:15
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 2A: SafetySEVERN ROOM
Local Strategic Safety Plans
Cynthia Burch: Baltimore Metropolitan Council
Chris Letnaunchyn
Designing for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety with Interim and Final Design Conditions: through the National Mall
Iain Banks: Nelson\Nygaard
Jon Crisafi: Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
SPC’s Regional Roundabout Program
Andrew Thompson: Urban Engineers
Josh Spano: Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Session 2B: Innovative Solutions
LOCH RAVEN ROOM
When new concepts turn skeptics into supporters: A Story of WV’s First RCUT
Amy Balmer Staud: HDR Engineering, Inc.
Matt Skiles, PE, PTOE: WVDOT
MDOT SHA TMC Integrated Freeway & Arterial Management Concept of Operations
Megan Rosica: Jacobs
Mohammad Raqib: MDOT SHA
Thinking Outside the Box when the Box is Small: Garden State Parkway Interchange 125 Contra-Flow Ramp Interchange
Adam Catherine: Stantec Consulting Services, Inc
10:45
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 3A: Bike / PedSEVERN ROOM
Eastern DelCo Bikeway Prioritization Study
Dave Schwartz: Bergmann/Colliers Engineering Design (CED)
Katie Hueser
DDOT Connecticut Avenue Streetscape and Deck-over: Creating new community resources from historic transportation assets
Mike Gifford: RK&K
Charlotte Street Road Diet – Before and After Studies
Alex Meitzler: Traffic Planning & Design
Session 3B: CAV
LOCH RAVEN ROOM
Digital Transformation: A Methodology for Infrastructure Owners and Operators to Prepare for Connected and Automated Vehicles
Barry Einsig: Econolite CAVita
Howard County Sensitivity Analyses
James (Jim) Bunch: Mead & Hunt
Curb Management 101
Kenneth Smith: Kimley-Horn
12:00
Lunch & District Membership Annual Meeting
Conference LunchCHESAPEAKE BALLROOM (3rd Floor)

1:45
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 4A: EquitySEVERN ROOM
Maximizing Side Street Equity Using Artificial Intelligence
Justin R Effinger: NoTraffic
Transportation Equity: A New Solution to An Old Problem
Sogand Karbalaieali: ATCS
Racial Inequities in Transportation
Katherine Kortum: Transportation Research Board
Session 4B: MPT
LOCH RAVEN ROOM
Traffic Management for Washington DC Area Mega-Projects
David May: RK&K
Maintaining Construction Areas while Maximizing Traffic Capacities and Safety Through Innovation
Nathan Rahaim: JMT
Mir Wahed: JMT
Innovative Use of Drones and Other Technologies to Manage Traffic for a Major Construction Project in a Constrained Urban Environment
Warren E. Hughes: ATCS
Session 4C: ITE Town Hall
Potomac Room (3rd Floor)
This is your opportunity to meet ITE’s Leadership, ask questions, and share suggestions on how to make ITE better.
Beverly Kuhn: ITE President
Jerry Baxter: International Director
Additional Executive Committee members
3:15
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 5A: Innovative Solutions - SignalsSEVERN ROOM
Trajectory Based Signal Performance Measures – What are they? And how can they help agencies improve performance and reduce emissions?
Amy Lopez: INRIX
How smart can intersections become?
James Lentz: Rybinski Engineering
Kaitlyn Schaffer: Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Karen Giese: Transoft Solutions
Innovative methods to measure delay, capacity and progression from high-resolution ATSPM data
Aleksandar Stevanovic: University of Pittsburgh
Nemanja Dobrota: University of Pittsburgh
Session 5B: Safety
LOCH RAVEN ROOM
Safety for All | Multimodal Safety Improvements in an Urban Area
Dan Fritz: WRA
Commonwealth Avenue Complete Streets Project
Stacie Desai: Toole Design
Making Your Roads Safer with CARS™ Technology
Joseph Fiocco: SAFE Highway Engineering
Joseph Caruso: SAFE Highway Engineering
6:00
Social & Traffic Bowl at Power Plant Live! PBR
MCDITE Traffic Bowl
Tuesday April 12
7:30
Breakfast
Women's Breakfast Keynote featuring MTA Administrator Holly ArnoldPOTOMAC ROOM (3rd Floor)
Conference Breakfast
CHESAPEAKE BALLROOM (3rd Floor)
8:45
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 6A: Public OutreachSEVERN ROOM
Scalable Data Solutions to Virtual Public Involvement
Erica Blonde: HNTB
Crafting Successful Engagement Processes
Marisa Denker: Connect the Dots & SEPTA
Ryan Judge: SEPTA
Rosanne Lubeck: Connect the Dots
Tysons-Old Meadow Shared Use Path – The challenge to Implement a Non-Auto Oriented Solution
Abraham Lerner: VDOT
Session 6B: Safety
LOCH RAVEN ROOM
I-76 Variable Speed Limit and Queue Detection/Warning
Brian DePan: Jacobs
Safety and Speed Limits for developing rural roads in PA
Marvin Ta: PennDOT LTAP/Pennoni
Wellersburg Truck Safety
Dave Hoglund: Rettew
Scott Nale: Rettew
10:15
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 7A: Big DataSEVERN ROOM
FEMA Supply Chain Analysis: Monitoring the Transportation of Goods During a Pandemic
Gerard (Jerry) Mrykalo: Dewberry
A Framework to Support Data Fusion, Analysis, and Decision Making
Michael Pack: CATT Lab
David Hale: Leidos
Sean Qian: CMU
Humanizing Covid-19: Current travel trends and the future of equitable mobility
Kyla D’Sa: Kimely-Horn
David Samba: Kimley-Horn
Session 7B: Transit
LOCH RAVEN ROOM
Evaluating First/Last Mile Challenges and Solutions in Underserved Communities
Ruqaya Alfaris: Rowan University
Working Together – Traffic Engineers and Transit Planners
Amit Sidhaye: Ross & Baruzzini
Pierre Holloman, Asst. Transit Bureau Chief: Arlington County
Diana Isaza, Project Manager: Arlington County
Microtransit in an Evolving Transportation Landscape
Alanna McKeeman: Foursquare ITP
11:30
Lunch & Keynote Speaker (Session 8)
Conference Lunch featuring Executive Director for Coalition for Smarter Growth Stewart SchwartzCHESAPEAKE BALLROOM (3rd Floor)

1:15
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 9A: Data Driven DecisionsSEVERN ROOM
US 30 Reconstruction Program: Data-Driven Safety Analysis in Alternative Selection Process
Nicole Kline-Elsier: McMahon Associates, Inc.
Computer Vision Application for Average Traffic Engineers
John Li: Kimley-Horn
A Framework for Proactive Safety Evaluation of Intersection Using Surrogate Safety Measures and Non-Compliance Behavior
Deep Patel: Rowan University
Parisa Hosseini: Rowan University
Session 9B: Studies
LOCH RAVEN ROOM
Using Real-time Data to Analyze Real-world Problems
Andrea Carberry: Rybinski Engineering
Wither thy traffic impact study?
Jamie Kendrick: Mead & Hunt
Common ADS Myths Assumed by Drivers and Perpetuated by Vehicle Advertising
Md Ashikur Rahman: Utah State University
2:45
Conference Concludes
