Schedule updated as of 4/12/2023
Sunday, April 16
1:00PM to 3:30PM
3:30PM to 6:30PM
Outdoor Welcome Reception
Welcome ReceptionFrankie Pace Park (“CAP Park”)
Conference socials sponsored by:


Monday, April 17
8:00AM to 10:15AM
Breakfast & Opening Plenary (Session #1)
Local Leadership PanelAllegheny & Ohio Room
Breakfast will be served from 8:00AM to 9:00AM.
Opening Plenary will begin at 9:00AM featuring:
- Doug Seeley PennDOT District 11-0
- Vincent Valdes Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
- Kim Lucas City of Pittsburgh DOMI
- Katharine Egan Kelleman Pittsburgh Regional Transit
10:15AM to 10:30AM
Break
Morning BreakBreak Hall
Conference break sessions sponsored by:





10:30AM to 12:00PM
Concurrent Technical Sessions (Session #2)
Session 2A: Bike/Ped 1Erie Room
Jersey City’s “Quick-Deploy”
Approach to Pedestrian and
Bicycle Improvements
Kati DiRaimondo: Stantec
Adam Catherine: Stantec
From Planning through Final
Design, VRU Safety at
Intersections
Shannon Warchol: Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Docked Bike-Sharing Systems: A
Pittsburgh Case Study Focusing
on Bike-Share Equity
Sydney French: West Virginia University
Session 2B: AV-NCUTCD Panel
Philadelphia Room
Panelists for this session include:
- Roxane Mukai, MDOT
- Lisa Miller, The Eastern Transportation Coalition (TETC)
- Mark Luszcz, DelDOT
- Gunnar Rhone, PennDOT
- Adam Greenstein, WSP
Session 2C: Traffic Simulation
Pittsburgh Room
US 30 Reconstruction Program:
Multiple Project Applications of
VISSIM Microsimulation
Nicole Kline-Elsier: McMahon a Bowman Company
AI based Dynamic Arterial
Traffic Management, a Case
Study in VISSIM
Zelan Jia: Jacobs
12:00PM to 1:30PM
Lunch and Keynote
Conference LunchAllegheny & Ohio Room
Rosana Correa, P.E., PTOE
ITE Interanational President
Project Manager, Jacobs

Lunch Sponsors:


1:45PM to 3:15PM
Concurrent Technical Sessions (Session #3)
Session 3A: Traffic Signals in PAPhiladelphia Room
Pittsburgh Traffic Signals
Mike Maloch: City of Pittsburgh
Traffic Signal Asset Management System (TSAMS)
Maurice Lee: PennDOT
Philadelphia Signals
Patrick Callahan: City of Philadelphia
Session 3B: Traffic Safety
Pittsburgh Room
Traffic Safety in Pittsburgh
Sean Stevens:
City of Pittsburgh
Harrisburg Vision Zero
Percy Bullock: City of Harrisburg
The Evolving Role of Data for
Safety and Operations at the
Intersection
Anita Vandervalk: Iteris
Session 3C: Design
Erie Room
I-376 Parkway East Active Transportation Management Project
Kathryn Fink: PennDOT
Saw Mill Run Green Boulevard Master Plan
David DiGioia: McMahon a Bowman Company
Advancing Transportation
Equity: One-Way to Two-Way
Street Conversion of a
Residential Corridor
Wayne Martin: Wallace Montgomery
Andrew Duerr: Kittelson & Associates
William Weismantel: Kittelson & Associates
3:15PM to 3:30PM
Break
Afternoon BreakBreak Hall
Conference break sessions sponsored by:





3:30PM to 5:00PM
Concurrent Technical Sessions (Session #4)
Session 4A: PA Traffic OperationsPhiladelphia Room
Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM) for Everyone
Steve Gault: PennDOT
Session 4B: Automated Vehicles
Pittsburgh Room
Automated Road Transportation Symposium (ARTS)
Katherine Kortum: Transportation Research Board
Assessing Roadway Readiness
for the Deployment of
Automated Vehicles
Cory Schaub: AECOM
What Makes a Smart City
Intelligent
Mike Maloch: City of Pittsburgh
Session 4C: Data Collection
Erie Room
Post-Pandemic Best Practices in
Traffic Data Collection
Preston Hitchens: Imperial Traffic & Data Collection
Lindsey Klein: Imperial Traffic & Data Collection
DOMI Pavement Assessment
Pilot
Angela Martinez: City of Pittsburgh
What Millions of Connected
Vehicles and 25,000+ Signals
Reveal About Changing Demand
Patterns and System
Performance Across the Mid-
Colonial District
Rick Schuman: INRIX
6:00PM to 9:00PM
Social & Traffic Bowl at Il Tetto
MCDITE Traffic BowlTuesday, April 18
7:30AM to 8:45AM
Breakfast
Women's BreakfastMonongahela Room
Christina Cassotis
Allegheny County Airport Authority

Conference Breakfast
Allegheny & Ohio Room
9:00AM to 10:30AM
Concurrent Technical Sessions (Session #5)
Session 5A: Traffic SafetyPittsburgh Room
Traffic Incident Management for the Transportation Professional
Todd Liess: Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
PennDOT Response to Overheight Truck Damage to SR 51 over Interstate 70 Bridge
Jeremy Hughes: PennDOT
Clankers
Mark Luszcz: DelDOT
Session 5B: Traffic Operations
Philadelphia Room
What You Have is Good Enough – Getting Started in Traffic Signal Performance Measures
James Robertson: Lee Engineering
Tackling Traffic Deficiencies with Traditional & TSMO Solutions
Lindsey Ulizio: WRA
Samuel Boso: WRA
Introduction of the Novel Concept of a Flexible Event-Based Signal Controller
Tara Ardalan: University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Aleksandar Stevanovic: University of Pittsburgh
10:30AM to 10:45AM
Break
Morning BreakBreak Hall
Conference break sessions sponsored by:





10:45AM to 12:15PM
Concurrent Technical Sessions (Session #6)
Session 6A: Bike/Ped 2Pittsburgh Room
Complete Corridors: Rethinking Bike & Pedestrian Safety at the New Fern Hollow Bridge
Paige Anderson: City of Pittsburgh
East Liberty Pedestrian Study
Amanda Purcell: TPD
PennDOT District 6-0 Bike Friendly Resurfacing Program
Fran Hanney: PennDOT
Nidhi Mehra: PennDOT
Session 6B: Project Highlights
Philadelphia Room
Multimodal Safety in Urban Areas
Dan Fritz: WRA
Greg Frisby: WRA
Innovative Solution to Intersection Sight Distance Problem
Marie Pantalone: SAFE Engineering
Data Collection and Processing to Support AI Enhanced Traffic Operation and Management
Mohammad Hoque: BlueHalo
Ziyi Ma: BlueHalo