T LC up date
Council Updates from ITE ITE technical council, employer-type council, and standing committee chairs are members of the Coordinating Council (CoCo) of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. As the TLC chair and ITE representative, Irini Akhnoukh sits on CoCo as the District 7 (Canadian) representative. Her role on CoCo is gathering intel on the initiatives the technical councils are undertaking, ensuring Canadian representation on upcoming technical products, and finding Canadian volunteers for task forces and sub committees as required. See the graphic on the next page for opportunities to get involved with ITE International's technical councils and committees. The ITE Coordinating Council (CoCo) met in Washington, D.C. in early January in one of the bi-annual in person meetings. During the meeting, Councils discussed the different initiatives for 2020 and things to look forward to which included: • A calendar of webinars and training opportunities that will be put forward by the technical councils • A Micromobility Design Practitioner's Guide • Emerging trends In addition, there is an initiative to collect member questions, thoughts, concerns, and ideas concerning the topic of Big Data and data analytics, how the use (or non-use) of data is playing out in companies and agencies, and what activities and products ITE members would find most valuable in this area. Feedback will likely be collected at the district conferences so look forward to a potential session on this topic at the 2020 CITE Conference. CITE is also looking at appointing a Canadian Representative to be on each Council and TLC will be putting out a call for individuals interested in serving on the ITE technical councils in the next couple of months. If this sounds like something you would like to get involved in, keep your eyes open for the call for volunteers. On other TLC items, we would like to remind members of the revamped Stan Teply Outstanding Technical Project Award which is now open for nominations. Please consider nominating a project that you think fits the criteria of this award. Also new this year is the ITE Transportation Achievement Awards recognizing excellence in a number of categories. Nominations can be submitted to CITE who will put forward the Canadian nominees to ITE International. If you have any ideas, questions, or comments, you can contact the TLC at tlc@cite7.org.
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Stan Teply Outstanding Technical Project Award Nominate an outstanding project that showcases excellent technical achievement in transportation planning and/or engineering.
