2014 News & Events

2014 ITS Arizona/Arizona ITE Holiday Party

by Stephen Doubek | Dec 18, 2014

This year’s Holiday Party at the Hukilau Hawaiian Village was a resounding success! Over 80 members and guests enjoyed great food and drinks at a very picturesque venue and were treated to some awesome entertainment, some of it provided by our very own members!

We also made a significant donation to the City of Scottsdale Vista del Camino Food Bank, collecting $365 in cash, along with a large box of non-perishable food items. Thank you to everyone who made a donation and special thanks to Jeff Jenq who did an excellent job capturing highlights of the event!

Thank you to all of our members for another successful year and we would like to wish you all Happy Holidays and best wishes for a safe and Happy New Year!

New NCHRP document on Flashing Yellow Arrows

by Stephen Doubek | Dec 1, 2014

The Transportation Research Board has recently released National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 207: Evaluation of the Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) Permissive Left-Turn in Shared Yellow Signal Sections. This document analyzes driver behavior and comprehension related to the FYA permissive left-turn indication when added to three- and five-section traffic signal displays. View PDF.

Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology Paves the Way to Smart Traffic Management

by Stephen Doubek | Nov 17, 2014

While this isn’t news to you, what you may not know is that, since 2012, Arizona is one of the top five states for procurement of congestion technologies, including adaptive signal control and variable traffic signs, according to a recent whitepaper from Onvia, Inc.

Guide to Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability

by Stephen Doubek | Nov 5, 2014

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L02-RR-2:  Guide to Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability describes how to develop and use a Travel Time Reliability Monitoring System (TTRMS). The report also explains why such a system is useful, how it helps agencies do a better job of managing network performance and what a traffic management center (TMC) team needs to do to put a TTRMS in place.

For more information, and to download a PDF of the guide, click here.

94th Annual TRB Annual Meeting

by Stephen Doubek | Nov 5, 2014

The 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board will be held January 11-15, 2015 in Washington, D.C. and, for the first time in almost 60 years, the meeting will be moving to a new venue, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Connected vehicles are coming…

by Stephen Doubek | Sept 22, 2014

…and your community can be part of the evolution of this exciting new technology. Consider becoming part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program.

The USDOT has begun taking steps to enable wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology for light vehicles. This technology would improve safety by allowing vehicles to “talk” to each other and ultimately avoid many crashes altogether and can be leveraged in innovative ways to improve traveler mobility and reduce environmental impacts.

The Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program is helping to make connected vehicles a reality by testing this technology in several U.S. communities. For more information, download the CV Pilot Flyer.

Dark Sky Conference

by Stephen Doubek | Jun 26, 2014

City of Flagstaff invites you to attend the Dark Skies conference being held August 18-20 2014. The conference that will discuss the protection of Dark Skies in the Northern Arizona region is being co-sponsored by the City of Flagstaff, Lowell Observatory and the Keystone Center.

Joint Meeting With IMSA

by Stephen Doubek | Jun 19, 2014

Over 75 people attended the Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) workshop held June 19, 2014 to discuss lessons learned regarding the implementation and operations of the FYA . The panel discussion was led by representatives from City of Phoenix, City of Chandler, City of Scottsdale and City of Mesa. Flashing Yellow Arrow is a new type of left-turn signal approved by the MUTCD. The concept has been gradually adopted by the municipalities in the greater Phoenix area.

2014 ITS World Congress

by Stephen Doubek | Jun 10, 2014

ITS America is proud to host for the first time in its history, the ITS World Congress in the birthplace of America’s auto industry, Detroit, Michigan, September 7-11, 2014. Join us and the world’s leading transportation policy makers, researchers, high-tech innovators, engineers, and business professionals from more than 65 countries as we gather with the goal of bringing greater levels of safety, efficiency, sustainability and connectivity to transportation systems worldwide and strive to Reinvent Transportation in our Connected World.

Be amongst the expected 10,000 transportation professionals that will descend on Detroit later this year.

ITS Arizona / Arizona ITE Joint Meeting

by Stephen Doubek | April 25, 2014

On April 25th, a joint meeting with Arizona ITE was held in at the City of Scottsdale. Scott Clark of Clark Electric Sales presented on Transportation Technology Systems – Past, Present, Future – Can I get An App For That? There were over 60 attendees with lunch sponsored by Clark Electric Sales. Following the meeting, attendees were able to tour the new City of Scottsdale’s Traffic Management Center.

Thank you Clark Electric Sales for your informative presentation and yummy lunch.

2014 ITS Training Opportunities

by Stephen Doubek | April 10, 2014

Improving Highway Safety with ITS (May 2 through June 21, 2014) 1.0 CEUs

This course aims to increase awareness of the benefits to be gained through the deployment of ITS for highway safety applications. Throughout the course, a series of “hands on” activities leads participants from identification and prioritization of highway safety priority areas to formulation of organization- and individual-level actions to mitigate the challenges at hand.

ITS Arizona Technical Workshop

by Stephen Doubek | Jan 15, 2014

On January 15, 2014, ITS Arizona’s Technical Session featured speaker Joseph Perez, Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Phoenix. With approximately 30 members in attendance, Joe presented on the topic Bicycle Crossings, Lanes, and Detection in the City of Phoenix.

Future Cities Competition

by Stephen Doubek | Jan 11, 2014

Scott Miller, Ratna Korepella and Jamie Blakeman from ITS Arizona participated as judges for the Future Cities Competition in January 2014. The Best Future Transportation System award was awarded to Maricopa Wells Middle School. Congratulations Maricopa Wells Middle School!!!