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Karen Aspelin, PE, PTOE Western District President

 Brainchild of Randy McCourt  First RFP in 2004  Win-win: students get the experience and the cash, professionals get the data  Administered by District Technical Chair

 To generate relevant technical data in the West for transportation engineers and planners  To facilitate ITE Student Chapter activity and student mentoring by transportation professionals  To focus on practical, day ‐ to ‐ day, minor research in transportation engineering and planning  To focus on the collection of basic data  To provide funds to student chapters that may be used to offset travel costs for students to attend ITE meetings, which help them to better understand the transportation profession by meeting a wide range of working members

Dad – electrical engineer Mom - writer

Karen Aspelin, PE, PTOE Western District President

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 80 person-hours of data collection and reduction • three observations of the 7 AM to 6 PM period for trip counts • three observations of 12 consecutive hours of parking occupancy

 Trip generation and parking generation forms  Abstract of the project in no more than 500 words  Schedule: RFP in October, notice-to- proceed in November, projects must be complete by the following summer

 Sporting goods superstores (Sports Authority, Dick’s, Cabela’s, REI, Bass Pro Shops)  Downtown housing complexes and TODs  Coffee shops with drive-through service  Small offices  Multiplex theaters  IKEA or Wal-Mart stores  Schools  Gas station hybrids  Sports parks  Mini-warehouses  Resorts (ski, hotel, other)

 Pass-by trip data  Parking facility speed data  Other data  Must get permission from the property owner!

utilize vs. use

 Every year about 18 proposals are received, but only five can receive funding of $1,000 each.  Program has become so successful that International started its own program (they receive close to 25 proposals for the five available grants).

Grants Awarded by the Western District 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

 Drive-through coffee shop(6)  Downtown housing complex (4)  Elementary school (3)  Gas station with fast food (3)  Multiplex theater (3)  Small office building (3)  Transit-oriented development (3)  Gas station with mini-mart (2)

 Sporting goods superstore  Small commercial airport  Grocery store with gas station  Community center  High school  IKEA  Mini-warehouse  Ski resort  Soccer complex  Wal-Mart

acronyms and abbreviations

acronym can be pronounced without needing to spell out the letters

 WIM  ESAL  TIGER  MRCOG  SONAR  SCUBA  LASER

 ITE  FHWA  TRB  PHF  PDN  AADT  DHV

 “Establishing Pedestrian Walking Speeds”  “Saturation Flow Rates at Signalized Intersections with High Pedestrian Volumes”  “Calibration of Capacity Parameters for Signalized Intersections in Hawaii”  “Right-Turn-On-Red Field Data Collection”  “Speed Data Collection in a Parking Lot Circulation Road”

 Submitted to ITE HQ for consideration in Trip Generation and Parking Generation manuals  Presented at annual meetings in sessions and in poster sessions  Posted on westernite.org (Google it!)

 466 Snow Ski Area  488 Soccer Complex  520 Elementary School  760 Research and Development Center  861 Sporting Goods Superstore  869 Discount Home Furnishing Superstore (2)  937 Coffee Shop with Drive- Through (4)  938 Coffee Shop with Drive- Through and No Indoor Seating

 445 Multiplex Movie Theater (3)  937 Coffee Shop with Drive-Through (2)

 The next District RFP goes out in October • Encourage students to submit a proposal • Serve as a mentor  Collect data as part of your work and submit to ITE  To sections and chapters: Why not fund a data collection project for your own students?

 Small technical college  Schools for students with special needs  Swim club  Commuter airports  Downtown hotels  Feed lot  Catering facility  Aquarium

 Age-restricted residential developments  Microbrewery  Homes with mother-in-law’s quarters  Fast food restaurants with drive-through that don’t serve breakfast  Funeral home  College student apartments

“ The semicolon is the most feared punctuation on Earth.” - unknown

“The topic was timely; many in the room could remember a time just recently when they were unsure whether a semicolon or a comma was appropriate.”

“Traffic, land, and environmental planners; civil, chemical, and electrical engineers; and archeologists are all guilty of misusing the semicolon.”

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