Important Links
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Photos
ITS Georgia, ITS Tennessee and
Tennessee Section, ITE held a successful joint meeting in
Chattanooga, September 24 - 26, 2006. Scroll down to find
session presentations, photos and links to our sponsors.
Session 1
Session Moderator
Gena Wilder (Transportation Engineer, GRTA)
Presenters
Suzanne Murtha (Director of Vehicle Safety Systems,
ITSAmerica)
ITSAmerica Overview, Policies, Outreach and Project
Examples
Marsha Anderson Bomar
(President, StreetSmarts)
In the Beginning, There Were Champions and They Were
Good...
Marion Waters (Senior VP,
Gresham, Smith and Partners)
Implementation of ITS Practice in Georgia
David Stansell (President,
Stansell Electric)
The Tennessee Chapter of ITS America
Don Dahlinger (Assistant
Director-ITS, Tennessee DOT)
What’s So Smart About TDOT SmartWay?
Session 2
Session Moderator
Steve Allen (Director-Project Planning, Tennessee DOT)
Presenters
Taylor Stukes (Sr. Transpo Engineer, Gresham, Smith and
Partners)
Georgia DOT Ramp-Meter Roll-Out
Carla Holmes (State
Traffic Operations Engineer, Georgia DOT)
FAST FORWARD and Future Georgia DOT ITS Project Lettings
H. Gupta Borra (Senior Project Manager, Farradyne)
Keith Materi (Technician, MasTec)
Nashville-Area ITS Maintenance Program
John Benditz (Senior VP,
Kimley-Horn & Associates)
Rural ITS Deployment in Tennessee
Session 3
Session Moderator
Kenny Voorhies (Senior Associate, Cambridge Systematics)
Presenters
Rodney Chester (Senior VP, Gresham, Smith and Partners)
Wireless Communications for Freeway Management Systems:
A Case Study
Param Sankar (Associate,
Cambridge Systematics)
Managing Work Zone Safety and Mobility
Bob Weithofer
(Transportation Manager, Metro-Nashville)
Nashville Wayfinding & Traffic Guidance Program
Monica Luck
(Communications Specialist, Georgia DOT)
ITS & Event Management in Georgia
Session 4
Session Moderator
Carla Holmes (State Traffic Operations Engineer, Georgia
DOT)
Presenters
Gary Millsaps (HERO Unit Manager, Georgia DOT)
HERO Unit/Incident Management in Georgia
Ken Flynn (Region 2
Construction Engineer, TennesseeDOT)
Steve Meyer (Assistant VP, Volkert & Associates)
Chattanooga CCTV Deployment
Henry DeVries (Captain,
New York State Police)
I-95 Coalition Tool Kit
Dan Shamo (Senior VP, URS)
A New Strategy for Reducing Right Angle Collisions at
Intersections
Session 5
Session Moderator
John Van Winkle (City Traffic Engineer, City of
Chattanooga)
Presenters
John Hall (Motorist Information Coordinator, Tennessee
DOT)
511 Roll-Out in Tennessee
Jeff Short (Senior
Research Associate, ATRI)
Trucking and the US/Canadian Border: Measurements of
Border Crossing Efficiency
Ralph Robinson (President,
VII Consortium)
The VII Initiative from a Car Company Perspective (Movie
1 ,
Movie 2 )
Linda Dodge (Public Safety
Coordinator, ITS Joint Program Office)
Public Safety & ITS: From "Death in a Ditch" to Life in
the Fast (but congested) Lane
Photos