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Friday November 7, 2008

   

University of Washington Club, lower level

 
  8:00 - 9:00 Check In & Student Breakfast
 
  9:00 - 4:30 Open poster viewing
 
  9:00 - 9:15 Opening remarks and ice breaker
 
  9:15 - 10:15

Panel presentation

  • Ted Day, Transportation Planner, Service Planning, King County Metro
  • Robin Mayhew, Program Manager, Transportation Planning, Puget Sound Regional Council
  • Paul Coffelt, ITS Engineer, City of Lynnwood
  • Bill McGurk, Civil Engineer, SvR Design
  • Christine Wolf, Regional Transportation Program Planner, Seaport, Port of Seattle
 
  10:15 - 10:30 Break
 
  10:30 - 12:10 Student Presentations
 
   
10:30 - 10:50 An Area-Wide System for Coordinated Ramp Meter Control
  Kenneth Perrine, University of Washington
 
10:50 - 11:10 Transition Feartures Near A Freeway Congestion
  Wei Feng, Portland State University
 
11:10 - 11:30 Pavement Interactive - Maps
  Nevin Freeman, University of Washington
 
11:30 - 11:50 Low-cost Data Collection and Estimation of Roundabout Traffic Volumes
  Raul Avelar, Oregon State University
 
11:50 - 12:10 Reliability Measures – Which Statistics Will Actually Help Manage Our Roadways?
  Kari Watkins, University of Washington
 
  12:10 - 1:00 Student Conference Lunch
 
  1:00 - 1:30 Student Poster Session
 
  1:30 - 3:10 Student Presentations
 
   
1:30 - 1:50 What are learning from Washington's first HOT lanes?
  Todd Merkins, University of Washington
 
1:50 - 2:10 Adding Sustainability Performance Measures to a Transportation Data Archive
  Alex Bigazzi, Portland State University
 
2:10 - 2:30 Using Mobile GIS for Assessing Accessibility of Pedestrian Facilities / OU Bike Loan Program
  Tim Brass/Price Armstrong, University of Oregon
 
2:30 - 2:50 Evaluation the Data Accuracy of Loop Detectors in Adaptive Signal Control Systems
  Meead Saberi Kalaee, Portland State University
 
2:50 - 3:10 Pedestrian Collisions on City Streets, King County, 1999-2004
  Junfeng Jiao, University of Washington
 
  3:10 - 3:30 Voting and Break
 
  3:30 - 4:30

Keynote Address

  • Dr. Stephen D. Van Beek, President & CEO, Eno Transportation Foundation
 
  4:30 - 4:45 Presentation of Awards and Closing Remarks
 
  4:45 - 6:00 Unhosted happy hour/Dinner