Volume 11 Number 8 Conveyances · 35th ANNIVERSARY Conveyances Inside this issue: Committee Reports...

INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS The Official Newsletter of the ITE Colorado/Wyoming Section

35th ANNIVERSARY Conveyances

Inside this issue:

Committee Reports 2

Treasurer’s Report 8

Kurmudgeon’s Korner 9

Announcements 11

Events Calendar 12

Job Opportunities 16

June 2008 Volume 11 Number 8

Colorado-Wyoming Section Members:

It is with mixed emotions that I write this last Presi-dent’s message. I have enjoyed being the President of the Colorado/Wyoming Section. There are so many great

members that I have had a chance to meet and get to know over the last year. Watching the Section grow and change has also been exciting. With all of the joys comes a tremendous effort to keep things organized and moving forward. I will still be involved after my presidency is finished, but I will have a little more free time in my life.

The Section voted for the new leaders for the upcoming year and as expected Craig Faessler and Ben Waldman were elected as President and Vice President despite write-in campaigns from some prominent Disney characters as well as John Elway. Congratulations to Greg MacKinnon who was elected Secretary/Treasurer. He is another of the great leaders who will become Section Presi-dent in the future. Thank you to Dave Baskett for running for Secretary/Treasurer.

The Executive Committee met recently to reflect on the past year and plan for the upcoming year. Here are some of the highlights from the past year that we discussed.

• District 6 Activities Award. The Colorado/Wyoming Section was selected the top section in District 6 for the sec-ond year in a row. As you remember,

we were selected by ITE as the best section in the entire organization last year. • 35th Anniversary Celebration. The Section celebrated its 35th anniver-sary at the December meeting. One of the highlights of the meeting was to recognize all of the past presidents of the Section at the meeting. It was great to see all of these leaders assem-bled in one room. • Outside Speakers. We invited Peter Park from the City of Denver and Gene Hawkins from Texas A&M to speak at two of our Section meetings this year. In addition to being enter-taining, they both spoke on topics that we haven’t addressed before. • Outstanding Newsletter. Greg MacKinnon has transformed the news-letter into a very professional looking publication. His efforts are appreciated by the members of the Section. Here are some goals for that the Execu-tive Committee discussed for the up-coming year.

• Website. A task force began plan-ning for a new website. That effort will be completed this year so that it can be brought on-line. • Local Affiliates. The Local Affili-ate membership status will be reviewed to determine how to better manage these members so that they are in-formed of activities in the Section. • Identify Office and Agency Champions. To increase participation, Membership Chairman Melissa Rosas will be working to identify a person in each organization who will encourage

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Candidate for 2009 ITE International Vice President

Vote for Gene Wilson, a Colorado-Wyoming

Section Member

Upcoming Events

Golf Nostalgia Tour Estes Park

July 11, 2008

Section Golf Tournament

Vista Ridge

September 5, 2008

June 2008 CONVEYANCES

people to participate in ITE events and help remind people to register for meet-ings. • Possible Alternate Meeting For-mats. Some alternate meeting formats are being considered to offer a different meeting experience. Two examples in-clude: holding a meeting in the evening once during the year and holding a poster session on a specific topic in place of a speaker, which could increase the available time for networking. • Invite New Members to Happy Hour. In an effort to get new members more involved, they will be personally in-vited by Melissa Rosas to specific happy hours and other activities. It has been a pleasure serving you.

Joe Henderson President Colorado-Wyoming Section ITE

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Continuing Education Committee by Karl Packer, Chair

Thanks to those who attended the May 20th webinar “Red Light Camera System Development and Placement for Intersec-tion Safety”. I think that those who at-tended would agree that the webinar was quite informative.

The Continuing Education Committee will resume hosting monthly webinars and/or training events in August. Have a nice summer.

Activities Committee by Eric Boivin, Chair

Do you want another motorcycle ride this summer? Please send me an e-mail to indicate your interest.

If you have an idea for a group activity we should consider, please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected].

Student Chapter Update by Rhonda Young, Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming ITE student chapter recently completed queuing and trip generation data collection at three cof-fee shops with drive-up facilities in the Front Range region. This effort was for a project awarded by ITE District 6 on a competitive basis that provides funds to student chapters for collecting data. Bill Hange and Derek Schuler from the City of Loveland served as mentors for the pro-ject. Funds raised from the project will be used to help send a group of students to the District 6/International ITE meeting in Anaheim this August.


A Colorado/Wyoming Section of ITE lunch-eon was held on Friday, May 9, 2008 at the Embassy Suites Denver Tech Center. Sec-tion President, Joe Henderson, presided over the meeting that was attended by 97 members and guests. Prior to the lunch-eon meeting, a MUTCD Review Session was included that summarized the pro-posed MUTCD changes to the next edition. The luncheon meeting began with an intro-duction of those distinguished speakers that presented the various sections of MUTCD changes.

Section Newsletter Editor, Greg MacKinnon, introduced Karl Packer as the April quiz winner. Joe Henderson intro-duced candidates for ITE offices. Candi-dates for Section Secretary/Treasurer, Greg MacKinnon and Dave Baskett, gave speeches regarding their candidacy. Allen Albers gave a speech on behalf of Larry Wymer as a candidate for District 6 Secre-tary-Treasurer. Gene Wilson gave a speech for International Vice President and reminded the membership that voting opens July 9th. Joe Henderson also an-nounced that Alex Ariniello was candidate for District 6 International Director, but was not able to attend.

Scot Lewis introduced Jenna Buddemeyer, University of Wyoming, and Michelle Ed-wards, University of Wyoming, as winners of the Section Scholarship, and presented them each with a check for $500.00.

Dave Hattan introduced Rhonda Young as this year’s recipient of the Transportation Professional of the Year Award. Rhonda

May Meeting Highlights by Curtis Rowe, Section Scribe

Jenna Buddemeyer and Michelle Edwards receive scholarships from Scot Lewis Young made an acceptance speech and

thanked her predecessors and the Section members.

Section Vice President, Craig Faessler, then introduced the program speaker, Mr. H. Gene Hawkins, Jr., PhD, P.E., Associate Professor, Texas A&M University. Mr. Hawkins presented MUTCD: Where it’s


Rhonda Young receives Transportation Professional of the Year Award


Golf Committee by John Seyer, Golf Chair

Been and Where it’s Going.

The Colorado/Wyoming Section contact is Joe Henderson of Short Elliott and Hen-drickson, Inc., 303-441-5401; [email protected]. Also, please visit our Section’s website at www.cowyite.org.


Gene Hawkins presenting the history of the MUTCD

Technical Committee by Scott Thomas, Chair

As we move towards summer break the technical committee is moving forward with the roundabout research study. Alex Ariniello, LSC, is leading that effort and has been populating the database with infor-mation from agencies across Colorado. During the summer, I would encourage you to keep “up to speed” with your tech-nical knowledge. There is a lot to keep track of within our profession. One place to start is the proposed changes to the MUTCD, as they will affect each of us. It is not too late to provide comments to the proposed changes and this month’s Tech-nical Interest Column provides a brief sum-mary of some of changes being consid-ered.

I would also like to share a website I stum-bled upon (www.thenewspaper.com). The website is self-described as “a journal cov-ering motoring issues around the world from a political perspective.” I have found that many of the articles are very telling about the changes in technology and how the public is reacting to them. Of course, another resource is the ITE website at www.ite.org.

ITE Golf Tournament

This year’s Colorado-Wyoming Section ITE Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, September 5th at the Vista Ridge Golf Club. Vista Ridge is located along State Highway 7 in Erie, roughly three miles west of I-25. This is the same course that we played in September 2006. Vista Ridge has offered us an affordable return trip for this year, maintaining the $90/player fee that we paid in 2006. We were treated to a well-maintained golf course and fantastic food when we played there and we expect even better treatment this year.

Information will be available on the Section website at www.cowyite.org within the next couple of weeks, including the regis-tration form and a request for sponsorship. Corporate sponsorships are always appreci-ated as they help provide participants with excellent competition and attendance prizes, as well as scholarships for students and members.

We look forward to seeing you in Septem-ber at Vista Ridge Golf Club!

ITE “Golf Nostalgia Tour” – Lake Estes Golf Course

The golf committee has also assembled an informal golf get-together in Estes Park on Friday, July 11th to commemorate the 35th anniversary of our Section. Before the committee started moving our annual tour-nament from one golf course to another back in the early 1990s, our annual tourna-ment was held in Estes Park. This year’s informal get-together, called the “ITE Golf Nostaglia Tour,” promises to be an enter-taining opportunity to play golf in this beautiful town and hear great golf stories from our Section’s “old timers;” if we’re lucky, they’ll even throw in a few quips about the pig roasts.

The sign-up sheet for the Nostalgia Tour is available on the Section’s website.

We hope to see you in Estes on July 11th!

If you have any questions about either golf event, please contact John Seyer at [email protected] or Craig Faessler at [email protected].


Membership Committee by Melissa Rosas, Chair

Let’s welcome the following new members to our section:

• Danny Montoya, Navjoy Consulting Services, Inc.

• Anne Tully, City of Arvada The following have made some recent em-ployment changes:

• Karl Buchholz is with Muller Engi-neering Company, Inc.

• Duane Cleere is with DMJM Harris, Inc.

• Kari McDowell has formed McDowell Engineering, LLC

• Joe Olson is the City Traffic Engineer with City of Fort Collins.

If you recently joined ITE, changed jobs, or have been recognized for a particular achievement (such as receiving award or passing your P.E.), let me know so we can mention it in an upcoming Conveyances newsletter. Please email your news to me at [email protected].

If you do have a change in employment and are a National Member, it is important to change your information with the na-tional database by going to www.ite.org. However, if you are a Section Affiliate, make sure to give your change in employ-ment with the local Membership Chair at [email protected].


Member Profile by Melissa Rosas, Membership Chair, and Bob Kochevar

Nate Larson is a Senior Transporta-tion Engineer with URS. He has been a member of ITE since he was a student member at the Uni-versity of Washing-ton in 1992. He re-ceived both his Bachelor’s of Science (1994) and Masters (1999) in Civil Engi-neering at the Uni-

versity of Washington. He was born in Columbus, Ohio and moved just before pre-school to Washington. He currently lives in Thornton with his wife and six chil-dren, ranging in age from 12 years to 4 months. His mother has coined Nate’s children as the ‘Natelets’.

What challenges you about working in the field of transportation? I like working on things that you can see and I also like that what we do helps people - the “civic” relationship of Civil Engineering. I like the idea of ‘place-building’ and I en-joy working with others. And let’s just say I am in transportation because I didn’t like the smell of wastewater.

What would you do differently if you could start your career life over? I left Seattle for Denver so I would have gone to work for Microsoft in 1994, even if I was sweeping floors for that company. I have buddies that went to work for Microsoft and are now retiring.

What has been your biggest accom-plishment in this field? I would say working on the Convention Center Expan-sion project. I felt like my role bridged the trust and cooperation between RTD and Denver. It was a complex project combin-ing light rail and roadway with security issues and logistics with numerous stake-holders and we successfully worked through it.

What historical figure do you admire and why? Henry Barnes is my first pick. He knew what it meant to be on the fore-front of transportation. He was innovative

and not afraid to try new things. My alter-nate answer is Robert Moses. He brought singularity of purpose to his job and atten-tion to detail as he shaped urban planning. He was a figure to admire for all that he accomplished.

Describe a typical weekend night? I would definitely be at home, usually read-ing to my children. I can recite to you the The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle by heart. We also play games with the kids and usually ones that they have made up themselves.

If you could be any flavor of ice cream, which would it be and why? Rocky Road because you have to be a little nuts to work in this field.

What is your best ITE moment? I ac-cepted the Transportation Professional of the Year Award in 2002. It was great to have an opportunity to recognize all the folks that have shaped my career. A close second was my introducing John Hick-enlooper at the Symposium in 2004.

In an effort to get to know our members better, a regular Conveyances articles is this personal profile in which we feature one of our ITE members. If you are inter-ested in interviewing someone or being interviewed, please contact Melissa Rosas a t 3 0 3 - 3 9 0 - 5 9 0 1 o r a t [email protected] Thank you.


Technical Committee Interest Column by Gary R. Johnson, PE, PTOE, Fellow

How much will the new MUTCD cost you?

Greetings – After attending the CO/WY ITE Section briefing on the Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) to the MUTCD, I felt compelled to take a closer look at the pos-sible fiscal impacts of some of the pro-posed changes. I quickly concluded there will be significant fiscal impact to future Public Works budgets due to these pro-posed changes. I prepared (in collabora-tion with Chuck Dreesen, Larry Corcoran and others) a selected list of the proposed changes and added a subjective analysis of the fiscal impact of each to illustrate this point (go to links below). Draw your own conclusions!

http://www.cowyite.org/pdf/MUTCDNPA.pdf

http://www.cowyite.org/pdf/SelectedItemsNPA.doc

The intent of providing you with this docu-ment is to:

1. Remind you that the deadline for comments on the NPA is drawing near,

2. Draw our attention to some of the most significant changes,

3. Provide one opinion of the implied unfunded mandate (fiscal impact),

4. Encourage you to take a closer look at the NPA and make your own de-termination as to how much it will cost your organization,

5. Provide “talking points” when enlist-ing support/interest from others (Public Works managers, elected officials and the like), and

6. Encourage you to send your com-ments on the NPA to FHWA prior to the deadline of July 31, 2008

For more information on the MUTCD and the NPA go to: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/res-notices.htm

For copies of the NPA text, charts and fig-ures go to: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/proposed_amend/index.htm

To make comments directly to FHWA, mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. De-partment of Transportation, Dockets Man-agement Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, or submit electronically at www.regulations.gov or fax comments to (202) 493–2251. All comments must include the docket number (FHWA–2007–28977) and title of the publi-cation, “National Standards for Traffic Con-trol Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Revision.”

DO IT before JULY 31, 2008!!!

I would recommend using the mail or fax.


Treasurer’s Report by Ben Waldman, Section Secretary/Treasurer

Amount Amount10-Apr 6-Jun Difference

Checking $8,221.14 $7,268.99 -$952.15Savings $4,423.55 $4,429.54 $5.99

Scholarship Fund $7,173.55 $7,186.46 $12.91Certificate of Deposit $10,498.56 $10,498.56 $0.00

Total $30,316.80 $29,383.55 -$933.25

Account Balances as of June 6, 2008

Category AmountInterest $18.90 Interest for Checking, Savings and Scholarship Fund AccountsContinuing Education $200.00 Income from April and May WebcastsLuncheon Payment $1,905.00 May Luncheon PaymentsSymposium Income $659.10 Symposium Income (check from WTS)Employment Ads $50.00 Employment Ad for Drexel BarellMembership Dues $3,396.00 Payment from District and a few new members paymentsGolf 08 Income $1,150.00 Sponsrships for 08 Tournament

Total Income $7,379.00

Category AmountActivities $90.00 Happy HourAdministrative Expenses $57.76 New Checks and misc expensesAwards Expense $52.68 Transportation Proffesional of the Year PlaqueContinuing Education $235.25 April and May webcast costsExecutive Committee Meetings $169.16 Lunch for April EC meetingGolf 08 Expense $41.00 Golf Planning MeetingLuncheon Expenses $4,988.40 Expense for May LuncheonScholarship $1,000.00 Two Scholarships awardedStudent Chapter Expense $1,678.00 Funding for UW tirp to Dist. 6 meeting

Total Expenses $8,312.25

Overall Total -$933.25

Note

Cash Flow Summary April 10, 2008 through June 6, 2008

Note


Well … gas prices con-tinue to make the news big-time, which will probably delay any thoughts of a gas tax increase for the fore-seeable future. Of course, CDOT’s contin-ued funding shortfall appears to be in even further trouble. Four

dollars which is now thought to be going to five is apparently a less sensitive issue than any new taxes? Its an interesting economics mystery that, from my perspec-tive, will continue until there is too much of a risk that true conservation measures are imminent, at which time, as it did just a few years ago, the price of oil will magi-cally drop.

One measure of the real cost of fuel not being a real problem is my previously ref-erenced 1960 price comparison. Back then the 35 cent/gallon price at 12 mpg resulted in a 3 cents/mile cost to operate a new $2,000 2-door Chevy Biscayne. In today’s dollars that’s equivalent to a $16,000 car at 24 cents/mile until you take into account that the average mileage has doubled (with a Prius its quadrupled). Thus the current average vehicle fuel cost is more like 16 cents/mile (8 cents for Prius driv-ers). In order to reach the 1960 equiva-lent 24 cents/mile gas would have to be more like $6.00/gallon (what I paid for gas in Europe a number of years ago) If anyone still owns a Geo Metro (developed for the last gas crisis) you are back in style!

MUTCD Update

The recent ITE seminar on the MUTCD brought to mind a continuing issue as to what constitutes “engineering judgment” as it applies to traffic control applications. The recent editions of the manual have become quite specific as to the “standard” versus “option” differential, but I continue to find in litigation testimony describing situations where it’s OK not to implement a “standard” because the manual allows someone with an engineering title to make

Kurmudgeon’s Korner #42 By Ron Hensen, [email protected]

that call. In one recent litigation case, this logic was followed (without documenta-tion) in spite of there being a Federal stat-ute with the identical wording that has been adopted verbatim by the manual. How then does one explain this apparent contradiction to a jury of citizen peers with little or no background save being experi-enced drivers when there is a seriously injured party?

Failures

Did you know that this year is the 71st birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge? It’s even older than me. Also this year comes the report on the Minneapolis bridge fail-ure. It suggests inadequate design and cutbacks in the bridge inspection/repair program combined with storage of rehab construction materials on the deck.

The latest copy of the ASCE Journal has a long article on bridge design development as well as serious failures. One such type



of failure that is of particular interest to me is connection bolt fatigue because of its recent AASHTO application in traffic signal pole design. Over the past 25 years I have been involved in the installation of over 100 of the modular design poles with no indication of failure. However, I have re-cently been involved in litigation (not in Colorado) arising out of a modular mast arm of similar design falling on a passing vehicle. The injured driver’s consulting expert asserted that since the mast arm’s attachment bolts do not meet the current AASHTO requirements that their failure was due to fatigue caused by wind-load. While that litigation matter has since been settled between the parties, the significant issue continues to be why the bolts would have failed at their strongest point (the heads popped off!) instead of their weak-est point (thread roots). Intellectual feed-back would be appreciated for future refer-ence.

HOV Lanes

As a frequent user of the South Santa Fe corridor I have a lot of time to observe the users of the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes of whom a significant percentage appear to fail to have visible passengers during the restricted hours. While there often is law enforcement present, the re-stricted geometry combined with time it takes to complete a violation stop seems to encourage drivers to take the chance. This situation seems to be the opposite of the intent of the investment in the HOV lanes.

Quiz

The lunch quiz questions come from a re-cent IMSA Journal. Can you name the per-son credited with inventing the crosswalk and who designed the circular traffic pat-tern around the Arc de Triomphe, and what is his sobriquet?

Adieu

As they say, all good things must come to an end and sometimes even those with questionable value. In this case, having reached into my 71st year, I feel I have been the Kurmudgeon long enough. It is time for another to emerge. Thanks for your interest.


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Section Announcements

Section Seeks Enthusiastic Member to take over Editorial Chair

The Executive Committee is looking for members who are interested in the posi-tion of Newsletter Editor. The Newsletter Editor serves as a chair of the Editorial Committee, which is in charge of editing, proofing, and publishing the Section newsletter under the supervision of the Secretary/Treasurer.

The Section publishes between seven and eight newsletters a year and is looking for someone with the enthusiasm to tackle this rewarding position.

This position will be appointed by the in-coming Section President and would take over duties for the September 2008 issue of the newsletter.

Members who are interested or would like more information are asked to contact the Section President, Joe Henderson at (303) 442-3130 or [email protected].

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RECRUITING: ITE CHAMPIONS

The ITE Colorado-Wyoming Section is seeking Champions to represent and pro-mote ITE in their respective office of em-ployment.

What is an ‘ITE Champion’?

An ‘ITE Champion’ is someone who is en-thusiastic about the ITE organization and wants to help promote and develop the organization with their colleagues in their business office.

What are the responsibilities of a ‘ITE Champion’?

‘ITE Champions’ would receive e-mail no-tifications (in addition to the general ITE membership mailings) about upcoming luncheons, networking events, profes-sional development seminars and any other event that ITE sponsors. The ‘ITE Champions’ would help spread the word to individuals who you think may benefit the most from these events. The informa-tion can be presented at staff meetings, marketing meetings (if applicable), posted in a central location, or told to the manag-ers of your organization for them to dis-seminate this information.

What are the benefits of being a ‘ITE Champion’?

This is a great way to stay active within ITE and be the face of ITE for your em-ployment office. It is a great networking tool not only for within your employment office but also to meet others in the in-dustry.

How do I become an ‘ITE Champion’?

The ‘ITE Champions’ would be members of the Membership Committee, so if you are interested in becoming an ITE Cham-pion for your employment office, please contact the local Membership Chair M e l i s s a R o s a s a t [email protected].

District 6 List of Candidates

The District 6 election will begin July 16th. Below is the list of candidates campaign-ing for district positions:

President Monica M. Suter

Vice President Michael Sanderson

Secretary-Treasurer Edgar Perez Larry Wymer

International Director Ken Ackeret Alex Ariniello

New Section Officers Elected for 2008-2009

Please welcome and give your support to the new Colorado-Wyoming Section Offi-cers for 2008-9. Thank you to the mem-bership that took time to vote and espe-cially to the candidates to volunteer to run for office.

The voting results are as follows:

President: Craig Faessler Vice President : Ben Waldman Secretary-Treasury: Greg MacKinnon


Events Calendar

Please send events to be posted in this calendar to Greg MacKinnon, Newsletter Editor, [email protected].

August 17-20, 2008 ITE 2008 Annual Meeting District 6 Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA

August 2008

September 5, 2008 CO/WY ITE Section Golf Tournament Vista Ridge, CO

September 2008

June 2008

June 15 –19, 2008 2008 Freeway and Tollway Operations Conference Ft Lauderdale, FL

November 16-20, 2008 15th World Congress on Intelligent Trans-port Systems & ITS America’s 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition New York, NY

November 2008

July 2008

July 11, 2008 CO-WY Estes Park Golf Outing Estes Park, CO


Karl Packer was the first to respond with the correct answer to the last Puzzle Ma-niac. Karl elected to contribute his prize to the scholarship fund.

In this issue, all the puzzles from this sea-son are shown solved for those interested in the answers.

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“It is always in the last place you look”

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CITY OF CHEYENNE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN The City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, is seeking an experienced Traffic Signal Technician. This position reports to the Direc-tor of Traffic Operations and is responsible for the installation, maintenance and repair of citywide traffic signals and electrical traffic control devices. It requires the ability to oversee and inspect work performed by utility companies, con-tractors, and other departments in the installation of traffic control devices. The successful applicant will manage a pre-ventive maintenance program for approximately 120 signals within the urban area, maintain an adequate inventory of signal and electrical replacement parts, operate and maintain City traffic signal control systems and possess a working knowledge of basic theories and concepts with respect to computerized and other master control systems. The success-ful applicant must diagnose malfunctions and perform repairs during and after regular working hours and respond to lo-cates for underground signal wire and conduit. Selected candidate will have IMSA Level 1 certification in Traffic Signals with the ability to obtain Level II certification within 12 months of date of hire. A valid drivers license and pre-employment drug/alcohol screening is required. The position pays $3,033 to $3,900 per month, depending on level of experience, and includes an excellent benefits pack-age. On-call time and overtime is in addition to this pay package. For more information and a complete job description, visit http://www.cheyennecity.org or call (307) 637-6340. The City of Cheyenne is the northern anchor of the rapidly growing Rocky Mountain Front Range. Just 90-minutes from Denver, Cheyenne is the State Capital of Wyoming. Cheyenne's mission is to be a 'Community of Choice' where people from all walks of life can live and thrive. Located at the intersection of Interstates 80 and 25, Cheyenne is experiencing significant growth, with a population approaching 60,000.


Transportation Planner/Engineer – Travel Demand Modeling

The Colorado office of LSA Associates, located in historic Old Town Fort Collins, is seeking a motivated transportation planner or engineer with 2 to 5 years of experience in travel demand model development and applications. Program-ming capability is an important requirement for this position, and database management and analysis are also desired.

About the Candidate – The selected candidate will work with a team of transportation planners, engineers, and other technical professionals to participate in travel demand model development, traffic forecasts, transportation planning studies, and transportation engineering studies and analyses. The successful candidate must communicate effectively and have excellent writing and research skills.

Example duties and responsibilities may include the following:

• Development of computer scripts and macros, technical analysis, and documentation to support the implementation of travel demand forecasting models • Development, implementation, and analysis of travel behavior surveys

• Utilizing travel models, intersection level of service software (e.g., Synchro, Traffix), micro-simulation software (e.g., VISSIM), and other computer resources to support planning and operational transportation studies Report writing, including documentation of complex topics in a concise and understandable manner Example experience, background, and capabilities of the successful candidate include:

• Experience with modern travel model software – TransCAD, VISUM, Cube/Voyager, etc. • Programming or scripting languages (e.g., Visual Basic, C++, Python, etc.)

• Traffic operations software (e.g., Synchro, Traffix, etc.) • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications • Research of transportation, land use, and environmental topics Spreadsheet (e.g., Excel) and database (e.g., Access) software applications LSA desires people who think critically, communicate effectively, and produce high-quality work products within specified timeframes. Successful candidates must be able to work on multiple assignments simultaneously and collaborate with professionals in other technical fields.

About the Firm - LSA is a diversified transportation, environmental, and community planning consulting firm. LSA is recognized as an innova-tor in the fields of long-range transportation planning and travel demand modeling and has de-veloped a reputation among clients and peers as being thorough, innovative, and objective. Owned by its more than 280 employees, LSA has offered to its client’s professional excellence, reliability, and continuity since 1975. Each Principal of the firm is personally responsible for the quality and timeliness of work. Our professionals build long-standing relation-ships with our clients through sound decision-making, collaboration, and creative solutions in all 10 of our offices throughout California and in Colorado. We offer an outstanding benefits package; including medical, dental, vision, life, group life, long-term care, and long-term disability insurance plans; vacation, sick, and holiday pay; an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); and a Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (with 401(k) and company match). LSA is an AA/EOE.

Fort Collins is an exciting community with a mild climate close to the Rocky Mountains. Our City ranks high on quality of life measures and offers numerous recreational opportunities.

LSA is an equal opportunity employer. Compensation is dependent upon qualifications. Position is open until filled.

Please send a cover letter and resume to the address below. Applicants are also encouraged to submit technical writing samples.

LSA Associates, Inc. Attn: Elissa Palmer, Office Manager 132 W. Mountain Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 970-494-1568 office 970-404-1579 fax

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Michael Baker Jr. Inc., a division of Michael Baker Corporation, seeks a Civil Engineer II for it’s Lakewood, Colorado Of-fice (Denver).

Ranked among the top 50 national design firms (ENR 2007), Michael Baker Corporation, a leading professional services firm, consistently providing targeted solutions, focuses on the complete life-cycle of our customers’ most complex engi-neering and operations challenges, worldwide. The company employs over 4,000 throughout 50 offices in the US and abroad.

The Colorado office is primarily focused on Federal and Transportation projects. Main clients are FEMA, the Regional Transportation District, and the Colorado Department of Transportation. On the federal side, civil engineers focus mainly on floodplain management, hydraulics and hydrology and program management. On the transportation side en-gineers and planners focus on public transit planning and design, construction management, and scheduling. Future projects would include bridge structures, highways and possibly airports.

The Civil Engineer II will assist with engineering development and preliminary engineering. The CE II will perform geo-metric design, traffic studies, cost estimating and marketing.

Requirements:

● 7-10 years experience

● Bachelor of Science Degree - Civil Engineering

● Professional Registration

● Microstation/Inroads

Michael Baker Corporation has a long-standing commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. In keep-ing with this commitment, we will continue recruitment, employment, compensation, terms, conditions, and privileges of employment of qualified persons without regard to gender, race, age, sex, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Individuals shall be judged solely on their job-related aptitude, training, skills, and performance.

We strive to instill a set of Core Values that include Safety, Customer Commitment, Valuing Our People, Open and Hon-est Communications, Teamwork and Innovation.

Baker offers an excellent benefits package that includes: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Additional Paid Time Off, Flex-Time, 401-K Retirement Plan, 100% Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Credit Union, and Savings Bond Purchase Program.

To apply for this position, please log on to www.mbakercorp.com/careers and reference IRC19056

EOE/AAP/MFVH/e-Verify


Drexel, Barrell & Co

Engineers/Surveyors

Drexel, Barrell & Co., established in 1949, is headquartered in Boulder, CO with branch offices in Colorado Springs, Greeley, Steamboat Springs and Grand Junction. Our Transportation Engineering Department per-forms street, highway, intersection, roundabout, safety, and access design services for public and private sector clients. We also provide traffic impact analyses and modeling throughout the State of Colorado

We currently have the immediate need for a Senior Transportation/Traffic Engineer in our Boulder office with at least 10 years of roadway design from preliminary through final design, including PS&E using AASHTO design standards, criteria, policies and procedures. BSCE and PE required, P.T.O.E + MSCE pre-ferred. Traffic modeling experience is a plus. Must be proficient in computer-aided design using AutoCAD. The selected candidate will be responsible for: • Design of streets, highways, and intersections. • Safety, access, and traffic calming analysis and design. • Traffic modeling, forecasting and impact analysis. • Working in teams internally and externally. • Public speaking and presentations. • Supervision of design team and producing plans, specifications, estimates, and models with minimal super-vision. • Excellent verbal/written communication skills Successfully managing multiple projects and tasks.

Personal Skills Required: • Self-motivated and diligent, with strong consensus building, technical and verbal/written communication skills. • Enthusiastic, flexible, and exhibits integrity. • Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Able to communicate with internal and external customers in a polite, courteous, and cooperative manner. Top candidate will have thorough knowledge of AASHTO design standards and policies and preferably a working knowledge of CDOT, local city and county standards and processes. Will have experience preparing and managing scopes, budgets, and schedules. Effective leadership ability, desire to mentor and coach junior staff, and strong communication skills with team orientation are essential. Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship. Our employee benefits include: a company-sponsored 401(k)/Retirement Plan, company paid health, dental, life, disability insurance, and Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts (Cafeteria Plan); training and develop-ment opportunities. Professional Engineer License renewal; and a friendly working environment in one of the most beautiful cities in the U.S. . If you have an interest in working with the recognized quality leader in transportation and traffic engineering, please send your resume and 3 references to: [email protected] or fax to: 720-562-9867. We also in-vite you to visit our website at http://www.drexelbarrell.com/.


JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Job Title: Transportation Planning Manager Annual Salary Range: $5,598-$8,061 per month

Applications will be screened once a week and accepted until position is filled.

Boulder County is a progressive community that encompasses over 740 square miles, is home to nearly 300,000 residents, supports an annual budget of $280 million, and includes some of the most diverse, natural landscapes and smart-growth development along the Front Range. Our County's leaders and employees have long held a commitment to being stewards of our land, environment and community. From visionary open space, land use and sustainability policies to forward-thinking public service programs, our county government helps foster a vibrant, healthy and active community. As individuals and an organization, we value and respect diversity, striving for a high qual-ity of life for all employees and residents. Our policies and practices reflect our dedication to providing the very best in public service.

Position Description The Boulder County Department of Transportation is seeking a Transportation Planning Manager to manage and direct the department’s planning and programming activities. This posi-tion reports to the Director and is responsible for managing the staff of the Transportation Planning Division which in-cludes: Land Use Development Review and Coordination; Al-ternative Transportation/Transit and Trails Planning; Right of Way/Roadway information; Access Review and Permitting; Regional, corridor, and project coordination, programming and planning efforts, and policy analysis, coordination and develop-ment. Additional duties include: conducting performance ap-praisals, counseling employees concerning performance and recommending personnel actions in the areas of hiring, termi-nation and discipline in cooperation with supervisors within the division; coordinating and representing the work of the Transportation Planning Division with other divisions, County departments, the Board of County Commissioners, municipal, State and Federal jurisdictions; coordinating the development and management of the division work program and budget, coordinating the development of the Department’s Capital Improvement Program and monitoring the implementation of the Department’s transportation planning and programming related activities; investigating potential funding sources and assisting in grant applications for the department; promoting the development of cooperative efforts with other County de-partments and jurisdictions which have authority over or that affect transportation matters in the County; assuming manage-ment and coordination responsibilities for special projects as assigned by the Director of Transportation; assisting the Direc-tor in the management of the department as part of the man-agement team; and serving in the Director’s role for planning matters when the Director is unavailable; and performing re-lated work as required.

Application Process An application must be completed for each position. No resumes accepted in lieu of application. Apply to Boulder County Human Re-sources, P.O. Box 471, Boulder, CO 80306; at the Courthouse East Wing at 2025 14th Street, Boulder, by fax 303-441-3494 or apply on line at www.bouldercounty.org. All new employees and rehires will be required to provide documentary proof of their eligibility for em-ployment. Boulder County is a public employer; therefore all applications are public information. Job line 303-441-4555 extension: 98035.

Qualifications Requires a Bachelor’s degree (a Graduate degree is preferred) in Plan-ning, Transportation Engineering, Public Administration or a closely related field. Must have four years of professional experience in trans-portation or community planning or engineering, including one year of supervisory experience. Experience working with a broad range of interests to develop solutions to difficult problems; experience working to integrate land use, environ-mental and mobility factors in developing sustainable multimodal trans-portation solutions is desirable. Experience in transportation planning for all modes and experience with policy development at the local, corridor, regional, and State level for multiple modes is preferred. Experience with Metropolitan Planning Organization procedures is also preferred. Benefits Boulder County is a progressive employer offering a stable working environ-ment, a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental and life insur-ance, PERA and Social Security retirement plans, wellness programs, flexible schedules, paid vacation and holidays, bus passes and more. Check us out at www.bouldercounty.org.

Deaf and hard of hearing assistance, call Relay Colorado 1-800-659-2656. Boulder County is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Job Title: Alternative Transportation Coordinator (Senior Planner) Annual Salary Range: $4,635-$6,675 per month

Applications will be accepted until May 21st, 2008.

Boulder County is a progressive community that encompasses over 740 square miles, is home to nearly 300,000 residents, supports an annual budget of $280 million, and includes some of the most diverse, natural landscapes and smart-growth development along the Front Range. Our County's leaders and employees have long held a commitment to being stewards of our land, environment and community. From visionary open space, land use and sustainability policies to forward-thinking public service programs, our county government helps foster a vibrant, healthy and active community. As individuals and an organization, we value and respect diversity, striving for a high qual-ity of life for all employees and residents. Our policies and practices reflect our dedication to providing the very best in public service.

Position Description The Boulder County Department of Transportation is seeking a self-directed Alternative Transportation Coordinator (ATC) to coordi-nate all aspects of the County’s alternative transportation system to include the planning, designing and funding of the system as well as coordinating the construction, maintenance and operations of the system. This system includes sidewalks, transit facilities, transit ser-vices, multi-use pathways, transportation demand management (TDM) activities, employee transportation, and the regional trails system. The ATC supervises the County’s Employee Transportation Coordinator, the Regional Trails Planner and the TDM Coordinator. The ATC provides updates, alternatives analysis and technical recommendations to the Planning Division Manager, Transportation Director and the Board of County Commissioners. Additional duties will include: coordinating with Parks and Open Space, Facilities, Sheriff, County Attorney and the Board of County Commissioners with regard to alternative transportation initiatives; presenting project updates and program proposals to community groups, town councils and internal and external staff groups; overseeing the Employee Transportation Coordination Program which includes: assisting employees with com-muting needs; managing the program to install bicycle racks at County facilities; supervising department intern in providing one-on-one assis-tance with transit passes, bicycle use, van pools, carpools; and bus schedules; assisting the Engineering and Planning Division managers with long-range Capital Improvement Projects’ planning which in-cludes meeting with the County Commissioners; providing assistance to the public with regard to alternative modes issues or questions posed to the Commissioner’s Office as well as the Parks and Open Space Department; developing, tracking and managing the annual budget for the Alternative Modes Program and PO’s for contracts including invoice approval, contracts for planning, design and con-struction and general fund operations; developing Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) applications for County projects to in-clude project descriptions and funding estimates while coordinating input from member cities and the Commissioner’s Office; and per-forming other related duties as required.

Application Process An application must be completed for each position. No resumes accepted in lieu of application. Apply to Boulder County Human Re-sources, P.O. Box 471, Boulder, CO 80306; at the Courthouse East Wing at 2025 14th Street, Boulder, by fax 303-441-3494 or apply on line at www.bouldercounty.org. All new employees and rehires will be required to provide documentary proof of their eligibility for em-ployment. Boulder County is a public employer; therefore all applications are public information. Job line 303-441-4555 extension: 98024

Qualifications Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Transportation Planning, Engineering, Urban Planning or a related field with an emphasis on transportation. Requires four years of professional experience in transportation plan-ning, and/or alternative modes implementation to include one year in a supervisory capacity. Requires a broad-based knowledge of transporta-tion systems planning, alternative modes planning as well as environ-mental regulations as they relate to transportation projects. An under-standing of engineering and planning processes and project management is required. Must have excellent communication skills including public speaking skills as position requires giving presentations to city and town councils, the Denver Regional Council of Governments, the Boulder County Consortium of Cities, RTD and the Parks and Open Space Ad-visory Board. Benefits Boulder County is a progressive employer offering a stable working en-vironment, a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental and life insurance, PERA and Social Security retirement plans, wellness programs, flexible schedules, paid vacation and holidays, bus passes and more. Check us out at www.bouldercounty.org.

Deaf and hard of hearing assistance, call Relay Colorado 1-800-659-2656. Boulder County is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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City of Fort Collins (cont.) Transportation Planner

Legislative Committee Gene Putman City of Thornton (303) 538-7333 [email protected]

Vendor Show Coordinator Will Johnson Short Elliott and Hendrickson, Inc. 720-540-6851 [email protected]

Activities Report Coordinator Chris Sheffer Fehr & Peers 303-296-4300 [email protected]


Section Scribe Curtis D. Rowe Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. 303-228-2300 [email protected]

Secretary/Treasurer Ben Waldman LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. 303-333-1105 [email protected]

Golf Committee John Seyer HDR Engineering, Inc. 303-764-1580 [email protected]

Past President Bill Hange City of Loveland 970-962-2528 [email protected]

President Joe Henderson Short Elliott and Hendrickson, Inc. 303-441-5401 [email protected]

Vice President Craig Faessler City of Littleton 303-795-3863 [email protected]

Activities Committee Eric Boivin All Traffic Data Services 303-216-2439 [email protected]

Awards Committee Dave Hattan Felsburg, Holt & Ullevig 303-721-1440 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Greg MacKinnon DRCOG 303-480-5633 [email protected]

Continuing Education Committee Karl Packer LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. (303) 333-1105 [email protected]

Student Coordinator Scot Lewis Jefferson County 303-271-8471 [email protected]

2007—2008 Executive Committee

Website Committee Edward Stafford City of Centennial 303-754-3310 [email protected]

Technical Committee Scott Thomas Apex Design, PC 303-339-0440 [email protected]

Membership Committee Melissa Rosas Apex Design, PC 303-339-0440 [email protected]

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