SEPTEMBER 2010 VOLUME 14 - 1

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

Conveyances

Members of the Outstanding ITE Section ...

In our last newsletter, Ben Waldman announced that the Section was awarded the Sec-tion/Chapter Activity Award from District 6 and Conveyances was awarded the District and Section Newsletter Award from the Institute. This sum-mer, while representing our Sec-tion at the District 6 annual meeting in San Francisco, Ben

also accepted the Section/Chapter Web Site Award from the District. Congratulations and thank you to Duane Cleere, our website chair, and the volunteers that assisted with collecting video of the meetings. Also, thank you to Kari McDowell who established and main-tained our Facebook presence.

So … last year was full of accomplishments. In addition to the recognitions above, our Section also assisted in reactivating the UCD Student Chapter. It is a daunting performance to follow. Where do we go from here? How do we maintain this level of accomplishment? To help, the Executive Committee plans to complete a stra-tegic plan at our next meeting. The major goals of the plan are:

• Bring more people together • Share more knowledge and experience • Increase participation of students and younger

members

The five-year strategic plan will provide consistent direc-tion to the current and subsequent Section executives. To assist with the implementation of the plan, you can expect to see an e-mail survey in the fall and surveys on your table at the luncheons. This is your opportunity to provide feedback to the Executive committee.

Congratulations to John La Sala for his election as Secre-tary-Treasurer. He will join Chris Sheffer, Ben Waldman and I as this year’s Executive Officers. There have been other changes on the Executive Committee: Scott Tho-mas has moved to Legislative Chair; Nitin Deshpande has volunteered for the Technical Chair; Melissa Rosas has moved to the Scholarship and Career Guidance Chair; Joe Henderson has volunteered for the Continuing Education Chair; and, Trung Vo has volunteered for Membership Chair. Thank you to Scot Lewis for his many years of service as the Scholarship and Career Guidance Chair.

There are two announcements in the newsletter that I want to highlight. First, the Section Charter and Bylaws have progressed over the summer. A membership vote on the Bylaws is planned for this fall. Thank you to the Bylaws Review Subcommittee for their time and effort: Dave Hattan, Mark Schaefer, Melissa Rosas, Ben Waldman, and Chris Sheffer. Second, two new Execu-tive Committee positions have been identified – one Stu-dent Chapter Professional Liaison for each student chap-ter. If you are interested in the position, please contact me.

Our next luncheon is at the Embassy Suites Tech Center on September 17th. Our speakers will be Chrissy Fan-ganello and Emily Kreisa who will be talking about Den-ver’s efforts in sustainable transportation. This is will also be our annual business meeting where the officers will be sworn in and Section budget will be addressed by the membership. I look forward to seeing you there.

Greg MacKinnon President Colorado-Wyoming Section ITE

Inside This Issue ... Committee Reports · 2 Treasurer’s Report · 4 Technical Article · 5 Legislative Update · 6

Announcements · 7 Puzzle Maniac · 8 Luncheon Dates · 9 Events Calendar · 10

Upcoming Events ... September Luncheon · Page 9 ITE Webinars · Page 3

Sept. 17, 2010 Sept. 29, 2010 & Oct. 6, 2010

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A Colorado/Wyoming Section ITE luncheon was held on Friday, May 14, 2010 at the MadCap Theatre in West-minster. Section President, Ben Waldman, took the stage, cracked a few wise ones and presided over the meeting. Ben introduced local Section members that spoke on behalf of the candidates for International Vice President: Troy Peoples, Rock Miller, and Ray Davis.

Dave Hattan announced this year’s recipients of the Sec-tion’s Transportation Professional of the Year Award. The 2009 Western District Local Arrangements Commit-tee shared this year’s award. Recipients included:

• Nate Larson – URS • Will Johnson – SEH • Jamie Archambeau - PBS&J • Alex Ariniello – LSC • Paul Brown - Jacobs Engineering • Aaron Heumann - Martin/Martin • Margie Krell – URS • John La Sala – City and County of Denver • Kari McDowell - McDowell Engineering

Craig Faessler introduced the candidates for the Sec-tion’s 2010-2011 Secretary-Treasurer position: Alex Lar-son and John LaSala. John LaSala was announced as the election winner at the Colorado/Wyoming ITE Golf Tournament on June 4th.

The Section then enjoyed an improvisational comedy show performed the MadCap Theatre actors and come-dians.

The Section is proud to announce that we have just formed a new University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) ITE Student Chapter!

New Section Officers Elected for 2010-2011

Please welcome and give your support to the new Colo-rado/Wyoming Section Officers for 2010-2011:

President: Greg MacKinnon Vice President: Chris Sheffer Secretary-Treasurer: John LaSala

Summer Highlights by Kari McDowell, Section Scribe

Members are invited to view the Section's business and luncheon presentations online at www.cowyite.org. Facebook users are invited to follow the Section news online.

The Colorado/Wyoming Section contact is Greg MacKinnon of the Denver Regional Council of Govern-ments, (303) 480-5633; GMacKinnon@drcog.org. Also, please visit our Section’s website at www.cowyite.org.

Section President, Ben Waldman, entertaining the crowd at the Section’s May luncheon at MadCap Theater..

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As the new Chair of Continuing Education, I have a goal of setting up at least one webinar per month so that the membership can take advantage of the savings offered by the Section and the time to discuss the content with others in attendance. I am searching for locations where the webinars can be viewed so please let me know if the Section can use your office for this purpose.

ITE publishes its upcoming webinars about two months in advance. Here are the upcoming webinars. Please let me know if there are any that you are interested in viewing and I will see what I can do to set it up.

• Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares: A Context Sensitive Approach - 9/29/2010

• Promoting Sustainable Transportation Through Site Design: An ITE Recommended Practice - 10/6/2010

• Multi-Modal School Site Planning, Design and Trans-portation for Primary Grades (Grades K-8) - 10/28/2010

The Section is also considering hosting classes on a spe-cific topic or piece of software. Please let me know what interests you. You may contact me at (303) 589-6875 or at trafficczar@live.com.

Continuing Education Committee by Joe Henderson, Chair

Awards Committee by Dave Hattan, Chair

Call for Nominations for the ITE Colorado/Wyoming Section

Lifetime Achievement Award

Once again as summer begins to wane, the Awards Committee looks forward to fall and nominations for this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Awards Com-mittee strongly requests that each member consider submitting a confidential nomination to for this year’s consideration.

The ITE Colorado/Wyoming Section Lifetime Achieve-ment Award is the highest award the section can give a member. It recognizes a member who, for an extended period of time, has contributed in an outstanding man-ner to the advancement of the transportation engineer-ing profession, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Colorado/Wyoming Section. Established in 1989, past recipients of this award are Jack Bruce, Al Pepper, Dan Cronin, Gene Wilson, Dave Hattan, Jim Hauck, Dan Centa, John Bemelen, Bob Kochevar, Dick Bauman, Mark Schaefer, Ron Hensen, Pat Noyes, Alex Ariniello, and Allen Albers, and Larry Corcoran.

Please consider honoring one of your deserving col-leagues in the Section.

Minimum requirements are:

• Member grade or higher in ITE and a member in good standing of the Colorado/Wyoming Section.

• Active in the field of transportation engineering for ten years or more.

• Significant continuous contributions to the transpor-tation engineering profession for at least five years.

If you know of any member that should be considered for this year’s award, please contact Dave Hattan at (303) 721-1440 (dave.hattan@fhueng.com) or Mark S c h a e f e r a t ( 3 0 3 ) 2 9 9 - 7 8 1 1 (Mark_Schaefer@URSCorp.com) for a nominations form. Nominations are due no later than October 1st.

University of Colorado at Denver Student Chapter Update by Mike Bowline

The UCD ITE Student Chapter is hosting a showing of the film "Sprawling From Grace: Driven to Madness" on September 21. This documentary film was produced, directed, and written by David Edwards who will attend to introduce it and answer questions. The showing will be at the Tivoli in Room 329 at 5:30pm. The website for the film is www.sprawlingfromgrace.com.

If you would like to attend the showing, please contact Me l i s sa Rosas a t (303) 339-0440 o r melissa.rosas@apexdesignpc.com.

PAGE 4 SEPTEMBER 2010 CONVEYANCES Treasurer’s Report by John LaSala, Section Secretary/Treasurer

The current budget summary is listed below.

If you have any questions or comments concerning this budget summary, please con-tac t John LaSa la a t john.lasala@denvergov.org.

Proposed 2010-2011 Budget

Scholarship Fund

Budget as of Aug 15, 2010Income Budget Actual

Executive CommitteeBusiness Card Ads $2,925.00 $4,050.00Dues-ITE Paym ent $4,000.00 $3,885.60Dues-Misc. $500.00 $228.00Em ployment Ads $300.00 $50.00Interest $250.00 $219.72Lunch Meetings $9,350.00 $9,633.71Spring Symposium $300.00 $0.00Vendor Show $13,000.00 $11,190.45

ActivitiesSki Bus $2,500.00 $0.00

Continuing Education $4,500.00 $374.19Golf $11,500.00 $7,255.00Scholarship $0.00 $1,025.00Student Chapter $500.00 $0.00

Subtotal $49,625.00 $37,911.67

Expense Budget ActualExecutive Committee

Administrative $1,000.00 $329.18Presidents D6 registration $350.00 $460.01Bank Charges $700.00 $386.65EC Meetings $1,000.00 $796.28Lunch Meetings $11,375.00 $10,120.85Newsletter Contest $200.00 $102.50

Vendor Show $8,000.00 $6,744.13Charity $1,000.00 $1,000.00Happy Hour $350.00 $37.75

Ski bus $2,500.00 $0.00Awards $275.00 $534.32Continuing Education $4,500.00 $478.92M embership Committee $500.00 $76.98Golf $11,000.00 $7,252.52Scholarship $800.00 $4,000.00Student Chapter $1,500.00 $4,119.64Website Committee $100.00 $113.24Website Upgrade $2,500.00 $0.00Contingency $1,975.00 $935.24Subtotal $49,625.00 $37,488.21

Total $0.00 -$44.40Income minus Expense $423.46

Income ExpensesExecutive Committee

Administrative $1,400.00President's D6 registration $500.00Bank Charges $100.00Business Card Ads $3,375.00Dues - ITE Payment $4,000.00Dues - Misc $300.00EC Meetings $1,000.00Employment Ads $150.00Interest $200.00Lunch Meetings $9,700.00 $10,600.00Program Committee $1,500.00Newsletter Contest $100.00Spring Symposium $8,250.00 $8,250.00Vendor Show $11,200.00 $7,000.00

ActivitiesCharity $1,000.00Happy Hour $350.00Yearly Activity $2,500.00 $2,500.00

Awards $250.00Continuing Education $4,500.00 $4,500.00Membership Committee $240.00Golf $8,000.00 $8,000.00ScholarshipStudent Chapter $3,000.00Website Committee $250.00Web Site Upgrade $1,635.00

Total $52,175.00 $52,175.00

Committee2010 - 2011 Budget

Balance on August 31, 2010 11,051.86$ Estimated Interest 25.00$ Scholarships

Payments (4,000.00)$ Contributions 1,000.00$

Projected Balance August 2011 8,076.86$

PAGE 5 SEPTEMBER 2010 CONVEYANCES Technical Committee Interest Column by Nitin Deshpande, P.E., Jacobs

NCHRP Report 572 Roundabouts in the United States

Roundabouts are becoming more common in the United States. As of December 2009, the number of modern roundabouts in the United States has jumped to around 2,300*. However, the operational analysis of a single-lane or multi-lane roundabout still remains a challenge. NCHRP Report 572, under NCHRP Project 3-65, presents results of recent research on roundabouts in the United States. The operational findings, conclusions, and rec-ommendations of this report are important for traffic analysts and designers as they will form the basis of the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual methodology for opera-tional analysis of roundabouts.

The operational findings chapter of the report presents an assessment of the existing capacity and delay mod-els, mostly from other countries, on how well they repli-cate the U.S. experience. A comparison of model-based entry capacity and actual entry capacity observed at multiple roundabout locations within United States indi-cate the models over-predict the observed entry capac-ity. The report cautions on the use of existing models without calibration to U.S. conditions. The report con-cludes that the drivers in the United States appear to use roundabouts less efficiently than models from other countries suggest. In addition, geometry in the aggre-gate sense (number of lanes), has a clear effect on the capacity of a roundabout entry. However, the details of geometric design appear to be secondary and less sig-nificant than variations in driver behavior at a given site, and between sites.

The NCHRP Report 572 also proposes a new set of ex-ponential capacity models for single-lane roundabouts and for the critical lane of two-lane roundabouts. The Report also provides a Level of Service (LOS) table based on Average Control Delay thresholds for round-abouts. The proposed LOS criteria for roundabouts are the same as the LOS criteria for stop controlled intersec-tions in HCM 2000. The LOS for the intersection as a

whole is not recommended because doing so may mask an entry that is operating with much higher delay than the intersection as a whole.

I encourage you to explore the NCHRP Report 572 (located here - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_572.pdf) as I think it will become a pivotal document in determining the capacity, level of service, and operational performance of roundabouts in United States. *Source: Roundabout USA website-http://www.roundaboutsusa.com/history.html accessed on 08/27/2010

PAGE 6 SEPTEMBER 2010 CONVEYANCES Legislative Committee Update by Scott Thomas, Chair

This year is a busy year for Colorado legislative items. The primaries are behind us and the November 2nd election is fast approaching. This article provides infor-mation and resources to help our members become in-formed about the candidates, their positions on trans-portation, and the statewide legislative issues facing our profession.

In order to register to vote, verify your voting eligibility, and determine your polling place, go to the Colorado Secretary of State website (https://www.sos.state.co.us/Voter/secuRegVoterIntro.do;jsessionid=0000cDDc5p-nKATZKoVDjRQbU3b:121vl9gps).

To find out the gubernatorial candidates’ positions on transportation by visit the following links:

• Dan Maes (R) - http://www.danmaes.com/the-issues/#transportation

• J o h n H i c k e n l o o p e r ( D ) - h t t p : / /www.hickenlooperforcolorado.com/issues?id=0014

• T o m T a n c r e d o ( A C P ) – h t t p : / /www.tancredoforgovernor.co/home.html

To review the official wording of the 2010 general elec-tion ballot initiatives, visit this link (http://w w w . e l e c t i o n s . c o l o r a d o . g o v / D e f a u l t . a s p x ?PageMenuID=2285). Three ballot measures – Amend-ment 60, 61 and Proposition 101 - will be on the 2010 ballot and may have an impact on transportation fund-ing in Colorado if approved:

• Amendment 60 is unofficially captioned the “Property Taxes” initiative. One part of the initiative seeks to lower property taxes and reduce assessed property fees, thus repealing all past votes to retain property taxes above TABOR limits.

• Amendment 61 is unofficially captioned the “State and Local Debt Limitations” initiative. This amend-ment seeks to, among other things, limit the bor-rowing terms (e.g., bonding capacity and repayment length) of the state government.

• Proposition 101 is unofficially captioned the “Motor Vehicle, Income, and Telecommunications Taxes and Fees” initiative. One component of the initiative seeks to lower and repeal the vehicle registration fees that are being used to fund Colorado’s FASTER initiative.

We encourage our members to take time to understand these initiatives in order to make informed decisions in November.

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SECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS Please send any announcements that you wish to be posted in the newsletter to Bart Przybyl, Newsletter Editor, bartp@lscdenver.com.

SECTION CHARTER AND BYLAWS UPDATE

This spring, we summarized the progress of the Bylaws Review Subcommittee. The subcommittee proposed that both the Section Bylaws and the Section Charter be revised and updated to be consistent with the model documents made available by District 6 and to reflect our current processes.

The subcommittee has completed this work. The pro-posed Section Charter was transmitted for consideration at the District 6 annual meeting. The District 6 Board approved the Charter and agreed to have it presented to the Institute Board of Direction at the annual meet-ing. The District 6 Board also agreed to have the pro-posed Section Bylaws put before our membership for their approval.

The Executive Committee will put the proposed Section Bylaws before the Section membership for a vote this fall. Upon approval, they will again go before the Dis-trict 6 Board for their final approval at their mid-year meeting (January 2011).

STUDENT CHAPTER PROFESSIONAL LIASON

The District 6 Board is promoting a stronger linkage be-tween the Sections and the Student Chapters within the district. In the Charter and Bylaws update process, Dis-trict 6 has identified a new position to be created on our Executive Committee for each student chapter within the Section.

The new position is a Student Chapter Professional Liai-son. The preferred characteristics of the person filling each position are:

• a recent graduate from the school at which the stu-dent chapter resides (currently either the University of Wyoming or the University of Colorado – Denver)

• a member of the Section • employed in the transportation engineering field

within the Section • interested in advancing the objectives of the Section

and ITE

The main role of the position is to coordinate between the Section Executive Committee and the Student Chap-ter Executive Committee (which you were likely a recent member). While a member of the Section Executive Committee, you can be sure that other opportunities to participate within the Section will present themselves.

If you are interested in opportunity of being the first to take on this new position, please contact the Section President, Greg MacKinnon, at 303-480-5633 or gmackinnon@drcog.org.

INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS COLORADO/WYOMING SECTION

WINS NEWSLETTER AWARD

VANCOUVER, BC—The Colorado/Wyoming Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) received the ITE Newsletter Award for circulation greater than 500 for its publication Conveyances at the 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, held August 8–11, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Bart Przybyl and Kari McDowell are editors of the newsletter.

Each year ITE sponsors an awards program to honor outstanding achievement in transportation engineering and distinguished service to ITE. The awards bestow international recognition upon the recipients and in-crease the public's awareness of the role and responsi-bilities of the transportation professional. Outstanding newsletters are recognized in three different categories: circulation greater than 500, circulation from 250 to 500 and circulation less than 250.

For a complete listing of all of ITE’s 2010 award win-ners, visit the ITE Web site at http://www.ite.org/AnnualMeeting.

Bart Przybyl, Conveyances co-editor accepting the award from Paul Eng-Wong, ITE International President.

PAGE 8 SEPTEMBER 2010 CONVEYANCES Puzzle Maniac by Bart Przybyl, Newsletter Editor

Congratulations to Doug Eberhart, who was once again the Puzzle Maniac winner! He generously chose to donate his prize to the scholarship fund.

For this issue’s puzzle, travel through the triangle by visiting one room at a time and collecting each letter. You may enter the outside passageway as many times as you want, but can only visit each room once. When you’ve collected all the letters, rearrange them to spell a ten letter word.

To win, be the first person to e-mail the correct answer to bartp@lscdenver.com by September 13, 2010.

The winner will be awarded a free ITE lunch OR a $25 gift certificate to the es-tablishment of their choice.

SOLUTION TO LAST NEWSLETTER’S PUZZLE

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SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON

When: Friday, September 17, 2010

Where: Embassy Suites Hotel, Denver Tech Center 10250 East Costilla Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112

The hotel is located east of I-25 and south of Arapahoe Road in Centennial, Colorado.

Time: 11:00 a.m. - Registration 12:00 p.m. - Lunch

Menu: The luncheon choices are:

Rigatoni Al Giardino—Rigatoni Pasta with Chopped Tomatoes, Spinach, Eggplant, Gar-lic and Fresh Ricotta Cheese

London Broil—Grilled Marinated London Broil with Demi-Glace Served with Red Skin Mashed Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables

Chicken Paillard—Thin Slices of Marinated Grilled Chicken Breast Served with a Tricolor Pasta Salad

Program: Transportation for the Times: Bicycles and Living Streets

What: ITE Colorado-Wyoming Section Luncheon Meeting

Speaker: Crissy Fanganello and Emily Kreisa, City and County of Denver

Cost: $30.00 for Members and $35.00 for non-Members

Upcoming Luncheon Dates: OCT

22 DEC 03

JAN 21

MAR 04

APR 08

MAY 13

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Events Calendar Please send events to be posted in this calendar to Bart Przybyl, Newsletter Editor, bartp@lscdenver.com.

September 17, 2010 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Denver Metro

September 23, 2010 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

September 29, 2010 Designing Walkable Urban Thorough-fares: A Context Sensitive Approach We-binar

SEPT 2010

October 26, 2010 Promoting Sustainable Transportation Through Site Design: An ITE Recom-mended Practice Webinar

October 22, 2010 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Northern Colorado

October 28, 2010 Multi-Modal School Site Planning, Design and Transportation for Primary Grades (Grades K-8) Webinar

October 29, 2010 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

OCT 2010

December 3, 2010 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Denver Metro

December 10, 2010 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

DEC 2010

January 21, 2011 CO/WY ITE Vendor Show Arvada Center

January 28, 2011 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

JAN 2011

March 4, 2011 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Colorado Springs

March 11, 2011 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

MAR 2011

April 8, 2011 Sixth Annual Spring Transportation Symposium Denver Metro

April 15, 2011 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

APR 2011

May 13, 2011 CO/WY ITE Section Luncheon Denver Metro

May 20, 2011 CO/WY ITE Section Executive Committee Meeting

MAY 2011

November 14-17, 2010 Transportation and Development Insti-tute Green Streets and Highways Con-ference Denver, CO

NOV 2010

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PAGE 12 SEPTEMBER 2009 CONVEYANCES 2010—2011 Executive Committee

Vendor Show Coordinator Will Johnson Short Elliott and Hendrickson, Inc. 720-540-6851 wjohnson@sehinc.com

Activities Report Coordinator Sarah Karjala DRCOG 303-480-6762 skarjala@drcog.org

Section Scribe Kari McDowell McDowell Engineering, LLC 303-949-4748 kari@mcdowelleng.com

Golf Committee Jeff Ream Felsburg, Holt & Ullevig 303-721-1440 jeff.ream@fhueng.com

Awards Committee Dave Hattan Felsburg, Holt & Ullevig 303-721-1440 dave.hattan@fhueng.com

Vice-President Chris Sheffer Fehr & Peers 303-296-4300 c.sheffer@fehrandpeers.com

Continuing Education Committee Joe Henderson Sustainable Traffic Solutions, Inc. 303-589-6875 trafficczar@live.com

President Greg MacKinnon DRCOG 303-480-5633 gmackinnon@drcog.org

Website Committee Duane Cleere AECOM USA, Inc. 303-325-8036 dcleere@centennialcolorado.com

Legislative Committee Scott Thomas Apex Design, PC 303-339-0440 scott.thomas@apexdesignpc.com

Past President Ben Waldman Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 720-359-3007 ben.waldman@jacobs.com

Activities Committee Eric Boivin All Traffic Data Services 303-216-2439 ericboivin@Alltrafficdata.net

Newsletter Editor Bart Przybyl LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. 303-333-1105 bartp@lscdenver.com

Technical Committee Nitin Deshpande Jacobs 303-223-5889 nitin.deshpande@jacobs.com

Scholarship and Career Guidance Committee Melissa Rosas Apex Design, PC 303-339-0440 melissa.rosas@apexdesignpc.com

Secretary/Treasurer John LaSala City and County of Denver 720-913-4534 john.lasala@denvergov.org

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Membership Committee Trung Vo City and County of Denver 720-913-0721 trung.vo@denvergov.org