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February Meeting Highlights

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM – Officer meeting

11:45 AM: Announcements

  • Please come show support to the ITE student chapter, where ITE and ASCE are teaming up and will be hosting a “Kanack Attack” social on March 23, 2024 from 10am-2pm at Ala Moana Beach Park. Our student chapter would like to extend this invite to members of YMF and those within the transportation engineering and planning community. There will be food, drinks, and games provided. The mission of this social is to create a casual environment for students and professionals to network and build relationships with each other. If you are interested, please RSVP through this link. If your company is looking to hire interns, please indicate that in your RSVP and a resume book will be sent to the email provided. Reach out to Ruimin lin rlin2@hawaii.edu, Ehren Medrano ehrenm45@hawaii.edu, or JP Domingo jpmd@hawaii.edu for more information.
  • Engineer’s Week success w/ “Are We There Yet” board game and big mahalo to volunteers
  • March: There will be no section meeting. We do encourage members to attend the ITE Virtual Spring Conference held from March 19-20.
  • April: Artificial Intelligence in the Transportation Industry.

Introduction and Topic

Randy McCourt, PE, PTOE spoke on “The New MUTCD – What to Know”

Presentation Highlights

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Next Meeting: No March Meeting but see you at the Virtual Spring Conference 3/19-3/20!

CLICK here for the MARCH WILIKI Newsletter!

Upcoming Events

2024 ITE Hawaii Section Calendar: Click here.

January 2024 Meeting Highlights

Meeting Date: January 31, 2024

Venue: Virtual

Attendance: 30 Participants

Welcome Attendees

President Keoni Wasano welcomed in all attendees

Announcements

Any students interested in applying for our grants, our deadline has been extended to mid-February, 2024.

Introduction and Topic

Dr. Billie Louise “Beezy” Bentzen, COMS, PhD Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist spoke on PROWAG and MUTCD 2023: Implications for Pedestrians who have Vision Disabilities.

Presentation Highlights

Implications of PROWAG/MUTCD on our industry
Differences between PROWAG and ADAAG and what’s expected in the future
Other provisions such as for roundabouts, detectable warnings, and protruding objects

Meeting Minutes

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Next Meeting

February 28, 2024 – MUTCD Updates. Click here to Register.

Upcoming Events

2024 ITE Hawaii Section Calendar: Click here.

October 2023 Annual Meeting Highlights

Meeting Date: October 26, 2023

Venue: In-Person Meeting

Attendance: 33 Participants

Welcome Attendees

President Keoni Wasano welcomed all attendees at the Annual Meeting.

Announcements

Keoni acknowledged our special guest, Kimberly Leung (Western District President).

Grant deadlines for the C.S. Papacostas Grant and the Fred Smoot Grant will be January 1, 2024. For more information and for the application, please click here.

Committee Chairs

Legislative Committee – Current chair, Jefferson Young will continue in 2024
Technical Committee – Yifeng Mao (stepping down for new career in Washington)
HCES Committee – Warren Yamamoto (stepping down in 2024)/Joel Thomas to take over in 2024
OMPO Representative – Robert Nehmad (stepping down in 2024)
Student Chapter President – Jonah Lorica (stepping down in 2024)/Ruimin Lin (Current)
Student Chapter Professional Liaison – Current co-chairs Chayson Dulatre/Joshua Ramelb to continue in 2024

Meeting

Keoni gave a quick review of the meetings and accomplishments of the Hawaii Section. The following were mentioned:
May – 3rd Annual Technical Solutions Event
August – ITE Joint International/Western District Annual Meeting where the chapter as well as some of our members received awards.
September – DTS Skyline Rail Tour
4 Sections meetings including our first hybrid meeting

Then Keoni presented this years Appreciation Award to Yifeng Mao for his contributions to the Hawaii Section and helping to make the DTS Rail Tour possible.

Cathy Leong then announced the Election Results (see below) and our special guest Kimberly Leung swore in the officers.
President – Keoni Wasano
Vice President – Michelle Lindsey
Secretary-Treasurer – Joel Thomas

Closing and Next Meeting

Keoni thanked everyone for attending and reiterated the upcoming meetings listed below:

February 2024 – Engineer’s Week (We will be looking for volunteers so please be on the lookout for our emails regarding this event)
Western District Annual Meeting in Sacramento June 23-26, 2024 (Hotel and meeting registration is open. For more information, please click here.

Upcoming Event Links

2023 ITE Hawaii Section Calendar: Click here.

September 2023 Meeting Highlights

Meeting Date: September 21, 2023

Venue: In-Person Meeting

Attendance: 21 Participants

Welcome Attendees

After meeting at the Halawa Station for the technical tour, President Keoni Wasano welcomed all attendees.

Announcements

Keoni announced upcoming meetings. See list below for upcoming meeting:
October 26, 2023 – ITE Hawaii Annual Meeting Social

We were then joined by DTS Deputy Director, Jon Nouchi, who thanked everyone for being there and to have a fun and informative tour.

Tour

DTS had an electric bus waiting to transport the group to the DTS Skyline Rail Operations Center. Upon arriving, the group was split between two teams where one group went on a tour of their maintenance facility and the other went on a tour of the control center. Each group was led by Skyline experts who provided great content for our members. After the tour was over, we were transported to the Leeward Community College station where we rode Skyline back to the Halawa Station. Photos from the event can be viewed on our ITE Section website.

Closing and Next Meeting

Keoni thanked the DTS and Yifeng Mao for hosting the tour and reiterated the upcoming meetings listed below:

October 26, 2023 – ITE Hawaii Annual Meeting Social (Click here for flyer). For more information and to register click here.

Upcoming Event Links

2023 ITE Hawaii Section Calendar: Click here.

August 2023 Meeting Highlights

The ITE Hawaii Section was well represented during the 2023 Joint ITE International and Western District Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon held between August 13th to the16th. Hawaii Section Director Jasmine Teramae-Kaehuaea served as the Section’s representative to the Annual Board Meeting held on Sunday, August 13. 

In addition to a high participation at the Joint Annual Meeting, the Hawaii Section and a number of members from the Section were also recognized for the following: 

  • “Section/Chapter Activities Award for Small Section”- ITE Hawaii Section
  • “Individual Achievement Award 2023”- Jennylyn Tapat Morrill
  • Cathy Leong was recognized for her work as Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) Chair for the Western District
  • “Western District Student Chapter Momentum Award” – ITE Hawaii Student Chapter
  • Student Regional Travel Scholarship – Ruimin Lin

Save the date for Sacramento!

Don’t miss out on next year’s Annual Meeting and save the date for June 23-26, 2024.  The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento.  For more information, check out the Annual Meeting’s website here: Annual Meeting Website