December Meeting The December meeting was held on December 1, 2011 at CH2M HILL.  The guest speakers were Mr. Ken Tatsuguchi – Planning Branch Manager, Hawaii DOT Highways Division and Ms. Cheryl Yoshida – Project Manager, CH2M HILL. The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation is in the process of developing Best Practices for Traffic …

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October Meeting Summary The Hawaii ITE had its annual luncheon meeting on October 27, 2010, at the City’s Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building. Based upon a tally of the votes received for the 2010 elections, the following were elected as incoming officers: Honglong Li, President Mike Packard, Vice President Juanita Wolfgramm, Secretary Sara Toyama, Treasurer …

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November Meeting Summary The Hawaii ITE had its monthly luncheon meeting on November 17, 2009 at the City’s Frank Fasi Municipal Building. The speaker was Dr. Dan Boylan, a history professor at the University of Hawaii at West Oahu, Columnist of Mostly Politics in Mid Week, and Host of Island Insight on PBS. He sat …

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November Meeting Summary The Hawaii Section November Meeting was held on November 20, 2008 at the University of Hawaii, Holmes Hall. Mr. Steven Yoshida, Consultant Traffic Design Project Manager with the Department of Transportation, made a presentation on Roadside Design and Crash Testing. Along with Mr. Yoshida’s presentation, Mr. John Tolle, of the FHWA Resource …

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October Meeting Summary Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (OMPO) Citizen Advisory Committee vice Chair Mr. Joe Magaldi and City DTS Engineer Ms. Jolie Yee spoke at ITE Hawaii Section October Meeting on October 24, 2007. Mr. Joe Magaldi informed us about importance of the Citizen Advisory Committee of OMPO. Citizen input to transportation planning is a …

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November Meeting Summary The November luncheon meeting was held on November 8, 2006 at the City Annex. The guest speaker was James H. Pietsch, Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Director of the University of Hawaii Elder Law Program (UHELP). Mr. Pietsch presented highlights from a document he had prepared …

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October Meeting Summary The October luncheon meeting was held on October 18, 2005 at the Bishop Museum. The speaker for the luncheon was Paul Won from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services who spoke about crosswalks and pedestrian crossings. Mr. Won presented a general overview of pedestrian crossings and crosswalks, including …

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October Meeting Summary The Hawaii Section Meeting was held on October 21, 2004 at R.M. Towill Corporation. President Wayne Yoshioka introduced the featured speaker, Dr. Panos Prevedouros. Dr. Prevedouros is a professor at the University of Hawaii and has been studying and modeling Oahu’s traffic. Dr. Prevedouros’s presentation was titled Improving Commuting on Oahu: Suggestions …

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December Meeting Summary The December luncheon meeting was held on December 9, 2003 at the office of Belt Collins in Honolulu. The featured speakers were Danielle Conway-Jones, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Jessica Horiuchi, attorney for Altson Hunt Floyd & Ing. Ms. Conway-Jones began her presentation regarding Act …

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December Meeting Highlights On December 20, 2002, Ms. Charlene Shibuya, former Traffic Engineer for Maui County DPWWM, discussed Maui County’s undulating experience with speed humps with ITE members. Ms. Shibuya indicated at that time traffic engineers generally said no to speed humps because the MUTCD did not recognize speed humps as a traffic control device. …

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