ITE Activities during 2025 TRB
Transportation Professional Certification Board and ITE—A Community of Transportation Professionals are Exhibiting
Stop by to say hi to Colleen Agan and Ann O'Neill in booth 1213!
- Exhibit Hall Opening Reception, Sunday, January 5, 4:00–7:00 p.m.
- Regular Exhibit Hall Hours, Monday, January 6, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Regular Exhibit Hall Hours, Monday, January 7, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
ITE is Hosting Its Annual Student Reception at Our Offices
Join us for an evening of networking and fun!
Plan to come by the ITE student reception during TRB's Annual Meeting on Monday, January 6, 2025, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET at ITE Headquarters 12th Floor. This is an ideal opportunity to meet other transportation professionals and network with other ITE board members and senior leadership.
Questions? Contact Membership at membership@ite.org.
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ITE Safety Panel and Discussion: Safe System US Leadership: Celebrating and Keeping the Momentum Going - A Roundtable on What’s Next
Tuesday, January 7, 2025, Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001); Room 141
- Panel and Discussion: 3:30–5:00 p.m. ET
- Open Networking Hour: 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
This is invite only. Please contact Luana Broshears (Lbroshears@ite.org) with questions or inquiries.
ITE invites you to join us as we celebrate progress and chart the path forward for even more Safe System success! This second-annual, invite-only Safe System forum will feature a panel of key U.S. Safe System Leaders who laid the foundation of essential Safe System commitment, policies, funding, and technical resources over the past several years. In a roundtable discussion to follow, we will explore ways to further accelerate and institutionalize Safe System progress. We will focus on identifying key institutional, technical, and policy priorities, leadership roles, new opportunities, and ways to navigate challenges that need to be addressed to accelerate adoption of the Safe System approach to eliminate road fatalities and serious injuries. Please bring your insights, experiences, and ideas for building on our collective progress in advancing the Safe System approach - and definitely stay afterward for open networking time!
ITE Council and Committee Meetings
Many of the ITE Councils and Committees will be hosting meetings during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting, being held January 5–9, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
Below are the meetings currently scheduled. If you do not see a specific meeting, please check back or reach out to the Council/Committee liaison.
- Council Leadership Team Meeting (invitation only). Contact: Matt Hardy, mhardy@ite.org
The meetings will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (where the TRB Annual Meeting is taking place). For information on how to get to this facility, click here.
All meetings are designed to be in-person. ITE is unable to provide audio/visual support for virtual participation.
Although expected weather conditions may affect travel Sunday/Monday, we will be holding these meetings in-person. Please see the Teams meeting links below to access the meeting virtually.
Monday, January 6 |
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Room 141 |
Room 142 |
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9:00–11:00 a.m. ET
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Roundabout Committee |
ITE Safety Roadmap and Action Plan
This session will provide an overview and next steps for the ITE Safety Roadmap and Action Plan, released in December 2024, marking a pivotal step toward achieving zero roadway fatalities. Structured around five key goals—engaging future transportation professionals, expanding professional development, integrating safety across Councils and Committees, advancing technical resources, and fostering partnerships—the plan aims to drive systemic change. Attendees will gain insight into how these goals align to create lasting safety improvements. Learn more at http://www.ite.org/safetyroadmap/ |
| 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET |
Traffic Engineering Council Showcase will present council 2024 accomplishments, highlight our projects and webinar ideas for 2025, and discuss Council volunteer opportunities. |
Planning Council The meeting is for Council and Committee leadership to refine the draft 2025 Action Plan and develop/coalesce action items before a larger conference call meeting for our membership in late January/early February.
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| 1:00–3:00 p.m. ET |
Transportation Education Council The Transportation Education Council will discuss emerging issues related to higher education and workforce development. This will include programmatic efforts within ITE, as well as broader trends related to education, research, and practice. |
Safety Council During this meeting, the council membership will discuss and finalize the 2025 Action Plan. We will also identify volunteers to lead the technical products, webinars, and quick-bites. |
| 3:00–5:00 p.m. ET |
Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Council The TSMO Council will meet to review 2024 accomplishments and discuss 2025 goals. We will also identify volunteers to lead the technical products, webinars, and quick-bites in 2025. |
Transportation Forensics and Risk Management (TFARM) Standing Committee This will be an in-person meeting of the Transportation Forensics and Risk Management (TFARM) Standing Committee to discuss 2025 activities. The committee intends to have an option for people not at TRB to join the meeting remotely. The meeting agenda and link to join will be sent out via the TFARM ITE Communities Page. |
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ITE Great Idea Group (GIG) on Road Safety Audits (RSA) Hybrid Meeting Convene the RSA GIG and conduct its next meeting, recruit additional interest, and continue efforts to develop an implementation plan for the RSA GIG. Reach consensus on best activities and products to advance the ITE RSA GIG effort. |
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Tuesday, January 7 |
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Room 141 |
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| 9:00–11:00 a.m. ET |
Complete Streets Council Join the Complete Streets Council meeting to help shape the Council’s focus areas for 2025. Likely topics to include status update on federal funding, universal design principles, climate resilience, emergency services coordination, and micromobility. |
Smart Communities Committee Agenda includes discussing activities of the last year, future committee action plan items, and emerging topics of interest in the field of smart transportation technologies. Additionally, the SCC will hear a presentation on Nashville DOT’s Smart Grant Project (Leveraging Advanced Data to Deliver Multimodal Safety (LADDMS)) in partnership with UTK Chattanooga, Vanderbilt, and TSU. |
| 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET |
Data Driven Safety Analysis Committee This meeting begins at 12:00 p.m. ET This will be a hybrid meeting, with Teams set up to let the members/friends that cannot participate in-person be able to join (Join DDSA Meeting). The Committee will update the members on 2024 activities, will discuss 2025 activities, and will discuss the role of the committee in the implementation of the ITE Safety Roadmap for 2025-2027. |
Pedestrian Bicycle Committee Note: this meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. ET. Join the ITE Pedestrian Bicycle Standing Committee for our meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET During this meeting, we will focus on discussing our proposed research topics for 2025 and are looking for volunteers to help with the work. |
| 1:00–3:00 p.m. ET |
Committee on Ethics in the Transportation Profession The primary agenda item at the meeting will be to identify and discuss planned activities for 2025. |
Vision Zero Committee The ITE Vision Zero Committee will review its 2024 activities, including hosting webinars, supporting FHWA requests for information, and assisting with technical product development. The Committee will also discuss its new periodic newsletter, shared via the ITE eCommunity. Additionally, members will brainstorm initiatives for 2025, exploring ways to align the Committee's Action Plan with the goals outlined in the ITE Safety Roadmap. Lastly, the meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss volunteer roles and engagement opportunities within the Committee. |
| 3:30–5:00 p.m. ET |
Safe System US Leadership: Celebrating and Accelerating Progress - A Roundtable on What’s Next (invite only) |
Data & Analytics Committee The Data Committee will cover updates on current activities and discussion of our 2025 work program. This meeting begins at 3:30 p.m. |