Join Us at ITE Western 2025

 

June 29-July 2 | Long Beach, CA

Check out our sessions on freeway operations, context sensitive solutions, complete streets, Safe System, and land use policy.

June 17, 2025 • 2 minute read
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Join Us at ITE Western 2025

 

June 29-July 2 | Long Beach, CA

Check out our sessions on freeway operations, context sensitive solutions, complete streets, Safe System, and land use policy.

June 17, 2025 • 2 minute read

We are looking forward to joining peers across the region at the 2025 ITE Western District Annual Meeting to share ideas, practical tools, and approaches that support safer, more inclusive transportation systems. If you’ll be in Long Beach, we’d love to connect!

Freeway Operations

I-405 in Focus: From Microsimulation Development to Corridor Performance Insights

Monday, June 30 – 1:00 PM PT

This presentation explores the development and application of a microsimulation model to evaluate corridor performance and operational insights for a 16-mile segment of I-405, a Measure M project that included adding new express lanes, interchange improvements, and tolling strategies.
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Anna Luo

Principal

Presenter

Context Sensitive Solutions

Integrated Project Planning: A Data-Driven Approach to Delivering Multi-Benefit Projects

Monday, June 30 – 1:00 PM PT

This session will highlight a custom tool we developed for the City of Los Angeles to support multi-benefit project planning and matching grant eligibility. By combining dozens of datasets into user-friendly modules, the tool helps city staff identify priority corridors and infrastructure investment opportunities across the roadway network.

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Mary Rose Fissinger

Senior Engineer/Planner

Presenter

Complete Street

Everyone Belongs Here: Balancing Priorities on our Downtown Streets

Monday, June 30 – 3:00 PM PT

This presentation will highlight our work with the City of Alameda to implement quick-build street changes that supported local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also explore how the project evolved to meet post-pandemic needs and share lessons learned and key tradeoffs from the process.

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Ken Der

Engineer/Planner

Presenter

LA County Safe System

Applying Safe System Principles Through LA County Traffic Safety Guidelines

Monday, June 30 – 3:00 PM PT

Sean will join representatives from Los Angeles County Public Works on a panel to discuss how the County is applying Safe System principles to reframe its traffic safety guidelines. The conversation will highlight LA County’s Vision Zero goals, the motivation behind the guidelines update, and how current practices for implementing traffic safety treatments are being revised to better align with the Safe System Approach.
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Sean Reseigh

Senior Engineer/Planner

Panelist

Goods Movement

Analyzing Truck Parking and Safety Impacts in the Triangle Area

Tuesday, July 1 – 8:00 AM PT

This presentation examines truck parking activity and safety conditions in the Triangle Area of Orange County. Using fleet-based GPS data and statewide collision records, the study identifies where and when trucks are parking, highlights safety hotspots, and offers data-driven strategies to address freight-related risks in urban environments.

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Max Shen

Engineer/Planner

Panelist

Climate Resiliency

Transportation Response to Landslide Emergency

Tuesday, July 1 – 10:00 AM PT

This presentation will examine how the City of Rancho Palos Verdes responded to ongoing land movement and evolving roadway conditions along Palos Verdes Drive South—a key coastal corridor. The City’s approach incorporated a range of safety strategies, including temporary restrictions for certain users, enhanced signage and striping, and considerations for MUTCD compliance, all aimed at adapting to shifting geotechnical realities while prioritizing public safety.

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Claude Strayer

Engineering Discipline Group Leader

Panelist

Safe System Approach

A New Framework to Address Roadway Safety Based on the Safe Systems Pyramid

Tuesday, July 1 – 1:30 PM PT

Traditional safety strategies often rely on reactive, siloed approaches focused on the “Es” of transportation. This presentation will explore how the new Safe Systems Pyramid framework brings a more proactive, public health–oriented lens to roadway safety by addressing upstream factors like land use planning, urban design changes, multimodal transportation, and affordable housing.
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Ashlee Takushi

Senior Transportation Planner

Moderator

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Terence Zhao

Senior Transportation Planner

Presenter

Land Use Policy

Affordable Housing as a VMT Mitigation Measure

Tuesday, July 1 – 1:30 PM PT

Building affordable housing in areas near jobs and services is one of the best ways to reduce how much people drive. This session will explain how affordable housing can help lower vehicle miles traveled (VMT), share supporting evidence, and give estimates of how effective it can be.

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Dongyang Lin

Senior Engineer/Planner

Presenter

ITE Western District Annual Meeting
Westin Long Beach Hotel
333 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, California, 90802

June 29 – July 2, 2025

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