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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
Ashlee Takushi
Senior Transportation Planner
Moderator
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.
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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