Meeting Highlights

Mahalo to those that attended our February 2025 Technical Tour of the Honolulu Airport

Airport Technical Tour

Curt Otaguro, and the Honolulu Airport Engineering Staff gave a tour of the Daniel K. Inouye Airport facilities and operations. The tour started with a brief introduction of the airport’s history and funding allocation, and operations. The toured facilities included the Mauka Concourse, inbound/outbound baggage systems, Ewa chiller room, the Consolidated Rent-a-Car facility (CONRAC), and a brief look at the airport rail station.

UPCOMIING

ITE Virtual Spring Conference: Envisioning a Safer and More Resilient Future: March 25-26, 2025. Plan to join more than 1,300 transportation professionals from diverse disciplines to explore innovative strategies for addressing two critical challenges: safety and resiliency.

For more information and registration, check out the ITE Spring Conference website here.

Mahalo to those who joined us for our January 2025 Meeting!

Introduction and Topic

Max Kalhammer, Parking and Curb Management Coordinator at the City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services (DTS), presented on the City’s Energy Emissions Reduction Plan for its Transportation System.

Presentation Highlights

The presentation outlined strategies for transitioning to sustainable transportation in Honolulu, with goals of reducing transportation emissions to zero by 2045. Efforts include a city employee travel demand management (TDM) framework, regional parking pricing program, public transportation fleet transition plan, capital fleet transition plan, EV infrastructure action plan, and public engagement/interagency coordination efforts.

For the full presentation slides, please click here.

UPCOMING:

Honolulu Airport Technical Tour: Wednesday, February 19th from 9AM-12PM. We have talked to HDOT about providing updates on ongoing airport projects and a tour of their operations, but more information will be provided as we get closer to the tour date. Please note that there is a limited number of spots available, so please sign up early and we’ll let you know when we’ve reached the cap.”

Mahalo to those who joined us!

Introduction and Topic

Mark Garrity, Executive Director of the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OMPO), presented on the Oahu Regional Transportation Plan (ORTP) 2050 and touched on some other important initiatives the group is working on.

Presentation Highlights

The OMPO established a Project Management Training Program focused on enhancing the skills of State and Local Government workers whom are involved in federally-funded transportation projects. The primary goal of the program is to help increase federal funding to the State by increasing the capacity of staff that can manage the projects. The program is 100% federally funded.

The 2050 ORTP goals and objectives are centered around increased safety, an enhanced transportation system, continued establishment of a reliable and efficient multi-modal transportation system, and reduction in greenhouse gas resulting from transportation, to name a few.

The OMPO also implements strong engagement within the community, including programs online that collect survey data that is used to help the Scenario Development Process, and programs geared toward keiki involvement. You can learn more at the OMPO website here.

For the full presentation slides, please click here.

UPCOMING:

Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 25, 2024, we will be hearing from Daniel Alexander and Germain Salim-Hagihara from the City talking about the Oahu Vision Zero Plan.

Also, SAVE THE DATE: On Thursday, October 24, 2024, ITE Hawaii will be hosting its annual meeting. Due to renovations at the Outrigger Canoe Club, this year’s annual meeting will be held in the Goldwings conference room at the International Trade Resource Center. See flyer for the event here. Here is a link to the Annual Event Registration. PLEASE REGISTER BY OCTOBER 10, 2024!!

Please click here to see our remaining 2024 Calendar events in full.

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM – Officer Meeting

11:45 AM: Introduction ITE International Director Candidates Kimberly Leung and Joe De La Garza. Click the names to see the profiles and please get out and vote!

Introduction and Topic

Peter Koonce, PE spoke in person on Artificial Intelligence use in Traffic Signal System Management.

Presentation highlights

Artificial Intelligence helps address limited workforce, reduces costs of implementation, and helps create a safer environment.

AI helps make use of the data that is collected via our smart phones and vehicles and can be used to integrate into our traffic signal systems. This helps cut down traffic time and improve public transportation. The data can be collected and dashboards created that help City agencies implement these measures.

Click here for the slides to the presentation.

Next Meeting: May 22, 2024 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Don’t forget to register for our Technical Solutions Event which will be held virtually via Zoom on Wednesday, May 22 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. There will be three 30-minute sessions throughout the afternoon.  The first two sessions will include 2 presentations in separate breakout rooms and the final session will include a panel talking about the future of Traffic Signal Controllers.  See presentations from Applied Information, Iteris, Carmanah, Ouster, Econolite, Q Free, and Swarco.  Registration for ITE members and agency members is free, non-member fee is $10. Detailed information and the registration link here.

2024 ITE Hawaii Section Calendar: Click here.

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

Click here for Presentation Slides

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.