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Conference on Managing Travel for Planned Special Events
Tools For Practitioners

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Contact Information: Laurie Radow at Laurel.Radow@dot.gov

Conference on Managing Travel for Planned Special Events
Tools for Practitioners

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Hotel
Newport Beach, California
November 29 - December 1, 2006

Registration

Early Registration Ends November 3, 2006: $325

Pre-registration: Ends November. 17, 2006: $375

On-site registration: Reservations received after November 17, 2006: $425

Register on-line at: http://www.trb.org/conferences/timpse

For more information about the conference, please contact:
Walter H. Kraft at whkraft@verizon.net or
Laurie Radow at Laurel.Radow@dot.gov

Hotel Information

The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Hotel. Make your reservation for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) special rate of $110 (Per room, per night, plus 10% tax) by using the following information.)

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Hotel (Formerly the Hyatt Newporter)
1107 Jamboree Road
Newport Beach, California 92660
Reservations: 800-233-1234
(Reference: TRB Incident/Special Event Management)

Phone: 949-729-1234
Fax: 949-759-3253
http://newportbeach.hyatt.com

Technical Tour

This Technical Tour will highlight the State and Local Traffic Management Centers (TMCs) of the City of Anaheim TMC and the CALTRANS District 12 TMC in the Southern California area.

Date: Friday, December 1, 2006
Time: An overview of the tour will start at 8:15. The bus will leave the hotel at 9 a.m. and return to the hotel by 1:30 p.m.
Fee: $50, which includes a boxed lunch and beverage
Capacity: 40 spaces

For more information about the tours, please go to the conference website.

The conference will include concurrent sessions with presentations that will draw from the following:

  • Freeway / street / intersection traffic control
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems applications
  • Interagency communications
  • Operations strategies: Innovative and/or successful
  • Site access, parking, and pedestrian access

Tabletop Exercise

The tabletop training exercise has been designed to help attendees become better prepared for planned special event day-of-event operations. The exercise will incorporate the concerns of these stakeholders: Transportation Agencies (Local/Regional/State); Organizers and Venue Operators; Law Enforcement; Fire/Emergency Management Services; and the Media.

Co-Sponsors

  • American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
  • American Public Transportation Association
  • American Public Works Association
  • 511 Deployment Coalition
  • Federal Highway Administration
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers
  • ITS America
  • National Association of City Transportation Officials
  • National Association of Regional Councils
  • National Traffic Incident Management Coalition
  • National Transportation Operations Coalition
  • Public Technology Institute
  • Transportation Research Board Committees on Transportation Issues in Major U.S. Cities, Freeway Operations, and Traffic Signal Systems

Conference Speakers and Topics

Opening Session Speakers

Presidential Inauguration
Doug Noble, Washington, District of Columbia (D.C.) Department of Transportation (DOT)

"No Two Days are Alike"
Frankee Banerjee, Former Director, Los Angeles DOT Director; Commander Law, Pasadena Police Department; Disneyland Representative

Planning: Tools

Keeping Milwaukee Open for Business - Managing Travel for Planned Special Events during the Reconstruction of the Marquette Interchange
Steven Cyra, HNTB Corporation

"Olympic" Operations 2010
Rick Phillips, Washington DOT

Shea Stadium Maintenance and Protection of Traffic
Samuel Schwartz, Samuel Schwartz PLLC

Event Management in Anaheim for a New Era
John Thai, City of Anaheim

Planning: Case Studies

Charlotte Bobcats Arena Transportation Management Plan
Robert Brooks, PB Sports & Entertainment

Effective Transportation Planning Methods & Tools for the Capital One Bowl
Tony Vitrano, Gameday Management Group

Managing Travel for the Patti LaBelle Concert
Walter Dunn, Dunn Engineering Associates, P.C.

Operations Session 1

Tour of California International Bike Race – Transportation Management Planning
Jacques Van Zeventer, Caltrans

Special Event Transportation Service Planning & Operations Strategies for Transit
Jay Goodwill, University of Southern Florida NCTR, CUTR
Ann Joslin, USF NCTR, CUTR

Using Cellular Technology in ITS for Special Planned Events
Thomas Bouwer, AirSage, Inc.

PLACEHOLDER – Pending Indy 500 Presentation
Jason Wasson, Indiana DOT

Operations Session 2

Special Event Management for President's Cup Golf Tournament, Gainesville, Virginia
Ron Sutphin, Virginia DOT

The City of Los Angeles' Traffic Management Center's Operational Response to Recurring and Non-Recurring Special Events
Kartik Patel, City of Los Angeles DOT

Traffic Management at FedEx Field (Washington Redskins)
Eric Tabacek, Maryland State Highway Administration

Using the Incident Command System for Planned Special
Events Henry DeVries. I-95 Corridor

Operations: Case Studies

Air Show Traffic Planning Rancho Cordova, California
Lt. Daniel Dailey, Rancho Cordova Police Department

Incident and Special Event Management at the Traffic Management Center in Berlin, Germany
Thomas Bauer, PTV Oregon; Peter Mohl, PTV Germany

Winning Strategies for Super Bowl 40 (Detroit)
Maria (Mia) Silver, Mississippi DOT (MDOT)

Evaluation Tools

Management of Large Scale Traffic Events in Iowa
Neal Hawkins, Iowa State University and Hillary Isebrands, Iowa State University

Management Costs for Planned Special Events
David Kuehn, Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)

An Evaluation and Application of Patron Arrival Rates for a Planned Special Event - Clark County Amphitheater
Kevin Lee, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.

VicRoads Role in the Success of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
Andrew Somers, VicRoads, Australia

Evaluation: Case Studies

Lessons Learned After Four Years at Bonnaroo
Charles Manning, Creighton Manning Engineering

Managing Traffic Operations for Large Scale Events - The Case of Athens and the Attica Tollway During the 2004 Olympic Games
Fanis Papadimitriou, Attikes Diadromes S.A.

Case Study for Glen Helen Regional Park Special Event in Conjunction with the Glen Helen Parkway Grade Separation Project
Min Zhou, Urban Crossroads, Inc.

Poster Session Speakers

Developing a Planned Special Event Feasibility Study
Steven Latoski, Maricopa County DOT

The Case for Using Spatiotemporal Traffic Data for Transportation Network Management
Katherine Jefferson, Virginia DOT

(Tentative) DC July 4th Evacuation Test
Joseph Kammerman, Washington, D.C. DOT

Connecticut's Experience Using Their CRESCENT ATMS Software to Assist with the Management of Traffic for Special Events at Rentschler Field
Geoff Knapp, IBI Group

Combining Multiple Work Zone Activities
Tony Leingang, Wisconsin DOT

RhodeWAYS: Rhode Island's Innovative Approach to Incident Management
Cynthia Levesque, Rhode Island DOT

Managing Travel for Planned Special Events & Incident-UDOT's Operational Strategies
Mark Taylor, Utah DOT (UDOT)

Managing Planned Special Events in Southeast Wisconsin
Scott Silverson, URS and Doug Dembowski, Wisconsin DOT

Sponsorship opportunities for the conference are available. For more information, please contact Alan Clelland at either Alan.Clelland@itssiemens.com or at 1-626-577-2184, extension 101.

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