About us
Intelligent Transportation
Society of the Midwest
State and regional chapters of the Intelligent Transportation
Society of America (ITS America)
provide a key role promoting and
enhancing public safety and community welfare by: fostering research
and development; implementing programs to reduce motor vehicle
deaths and injuries; improving mobility; and promoting a system of
safer, more economical, energy efficient and environmentally sound
highways and other surface transportation through use of advanced
technology.
In
1994, the members of the Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin three-state
consortium
responsible for
developing the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor (now Lake Michigan
Interstate Gateway Alliance or LMIGA) Program Plan, with
encouragement from FHWA and the Argonne National Laboratory, formed
ITS Midwest, the first multi-state chapter of ITS America. The ITS
Midwest chapter was formally chartered by ITS America in Chicago on
February 22, 1995, and recognized at the ITS America meeting in
Washington D.C. in mid-March.
In 1998, ITS Midwest spearheaded an effort to bring the
2002 ITS World
Congress
[
PDF,
292KB] to Chicago, prevailing over the competing host cities
of Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. The Chicago World Congress
provided an opportunity to showcase regional ITS to the world and
included 36 technical tours at 13 state-of-the-art transportation
facilities in the three-state area. An evening reception for the
World Congress sponsored by ITS Midwest at the historic Adler
Planetarium on the beautiful Chicago lakefront capped off the
chapter's successful effort.
In May 2003 at the ITS America Annual Meeting, ITS Midwest was
awarded the
2002 Outstanding State Chapter award [
PDF,
154KB], and in all, the
Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (now LMIGA) corridor captured 4 of the 9 Best of ITS
awards. That same year, ITS Midwest attendance at its own annual
meeting swelled by 50% over previous years, a validation of the
chapter's vitality and perceived value to members.
In 2003-2004, work continued on a new strategic planning effort. In
2004, Wisconsin also split away from ITS Midwest to start their own
state chapter, which provided further impetus to restructure and
refocus ITS Midwest. This culminated in the release of the
Strategic Directions Plan, which was approved by the board of
directors in March 2005, and established a new organizational
structure and focus for ITS Midwest. A key element was a smaller
board of directors and an empowered set of committees to refine the
goals and execute the plan. Each committee has two co-chairs -- one
on the board of directors to retain board oversight, and one from
the organization at large. This provides a mechanism for more
involvement by the membership in chapter activities, which in turn
increases the human capital available to implement programs.
In 2005, ITS Midwest turned 10 years old, and celebrated our decade
of achievements at our 2005 Annual Meeting. The same year, the
organizational changes began to take hold, and a more refined and
focused organization began to emerged. Like the ITS industry it
nurtures and serves, ITS Midwest is today a wiser and more
strategically-focused organization, fully committed to bringing
about the full realization of the benefits of ITS to improve the
safety, efficiency, and security of our transportation system.
ITS Midwest has held annual and special meetings in 2006, 2007, 2008 and
most recently 2009 which included technical programs, project of the
year and special recognition awards, vendor demonstrations and
exhibits. These meetings offer an excellent networking opportunity
for our members and friend to meet and exchange information on
technology and project lessons learned.
In 2007, ITS Midwest merged with ITS Mid-America with the mutual
consent of the Boards and members, to form a larger, four-state
chapter linking Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Our
2007 Fall Meeting in
Cincinnati and 2008 Annual
Meeting in Columbus were the first events of the new ITS
Midwest.
In 2009 ITS Midwest held its Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.
We were pleased that over one hundred individuals were in attendance
to hear the informative program entitled
"ITS Big and ITS Special".
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ITS Midwest Organization
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Officers:
President:
Matt Letourneau - AECOM
Vice President (Illinois):
Justin Potts - IDOT
Vice President (Indiana):
Ryan Elliott - AECOM
Vice President (Kentucky):
Jason Yeager - Louisville Metro
Vice President (Ohio):
Ed Williams - TEC Engineering
Secretary/President-Elect:
Scott Lee - TranSmart/EJM
Treasurer:
Bini William - Parsons
Immediate Past President:
Ken Glassman - Retired
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Directors:
Illinois
Amarpal Matharu - Illinois Tollway
Elyse Morgan - Illinois Tollway
Indiana
Dave Henkel - CHA
Will Tolbert- WSP
Kentucky
Todd Hood - Northrop Grumman
William McLemore - Northrop Grumman
Ohio
Sara Senger - TEC Engineering
Nick Hegemier - DriveOhio
Committees:
Finance, Member Services, Outreach, Recognition, Training, Technical, Meetings
Refer to our
Strategic Plan for a description of these committees. For more information about getting involved,
contact the ITS Midwest president or
secretary.
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ITS Midwest Bylaws Amendment
The most recent ITS Midwest
Bylaws
[ PDF,
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B] were adopted on November 4, 2010.
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