Scout Hosts 2013 TIM Symposium
Scout hosted its annual Traffic Incident Management Symposium on Thursday, April 25 at Crown Center
in Kansas City, Missouri. The symposium held in conjunction with the 2013 MOVITE(Missouri Valley
Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers) Spring Meeting was attended by more than 80
people and provided a great opportunity for information sharing.
National guest speaker, Chuck York, of Gannett Fleming in State College, Pennsylvania spoke on the
ABC's of Traffic Incident Management including the importance of responder safety, safe quick
clearance and prompt reliable, interoperable communication. Regional speaker, Pam Holt, a Trauma
Nurse from Springfield, Missouri's Mercy Hospital gave a very candid presentation on responder
responsibilities, and the need for safety.
There was discussion about the SHRP2 Traffic Incident Management Training that was conducted in
February to see when training classes can be scheduled for responders. As well as a discussion about the
winter weather this year, and some of the more innovative things that happened, which will help in
planning for future weather incidents. Scout manager, Jason Sims talked about the streaming video
which will be coming to all of Scout's partners in the very near future.
New to this year's symposium was the inclusion of traffic engineers, the symposium was an excellent
opportunity for improvement on Scout's Incident Management program and was beneficial for all who
attended.
2012 Annual ITS Heartland Meeting and ITS Symposium
Scout/KC District Showed ITS Heartland How We Rock
Scout and the KC District hosted the 2012 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Heartland Annual Conference. The 13th Annual Meeting was held March 26–28th
at the InterContinental Kansas City Hotel Plaza located at 401 Ward Parkway in Kansas
City. The ITS Heartland Chapter of ITS America consists of five heartland states
including Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. ITS Heartland is intended
to facilitate information sharing for Intelligent Transportation Systems' projects
and activities and to showcase ITS applications in the five heartland states. To
date, all five State Departments of Transportation, along with major universities
in each state and the Federal Highway Administration are involved in developing
the organization.
The conference was exciting and informative featured interesting breakout sessions
with knowledgeable guest speakers. The KC District of MoDOT made a strong presence
at the ITS Heartland conference this year. Scout Manager, Jason Sims, who also served
as ITS Heartland President for the 2012 year. The conference was a great two day
occasion to be educated on the five states ITS initiatives.
Live jazz music kicked off the Conference at the Ice Breaker/Networking Event
ITS President and Kansas City Scout Manager addresses the Conference at Opening
Session
Dan Niec, MoDOT District Engineer, welcomed the ITS Heartland Conference to Kansas City
during the opening session
Rusty James, Scout Incident Management Coordinator, gives a presentation at the ITS
Heartland Conference
Conference participants received interesting information on Incident Clearance during
the Traffic Incident Management Break Out Session
Conference participants received interesting information on Incident Clearance during
the Traffic Incident Management Break Out Session
Kansas City ITS Symposium 2010
3rd Annual Kansas City ITS Symposium
Sponsored by KC Scout and MOVITE
This year the ITS Symposium will be held in conjunction with the MOVITE annual spring
meeting!
Crowne Plaza Hotel (Downtown)
1301 Wyandotte Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
***KC Scout and MOVITE have joined together this year to combine the KC Scout ITS
Symposium and spring MOVITE conference. What does this mean for you? If you typically
attend the symposium, you can still do so with no requirement to attend the MOVITE
conference. Typically attend the MOVITE conference? The opportunity to attend the
symposium is provided, so you can do both. Attendees will have the opportunity to
visit with more professionals and will have access to more exhibitors. Want to attend
the conference, or just the ITS Symposium? Visit www.kcite.org for registration
materials. Registration forms are also available at www.kcscout.net. Want to be
a sponsor or exhibitor? Visit www.kcite.org for information on sponsorship and exhibiting
opportunities. Want to sponsor or exhibit for the KC Scout symposium only?
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Scout Hosts 2nd Annual Kansas City ITS Symposium
Kansas City Scout hosted its 2nd Annual Kansas City ITS (Intelligent Transportation
Systems) Symposium, May 6, 2009. The symposium convened at the Overland Park
Convention Center in Overland Park, KS.
The purpose of the symposium is to bring ITS professionals together to gain valuable
information, share past experiences, build on lessons learned and increase collaboration
on future initiatives within the Kansas City region. Kansas City has so many great
technology projects already in operation, under construction and scheduled for the
future. Scout tagged as "Kansas City's Traffic Management System" realizes the need
to facilitate a forum that provokes needed discussion and communication on key topics
that affect this region.
The Symposium consisted of quick fire presentations from representatives of the
cities of Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa and Wyandotte County Unified Government
in Kansas and the City of Kansas City, Missouri as well as both the Kansas and Missouri
Departments of Transportation to bring attendees abreast of ITS projects in their
respective organizations. The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) was represented
in addition to Operation Green Light in the quick fire session.
The regional featured speakers were Carlos Sun, Associate Professor, Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Missouri-Columbia and Tom
Ryan Senior Traffic Engineer for HDR Engineering Inc. in Springfield, Missouri.
These presenters spoke about Arterial Service Patrol Traffic Response and Performance
Measures.
The national keynote speaker was Steve Kuciemba who is the National ITS & System
Operations Manager at Parsons Brinckerhoff located in the Washington D.C. Metro
Area. Steve gave a presentation on Travel Information and 511.
This years symposium was sponsored by Brown Traffic Products, Inc, Cambridge Systematics,
Capital Electric, Delcan, HNTB, Iteris, Network Integration Services, Open Roads,
Parsons – Brinckerhoff, Sensys Networks, Telvent and Transcore.
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to retrieve the attendees list