ITE is working with the Administration to distribute information to our membership about transportation provisions in the recently passed economic stimulus bill. We are developing a series of Web briefings on the bill that will be hosted in the coming weeks. To facilitate development of the series and your timely use of stimulus funds, we request that you provide specific questions that we can have representatives of the U. S. Department of Transportation answer. Please send your questions to Affi Ghafouri, aghafouri@ite.org. Questions and answers will be posted on the ITE website as soon as we receive answers from U.S. DOT.

ITE’s staff has been providing information to Congress, the Administration and sister associations concerning the stimulus package. Our efforts focused on encouraging traffic signal timing projects to be eligible expenses. We were successful. The funding provides an opportunity for our members to do work that may have been suspended or unable to be funded due to budget constraints. Stay tuned for more information.

This Week in Washington

• Should a Mileage Tax Eventually Replace the Gas Tax?
• Renewing America’s Infrastructure
• Transportation and Infrastructure Special Report
• White House Recovery Act Implementation Conference
• White House Announces DOT Staff Nominations
• CLEAN TEA Introduced in the House

For more information visit the ITE Government Affairs Action Center.

All who submit questions are entered into a drawing for $500 worth of ITE Script, which can be redeemed for meeting registrations, professional development courses publications, etc. The more questions you submit, the greater your chances. Submit a question now.

ITE is in the process of developing the 4th Edition of its widely used Informational Report, Parking Generation and is interested in obtaining data for all land uses. To ensure data are considered for inclusion in the 4th edition of Parking Generation please submit data by April 1, 2009.

ITE 2009 Technical Conference and Exhibit

March 22-25, 2009

Followed by:

March 25-26, 2009

• Fundamentals of Highway Safety Web Seminar Courses, Thursdays, Mar. 5-May 7, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Eastern and 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Eastern
• Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering Web Seminar Courses, Mar. 10 - Apr. 8, 3:00-4:30 PM Eastern
• Fundamentals of Transportation Planning Web Seminar Courses, Mar. 10 - Apr. 8, 12:00-1:30 PM Eastern
• Traffic Engineering for All Modes Web Seminar, Wed. Mar 11, 3:00-4:30 PM Eastern
• Evaluation and Application of Statistical Analysis Techniques Web Seminar, Thurs. Mar. 12, 3:00-4:30 PM Eastern
  
• Frequently asked questions about Web seminars