• Christopher Kufro, PE is a 1995 graduate of Drexel University and a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania. He has been with PennDOT for 29 years and has held many positions in District 5-0, including District Executive, Assistant District Executive for Design, District Bridge Engineer, and District Geotechnical Engineer. IN December of 2021, he was promoted as the District Executive for District 8-0 and led a team of 1100 employees, which covers the Harrisburg regions including 8 counties in South-Central Pennsylvania. In April of 2023 he came back home to District 5-0 to assume the role as District Executive. He directs a team of 775 PennDOT employees and responsible for maintenance, construction, and delivery of transportation improvement projects in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill counties.

  He is a member and chair of the Pennsylvania Interstate Steering Committee and is also chair of the Reading Area MPO Coordinating Committee, vice chair of the LVTS MPO Coordinating Committee, and is a voting member in the NEPA MPO.

• Becky Bradley, AICP has over 25 years of experience in city, regional, economic development, historic preservation and transportation planning, including significant implementation experience in community revitalization, infrastructure investment, roadway redesign and trail construction. She has been the Executive Director of the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) since August 2013 and is leading a $4.4 billion regional transportation planning program. Bradley also manages development proposal reviews that in the last decade included more than 25,000 new housing units and nearly 40 million square feet of commercial/industrial.

  Prior to joining LVPC, Bradley was the Director of Planning, Codes and Development at the City of Easton, PA, where she was instrumental in the over $500 million revitalization of the community, including the addition of the Lehigh Valley’s first sculpture trail, the state’s first road diet, three brownfield redevelopment projects and the opening more than 60 restaurants and shops. Bradley serves on Pennsylvania’s Delaware Basin Water Resources Committee supporting the update of the State Water Plan. She joined the AARP – Pennsylvania Executive Council in 2020 and is working on age-friendly communities initiatives along with serving on the Executive Director’s Council of the National Association of Regional Councils where she represents metropolitan planning for the Northeast US. She is an avid transit, walking and rolling advocate, and member of the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority Board of Directors. She’s a member of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Governors and the Lehigh Valley Partnership, supporting collaboration and coordination with the region’s business community. Bradley most recent acknowledgement was being named one of Pennsylvania’s top 100 most influential women by City and State magazine.

  Bradley’s work on the issues affecting the region, along with co-author Matt Assad, can be read in the Morning Call’s Business Cycle. She can also be heard monthly on WDIY, 88.1 FM, Lehigh Valley’s National Public Radio station, discussing public affairs in the region as part of the Plan Lehigh Valley program.

  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Historic Preservation from Southeast Missouri State University and a Master of City Planning degree from University of Pennsylvania. Bradley is a Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Education Institute Certified Instructor in Community Planning and a Professor of Practice at Lafayette College.

Transportation planners, engineers, and officials know that roundabouts can be incredibly effective tools for advancing safety, traffic calming, speed management, and operational efficiency. A continuous circulatory with resulting yielding movements is typically safer, slower, easier to navigate, and allows for optimized movement through a junction. Municipalities are implementing roundabouts of all shapes and designs, from neighborway mini-roundabouts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a multi-lane roundabout interchange in Austin, Texas, and helping these areas realize notable improvements in mobility and safety goals. However, roundabouts may not always be the safest option and especially for pedestrians and bicyclists. Planning evaluations must consider how they will work in context with multimodal and active transportation systems, and designs must integrate features to support seamless movement through the roundabout for people walking, biking, and rolling.

• Clay Sublett, PE is a project engineer in the Toole Design Philadelphia office, with experience in multimodal design, design guidance writing, and accessible design.

This session will provide insights into strategies for managing conflicts at signalized intersections. Toole Design is the author of both fifth edition of the AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities (published December 2024). The presentation will provide a brief overview of the structure of the AASHTO Bike Guide and a deep dive into an entirely new Chapter 10: Traffic Signals and Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons. Topics to be covered include signal phasing and timing for bicyclists. We were also the lead author of NCHRP Research Report: Reducing Conflicts between Turning Motor Vehicles and Bicycles, Decision Tool and Design Guidance (published November 2024). The recently published findings from NCHRP 15-73 Design Options to Reduce Turning Motor Vehicle – Bicycle Conflicts at Controlled Intersections were synthesized into a Decision Tool and Design Guidance. The session will include summary of the research methods and findings and provide designs on how to apply the Decision Tool and Design Guidance.

• Tina Fink, PE, PTOE is a Principal Transportation Engineer at Toole Design. She had led projects involving traffic analysis, signal design, design guidance, crossing improvements, school planning and design, and parking analysis. Tina is a contributing author to both national and local design guidance. Most notably, she was a contributing author for the 2024 AASHTO Bike Guide and was the Principal Investigator for NCHRP 15-73 Design Options to Reduce Turning Motor Vehicle – Bicycle Conflicts at Controlled Intersections.

From 2019-2023, 284 people within Allentown were victims of high-injury crashes. The frequency of these crashes has been trending upward within the past five years. Utilizing a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Planning Grant, Allentown and Michael Baker International created a comprehensive safety action plan that seeks to eliminate traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries through targeted safety improvements, policy changes, and community engagement by 2030.

• Chris Stanford, PE, PTOE, AICP, PMP is a professional engineer and certified planner with over 30 years’ experience planning, designing and managing transportation, traffic safety and bicycle/pedestrian projects in Pennsylvania. He has been involved with the management and design of a wide variety of infrastructure projects with a construction value up to $32 million dollars. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Lafayette College and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Villanova University.

• Samantha McLean, AICP is a certified planner with extensive experience designing and facilitating public engagement processes for planning efforts, zoning amendments, site-specific development proposals, and policy initiatives. She facilitates comprehensive planning processes, as well as zoning ordinance and subdivision and land development ordinance updates with communities throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Additionally, she leads engagement efforts for transportation planning and engineering projects. Samantha applies her hands-on experience, as a former city planner for the City of Cincinnati, interpreting, amending, and implementing land use regulations. In this role, she thrived in making transparency and accessibility paramount throughout the regulatory process. No matter the type of work or project, she believes earnestly in intentional and meaningful collaboration to achieve better outcomes and more substantial processes.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Impactful Resilient Infrastructure Science and Engineering (IRISE) Consortium is a unique partnership between academia, public agencies, and private industry focused on advancing innovations in transportation infrastructure. Our presentation will provide an overview of IRISE’s collaborative model and highlight our research in worker safety. Through projects that leverage artificial intelligence and advanced virtual reality training technologies, IRISE is developing practical solutions to reduce risks and improve safety for construction and maintenance crews in the roadway environment. Attendees will learn how IRISE’s member-driven research is creating impactful outcomes that enhance safety, efficiency, and resilience across Pennsylvania’s transportation network.

• Joe Szczur, PE previously served as District Executive for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Engineering District 12 located in Southwest Pennsylvania from March of 2004 until June 2020. Responsible for the administration and delivery of nearly $2.5 Billion of capital improvement projects for the Engineering District 12 region, including the replacement of over 700 structurally Deficient bridges. Also served as the Chair of the statewide District Executives Council.

  Led District 12’s initiative to receive ISO-9001 certification for Project Delivery. The initiative was the first of its kind in Pennsylvania and nationally. PennDOT received national recognition by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials by receiving the prestigious 2007 Francis B. Francois Award for Innovation at AASHTO’s National conference in Milwaukee Wisconsin, as well as being featured in numerous national and regional quality journals and newspapers.

  Joe is a 1984 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, a graduate from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 2002 & 2003 National Leadership Institute and Advanced Leadership Institute in Indianapolis IN., and is a licensed Professional Engineer. Past president and Director of the American Society of Professional Engineers (ASHE) Mid-Allegheny section, and as a Director / Government Representative of Southwest –Penn Section (ASHE).

  Recognized by the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering as the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.

  Joe is married to wife Lisa, resides in Johnstown, PA, and has three children/spouses and 4 grandchildren.

• Mark Magalotti, PhD, PE is a former professor at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He taught urban transportation planning and transportation engineering. His research work includes Multi-Modal Transportation Planning. Dr. Magalotti also has over 30 years’ experience in the management of transportation planning and traffic engineering projects as a consultant and is a former president of ACEC/PA.

• Dana Vidic is the Associate Director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Impactful Resilient Infrastructure Science and Engineering (IRISE) Consortium, where she leads project management, stakeholder engagement, and strategic initiatives that connect faculty researchers with public and private partners to advance innovations in transportation infrastructure.

  She holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering with a Sustainability Certificate from the University of Pittsburgh, and brings expertise in civil and environmental engineering, project planning, and technical writing. Her professional experience includes work on roadway construction, stormwater and environmental design, and infrastructure permitting with firms such as Rhea Engineers & Consultants and Langan Engineering.

  In addition to managing the day-to-day operations of IRISE, Dana plays a key role in guiding research that tackles pressing infrastructure challenges, including digital twin development, resilient materials, and safety innovations—ensuring that solutions transition from university research to practical implementation. Dana is also committed to sustainability and community engagement, having led projects on circular economy design, renewable energy, and sustainable water systems.

The vision for PennDOT’s Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP) program is to “Provide a next-generation utility facility, driveway, and local road permitting organization staffed with knowledgeable, proficient and dedicated employees providing fair, consistent, courteous, transparent and efficient public service.” PennDOT typically issues around 15,000 HOPs per year. To help meet this demand while preserving highway safety, PennDOT routinely looks for ways to enhance and modernize this important program. Since 2023, PennDOT has worked closely with applicants, their consulting engineers and the Governor’s office on program improvements to streamline the permit process and remove barriers to economic development. The goals are to (1) enhance customer service, (2) standardize review expectations, (3) improve HOP submission quality, (4) promote accountability across all HOP process stakeholders, (5) improve PennDOT’s Electronic Permitting System (EPS), and (6) foster a culture of partnership between PennDOT and applicants. To date, PennDOT’s HOP working group has or will implement several policy and process updates including customer service efforts, education and outreach, and permit review process improvements. We expect these changes will improve process transparency, accountability for both PennDOT and applicants, and shorten the processing timeline for HOPs. The presenter will review these improvements and outline next steps for the program.

• Mike Dzurko has over 25 years of experience in both the private and public sector in the Traffic Engineering field. He has been the Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP) Program Manager in PennDOT’s Bureau of Operations for the past 16 years. Prior to this he has held positions in PennDOT’s Engineering District 8 office as the H.O.P. Manager, and in the Traffic Unit responsible for reviewing traffic impact studies, traffic signal designs and other traffic engineering related assignments for the remainder of time spent with PennDOT.

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) have gained increased focus over recent years with increased autonomous driving vehicles and V2X communication advances. Advanced sensing technology today offers a rich description of traffic scenes such that detection of pedestrians, vehicles, and other road users is achievable. However, the requirement to merge information from different sensor modalities is critical to enable correct and robust perception of traffic intersections. This multi-sensor approach addresses the limitation of being dependent on a single sensor, enhancing situation awareness and safety. In this paper, we present results from actual field deployment of National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Infrastructure Perception and Control framework, applying multi-sensor track data fusion to achieve infrastructure-side sensor integration. We detail the key issues in the field deployment of an Infrastructure-based perception system by installing multiple sensing technologies at a four-way intersection in the city of Colorado Springs, CO. We also show the latest results of the IPC fusion engine that combines several data streams for best traffic signal control. By employing state-of-the-art sensing technologies together with state-of-the-art data fusion and assimilation algorithms, the proposed solution not only addresses major safety problems but also paves the way for smart and efficient transport infrastructure.

• Stanley Young, PE, PhD serves as the Chief Engineer at the Center of Integrated Mobility Sciences, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA, leading research efforts into the impacts of new mobility systems, particularly in urban areas. He was appointed as the DOE Technologist-in-City for the Columbus Smart City Program in 2016 and continues in that role to the present. He led the Urban Science Pillar as a part of the U.S. Department of Energy SMART Mobility Research Initiative. As the pillar lead, he initiated the development of the Automated Mobility District Toolkit to assess the mobility and energy impacts resulting from the deployment of automated electric shuttles and other automated mobility systems at a district scale. He initiated the development of the mobility energy productivity metric, which has become the central metric through which the DOE’s energy efficient mobility systems programmed is assessed. This metric is moving forward as a provisional standard through ASCE in 2019. From 2006 to 2015 while on staff at the University of Maryland’s Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, he architected the multistate traffic monitoring system based on vehicles self-reporting their position and speed. The system, known as the I-95 Vehicle Probe Project, remains the largest multistate traffic monitoring systems to this day. He co-developed and patented a Bluetooth re-identification traffic sensor to directly sample vehicle travel times and co-founded Traffax Inc., to accelerate the commercialization of the technology. His appointments included the Kansas Department of Transportation from 1994 to 2006, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory from 1994 to 1996, and a Volunteer with the United States Peace Corps in Cameroon, West Africa.

The Chambersburg Signal Improvement Project is a two-phase, federally funded initiative to modernize traffic signal operations at 68 intersections in the Greater Chambersburg Area of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

• Michael Mudry, PE, PTOE is the Regional Manager of TPD’s Pittsburgh Office with nearly 30 years of transportation engineering experience. A Penn State graduate with BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering, he is a longtime member and past president of both the Penn State ITE Student Chapter and MASITE. At TPD, Mike manages municipal clients and large-scale traffic projects, while also mentoring young engineers across all areas of transportation engineering.

Following the adoption of their Comprehensive Plan in 2023, South Whitehall Township identified several areas of their transportation network in need of further investigation. The township is tackling these issues through a comprehensive Transportation PLAN that embraces a Safe System Approach highlighting the multifaceted nature of transportation networks and applying a holistic strategy to make them safer for people. This presentation explores the planning process and outcomes of this initiative.

• Rob Gates, AICP is a Senior Transportation Planner with Bowman Consulting Group specializing in active transportation planning, sustainable development, and the intersection of the built environment with the natural world. This passion plays a prominent role in his planning philosophy as well as his personal life, in which he enjoys exploring new trails, parks, waterways, and unique urban spaces with his wife Emily, daughter Piper, and their Boston Terrier, Cooper.

• Randy Waltermyer, AICP serves as a Senior Project Manager at Bowman. Randy works with communities across the Mid-Atlantic on multimodal, bicycle/pedestrian, and safety projects. Notably, Randy leads Bowman’s work with the federal Safe Streets for All program and has led safety action plans for Lancaster County, Lackawanna County, and several in the Lehigh Valley including South Whitehall Township.

• Chris Strohler, AICP is a passionate community planner with over a decade of experience across multiple disciplines including open space, transportation, trails, and recreation. Chris is primarily responsible for implementing South Whitehall Township’s Comprehensive Plan including the development of new programs, policies, ordinance updates, and development of supplemental long-range plans, such as the Township’s transportation plan, park and recreation plan, and South Whitehall Landscapes plan. His role as Special Projects Coordinator encourages cross-departmental collaboration and assisting with grant writing or project development. Chris’ local government and previous nonprofit experience have instilled the value of partnership to achieve community goals. He is a Lehigh Valley native and avid user of the region’s trail system whether it be biking, hiking, running, or exploring with his kiddos.

Engineers and Planners need to know so much more than the technical information and skills learned in college! This session will reveal and expose the audience to over 100 years of collective experience in the business of engineering/planning. An accomplished panel of women will discuss the soup to nuts of your role in the business starting from YOU (Building your own personal board of directors); YOUR PROJECT (leadership on a progressive design build job) through BUILDING an INTERNAL BUSINESS (how to soft sell and help your client sleep at night).

• Jennifer Walsh, PE currently oversees the Traffic Engineering Section for HDR, Inc. She has over 30 years of experience in traffic engineering, traffic operations, conceptual design, and comprehensive transportation planning. Jenn has a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Civil Engineering from Villanova University. Her responsibilities at HDR include expanding and growing the traffic section for the eastern part of Pennsylvania, while also serving as a Senior Project Manager on a variety of traffic, highway and bridge projects including traffic engineering analysis, traffic control plans, intersection design, and traffic studies.

  Throughout her career, she has been involved in numerous projects throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia improving the transportation system and developing innovative solutions to transportation problems. Jenn’s passion is also actively serving in numerous leadership roles within the profession, including on the Boards of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) (Director - Special Projects); Engineer’s Week Committee (Co-Chair & Fund Development Director); MASITE (Section Advisor); and served as the Past President of ASCE, MASITE and the Mid-Colonial District of ITE.

  On a personal level, Jenn lives in Havertown with her two children, Nicholas and Kiely. In her free time, she loves volunteering at their schools or simply being their biggest fan on the sidelines of their sports. Leadership on a Progressive Design Build Job

• Allison Slizofski, PE, PTOE is a Principal and founder of Drive Engineering Corp., a transportation engineering firm located in Lansdale, PA. She has extensive experience with ITS and Traffic related policy, planning, design, construction services, operations, and asset management projects in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Allie frequently works with a variety of stakeholders to build consensus and complete projects on time and within budget. She currently serves on the Montgomery County Transportation Authority Board, is a member of WTS and MASITE, and is a past-President of the Intelligent Transportation Society of Pennsylvania. She holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University and a MS in Civil Engineering - Transportation from the University of Texas at Austin.

• Karen Jehanian, PE is a Regional Director with Remington & Vernick Engineers. She was the founder and President of KMJ Consulting, Inc. for more than 25 years. She believes that engineering is all about creative problem-solving to improve people’s lives. “We are surrounded,” she says, “by an abundance of engineering marvels that simplify our daily tasks and help us accomplish things we never thought possible. As transportation engineers, we help improve mobility and quality of life for the general population.” Known for her intellectual curiosity, Karen anticipates challenges and has a passion for problem-solving and uncovering innovative solutions that serve both the public’s needs operationally and the clients’ needs economically.

  A member of the ASCE, the ASHE, and WTS. Karen is a past president of the Intelligent Transportation Society of Pennsylvania and a former board member of the ITS New York.

  Karen earned an EMBA degree and a BS in civil engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA where she is an active alumna. Karen is a current member of the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship External Board, a former member of the College of Engineering Executive Advisory Council. In 2002, she was awarded the prestigious College of Engineering Alumni Circle of Distinction Award. She is the 2009 recipient of the Transportation Engineer of the Year award from the Philadelphia Section of The ASCE. Karen enjoys being outdoors, especially relaxing at the beach. She also likes spending time with family and friends, cooking, reading, biking and playing golf.

This session explores creative strategies that local and regional jurisdictions are using to secure and apply safety funding for impactful transportation projects. Presenters will share recent examples from Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) action plans in Bethlehem, Shamokin, Erie, and more, highlighting both challenges and solutions in navigating funding and implementation. We will also discuss how the City of Lancaster is utilizing SS4A funds to advance its Vision Zero goals and how PennDOT District 6 is developing HSIP projects. A Q&A session will follow to encourage knowledge-sharing and discussion.

• Jeff Riegner, PE, AICP, PTOE, RSP1 is a professional engineer and certified planner with 35 years of transportation consulting experience, working with state departments of transportation, municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations, and other public-sector clients in more than 20 states. Jeff’s primary technical focus areas are Complete Streets and active transportation, with a strong emphasis on safety. He serves as Chair of the National Complete Streets Coalition and was past chair of the ITE Pedestrian and Bicycle Council. Jeff represented the Mid-Colonial District on the ITE International Board of Direction from 2019 through 2021. He holds degrees from the University of Delaware and the University of California at Berkeley.

  Since joining Kittelson in 2022, Jeff has served as project manager, project principal, or senior advisor for about a dozen Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) safety action plans from Massachusetts to Arizona, including several in Pennsylvania. Plans that he worked on have brought their jurisdictions more than $16 million in grant funding. Jeff is also actively engaged in SS4A supplemental planning and implementation activities in Bethlehem, Lancaster, and the Tri-County Region of central Pennsylvania, and is supporting Vision Zero programs in Baltimore and Washington, DC.

• Laura Ahramjian, AICP is an accomplished transportation planner and urban designer who has been leading complex multimodal projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic for 17 years. A hallmark of her work is effectively coordinating among federal, state, and local agencies, stakeholders, and communities to resolve conflicts and lay the groundwork for successful implementation of projects. Laura’s areas of expertise include complete street corridors, safety action plans, bike route and trail feasibility, neighborhood traffic calming, transit-oriented development and land use planning, and urban design/streetscape guidelines. Her work leading different project types - policy, planning, and implementation - give her a unique understanding of how to successfully delivery multimodal solutions that improve safety and create connected, comfortable transportation networks for all road users.

  Since 2019, she has been supporting the City of Lancaster on implementation efforts related to their Active Transportation and Vision Zero plans. Laura led the planning, feasibility, and concept design phases of multiple project throughout Lancaster, including the Water Street Bike/Ped Corridor and Eastbound Bicycle Connector Phases 1 and 2. She is currently leading a two-way restoration study for 9 of Lancaster’s streets and is assisting the City in leveraging SS4A funds to implement their Vision Zero program.

• Alexandra Jahnle, PE, RSP2I is a versatile transportation engineer whose 13 years of professional, national experience spans policy, analysis, design, and implementation. Her recent technical experience includes designing multimodal intersections from concept through final design, implementing traffic calming measures, and enhancing safety for vulnerable road users. She has extensive working knowledge applying both the Highway Safety Manual and Highway Capacity Manual in traffic operations analyses, intersection control evaluations, design projects, and statewide screening applications. She led a Road Safety Audit for an intersection in Delaware County which was chosen by District 6-0 and DVRPC from the 2024 PennDOT Highway Safety Network Screening results due to a high number of excess crashes. She is actively working with PennDOT District 6-0 to prepare HSIP applications for this intersection along with other top corridors in Delaware County.

  She understands the design challenges associated within an urban context and the importance of speed management to achieve safety goals. She managed the update to the “Traffic Calming” chapter of PennDOT’s Design Manual 2, which included developing a context-based toolbox of traffic calming treatments. She designed traffic calming improvements from concept through final design for three neighborhood slow zones in Boston. PS&E design plans for the three zones included 110 speed humps, six raised crosswalks, 15 curb extensions, 32 ADA curb ramps, daylighting, signage, and pavement marking. She led the evaluation of the City of Philadelphia’s Traffic Calming Request program where Kittelson analyzed the existing policy, conducted peer city interviews, researched best practices, and conducted spatial analyses to identify and prioritize eligible streets for the new program.

The presentation will dive into recent improvements at various signalized intersections in Philadelphia using largely in house staff to complete the work including the origin of the concern, different options considered, and why we chose the alternative we did. Nothing ground breaking will be presented, just real world examples of using known tools in the tool box such as the introduction of a protected only left, LPI, and split phasing. Before and after crash data to the extent available will be shown to quantity impacts.

• Patrick Callahan, PE is the Assistant Chief Traffic Engineer for the City of Philadelphia. Pat's team includes 12 civil engineers, 2 electrical engineers. Daily tasks include in-house engineering studies, various plan reviews, community engagement, and the design and operation of traffic signals citywide.

What happens when a single corridor calls for five multilane/hybrid roundabouts—and one of them defies typical geometry? This session offers a deep dive into the evolving design of a complex roundabout corridor, where each intersection presented a unique set of engineering and public engagement challenges. We’ll share how the design team navigated multiple iterations in geometric layout, modeled traffic performance and vehicle paths, and responded to shifting design standards and community feedback. Using a blend of simulation, CADD visualization, and hands-on public outreach, the team crafted a corridor that balances function, form, and local context. This session is ideal for practitioners involved in corridor planning, roundabout design, or stakeholder coordination, and anyone interested in translating best practices into flexible, scalable design solutions.

• Wayne Martin, PE, Esq is a Senior Project Manager in Wallace Montgomery’s Mechanicsburg office with over 26 years of experience in the transportation industry as both an Engineer and as an Attorney. Between May 2014 and November 2021, he served as City Engineer for the City of Harrisburg where he led various projects involving multi-lane roundabouts, mini roundabouts, multi-use paths, cycle tracks, contraflow bike lanes, adaptive and responsive traffic signal timing, LED streetlights with smart controls, EV-charging stations, and one-way street conversions.

• Collin Skinner, EIT is a Highway Design Engineer with Wallace Montgomery, a full-service engineering consulting firm. He has over 6 years of experience in roadway and roundabout design in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virgina. He graduated in 2017 from Penn State with a degree in Civil Engineering. To date, he has designed 6 roundabouts.

This presentation will focus on four corridor studies in southeastern PA that have been recently completed or are currently ongoing. The presentation will highlight the uniqueness of the funding sources and study approaches, stakeholder groups, the community outreach plans, the results/ recommendations for one completed study and up-to-date findings of the remaining three studies (likely through existing conditions and preliminary alternatives evaluation). The presentation will also highlight the common elements and goals of the studies to improve safety and maintain mobility, accommodate all users in a multimodal approach, and assess the feasibility of a road diet (or three-lane cross-section) as well as managing diverse goals of various stakeholders.

• John Yurick, PE, PTOE, PTP is a Senior Project Manager at Bowman and has been involved in Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning since 1996. He has comprehensive engineering and planning experience, including corridor, neighborhood-wide, and municipal-wide multimodal transportation studies identifying feasible solutions for all users of the transportation network. John is also the appointed Traffic Engineer for several municipalities assisting with routine traffic/safety issues, land development reviews, grant funding, capital planning, and project implementation.

Team work makes the dream work (nightmare not so bad)...this presentation will provide an overview of the coordination efforts between PennDOT, HDR and Swank Construction to maintain traffic while addressing the emergency repairs needed to the I-579 Crosstown Blvd/Veteran's Bridge earlier this year. Focus will be on the importance of communication, flexibility of design and lessons learned through the implementation of the project.

• Adam Holtzapple, PE, PTOE, RSP1 currently oversees HDR’s Traffic Engineering Section for the Central and Western regions of PA and serves as project and task leader on numerous traffic related design projects. Adam has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Penn State University and over 22 years of experience in traffic engineering and design.

  Adam is a married father of three and currently resides in Mechanicsburg, PA. He enjoys being outdoors whenever possible, be it in the woods, in a stream or in the stands of a youth sports event.

The passing of the IIJA led to a “once in a generation” investment in infrastructure. Like many state DOTs, West Virginia’s program has expanded to unprecedented funding levels. WVDOT will receive $3.7B in Federal Highway formula funding over the life of IIJA. This is a 35% increase annually in their program when compared to the FAST Act. Additionally, over the next five years, WVDOT will receive $109M/year in dedicated funding for bridges. In response, WVDOT has initiated design on over 50 bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects in and around the state capital, many of which are on or over I-64 and I-77. Each of these roadways carry 100,000 vehicles per day and serve as critical arteries in the Charleston Metro area. In addition to the bridge projects, there are also NBIS bridge inspections, resurfacing, and other projects. A multi-faceted approach is underway to help mitigate the potential of overlapping work zones, detours, and other conflicts during construction. Come learn about this initiative and the innovative tools developed to perform conflict analysis of these projects.

• Bridget Wagner, GISP is HDR’s East Region Geospatial Coordinator and has over 14 years of experience in providing geospatial management and services for federal, state, and local water, resources, and transportation projects.

This presentation will dive into innovative work zone strategies and explore how CTDOT is promoting safer work zones through innovations and technologies.

• Ujjval Saravanan, MBA is a Senior Consultant with a breadth of experience in project delivery, technical requirements, business rules, trends, and diverse tasks for clients. Ujjval completed his MBA with UMD in 2023, utilizing his skills in research, documentation, and communications to support a variety of agencies with projects ranging from speed enforcement to congestion pricing, further expanding his repertoire to include public policy research, management, and financial analysis, among others. These interdisciplinary skills range a vast space, making Ujjval uniquely positioned to help clients achieve their grandest visions.

Presentation will focus on utilizing Delaware Department of Transportation’s electronic ticket feed and connected equipment to notify the public of active construction zones.

• Mark Buckalew, PE serves as Deputy Director of Operations at Delaware Department of Transportation with over 19 years of engineering experience at the DOT.

Video-based “near-miss analyses” are becoming increasingly common throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. In 2024, Middlesex County, New Jersey incorporated near-miss screening into its Road Safety Audits, and the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority has asked consultants to explore near-miss analysis on at least one project in 2025. Demonstration projects have also been conducted with the City of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Engineering District 6-0), and the Delaware Department of Transportation. There are several reasons for the growing popularity of conflict-based video screening. Conflicts at intersections far outnumber actual crashes, especially those involving vulnerable road users (VRUs)—such as pedestrians, cyclists, and users of micromobility devices. Near-miss screening provides real-time insights, is not reliant on historical crash data, and avoids errors often found in crash reports, which depend on human reporting. This presentation will share valuable insights from the aforementioned projects as well as other public agency-led efforts, including those by the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Florida Department of Transportation, and others. We will examine how other state DOTs are leveraging near-miss screening for key applications—such as Safe Streets for All (SS4A) initiatives, pedestrian safety improvements, securing Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding through benefit-cost analysis, and enhancing public and stakeholder engagement. Finally, this presentation will deepen the audience’s understanding of how proactive near-miss screening can improve the development of effective countermeasures, playing a critical role in improving the safety of the roadway network.

• Preston Hitchens, EIT is a Senior Traffic Engineer/Business Development Manager with Quality Counts LLC, a national traffic data collection firm. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware with over 45 years of experience in traffic signal operations, design and optimization. Preston has worked for several national civil engineering firms and is primarily focused on business development at this stage of his career. Preston is active in the American Society of Highway Engineers and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Preston is married to his wife Maureen and they have three dogs: a beagle, a cocker spaniel and an Australian Cattle Dog who really enjoys TEAMS meetings and phone calls.

Developing nations face severe transportation challenges such as urban congestion, road safety concerns, inadequate rural connectivity, and limited public transit efficiency. This study explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can serve as a transformative tool to overcome these barriers, drawing lessons from successful implementations in developed countries including the U.S., European Union, China, Japan, and Singapore. Through a comprehensive policy review, the paper identifies AI strategies—ranging from predictive traffic management and autonomous vehicles to smart transit systems and congestion pricing—that have enhanced mobility, safety, and sustainability in these regions. Using the Entropy Weight Method (EWM), the study ranks AI policy areas by their impact and relevance to India’s context, identifying road safety, traffic management, and public transit optimization as top priorities. India’s current AI and transportation frameworks are evaluated to highlight policy gaps in areas such as data governance, funding mechanisms, and public-private partnerships. The paper proposes a roadmap for India’s AI transportation policy, emphasizing the need for a unified national strategy, inter-agency coordination, and investment in AI-based infrastructure and predictive analytics. A case is made for creating a National Transportation Data Repository and leveraging AI for inclusive, efficient, and sustainable mobility. This research offers a practical framework for emerging economies to align with global trends and accelerate AI adoption in transportation through evidence-based, adaptable policy measures.

• Ravi Jagirdar, PhD is a seasoned Traffic Engineer with a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from NJIT. He specializes in traffic studies, simulation, and safety analysis, with experience at JFK Airport and Port Authority projects. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications on AI and traffic systems. Ravi combines strong technical proficiency in VISSIM, Synchro, and Python with effective stakeholder communication and project leadership, delivering innovative and data-driven transportation solutions across public and private sectors.

• Chaitanya Pathak, PhD, PMP, PTP is a distinguished leader in civil engineering, recognized for transformative contributions to transportation planning, traffic engineering, and policy analysis. With a strong academic foundation - including a Diploma, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, as well as a master’s in project management and Executive MBA - he exemplifies the integration of technical expertise and strategic leadership. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Professional Transportation Planner (PTP), Dr. Pathak combines advanced engineering knowledge with managerial acumen to address complex transportation challenges. His expertise spans travel demand modeling, traffic simulation, data analytics, safety analysis, and policy evaluation. Proficient in advanced programming and large-scale data visualization, he leverages tools such as VISSIM, VISTRO, Synchro, SIDRA, and ArcGIS to deliver innovative solutions in traffic modeling, crash analysis, and infrastructure impact studies.

ITS applications have supported commercial vehicle operations and enforcement for decades. The Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) program was initiated by USDOT in 1996, several years before establishment of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). CVISN is now FMCSA’s Innovative Technology Deployment Program, which provides grant funding for the deployment of ITS/CVO applications, one of the legacy components of the national ITS architecture.

• Kevin Needham, PMP is a Sr. Project Manager in Jacobs Advanced Mobility Group, with over 30 years of experience in transportation, communications and environmental planning and consulting. This includes over 20 years working with innovative technology applications that support commercial motor vehicle operations and enforcement, from electronic credentialing to electronic screening, and everything in between. In his free time Kevin enjoys running, bicycling, yoga and adventure motorcycling around the Mid-Atlantic region.

This session will discuss the relevance of the U.S. Access Board’s Accessible Design Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way (PROWAG) and will provide an overview of what PROWAG does and doesn't cover. We will explain the difference between "new construction" and "alterations," and the requirements for pedestrian access routes, sidewalk design, curb ramp designs, the use of detectable warning surfaces, alternate pedestrian access routes (e.g., during construction), accessible parking, passenger loading zones, and transit stops, and the components of accessible traffic signals. The session will discuss the triggers for accessibility upgrades, as well as relevant court rulings that established some of these triggers. The session will also provide discussion of how practitioners can address key accessibility issues not covered by PROWAG, and provide the tools to understand the competing accessibility needs of people with different types of disabilities.

• Clay Sublett, PE is a project engineer in the Toole Design Philadelphia office, with experience in multimodal design, design guidance writing, and accessible design.