Project of the Year

General Overview

The ITE Mid-Atlantic Section (MASITE) Project of the Year award is bestowed to a project(s) that apply innovative methods and techniques to solve a transportation problem/issue for the overall betterment of the community. The project should clearly demonstrate the use of effective and trend-setting solutions that reflect in-depth knowledge in the field of transportation. The Section’s intent is to recognize and honor the accomplishments of the associated project team for superior performance and execution of exemplary engineering and project management, the outcome of the transportation study or project, as well as the effects of the study or project itself.

The ITE Mid-Atlantic Section (MASITE) presents The Project of the Year at the Business Meeting during lunch at the Annual Meeting.  Call for Submissions are sent a minimum of three months prior to the Annual Meeting of the awarding year to all MASITE members.  Deadline for Submissions are two months prior to the Annual Meeting of that year.

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Projects of the Year

The Mid-Atlantic Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers recognizes the past winners of the Project of the Year:

Year	Category	Winning Recipient	Project
2025	Project of the Year (Design)	TPD	SR 0011, Sections 0100 & 0125 Traffic Signal Improvements
2025	Project of the Year (Planning)	Bowman	Transportation PLAN: A Safe Systems Approach at the Intersection of Safety and Active Transportation
2024	Project of the Year	City of Pittsburgh	South Side Signals
2023	Project of the Year	PennDOT and City of Philadelphia	Interstate 95 Emergency Repair
2022	Project of the Year	City of Philadelphia and McCormick Taylor	Frankfort-Trenton-York Roundabout
2021	Project of the Year	PennDOT District 12-0 and McCormick Taylor	Ohiopyle Multimodal Gateway
2020	Project of the Year	DelDOT and RK&K	Senator Rose Henry Bridge
2019	Planning	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission	"Catch It Early, Act, Analyze, & Review" CAAR Program
	Design	PennDOT District 6-0 and Pennoni Associates	Vine Expressway Bridge Reconstruction - 18th to 22nd Street
2018	Project of the Year	DelDOT	I-495 SB Lane Extension -
2017	Project of the Year	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission	511PAConnect
2016	Project of the Year	PennDOT Engineering District 8-0	PennDOT District 8-0 Regional Traffic Management Center
2015	Project of the Year	Schuylkill River Development Corporation	Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk
2014	Project of the Year	Erdman Anthony	Juniata River Bridge Replacement Project
	Honorable Mention	McMahon Associates, Inc. and the City of Allentown	Downtown Allentown Traffic Event Management and Mobility Planning
2013	Project of the Year	Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.	Elkton Road Improvements, Casho Mill Road to Delaware Avenue
	Honorable Mention	Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and RK&K	I-95/I-476 Interchange Improvements Feasibility Study
2012	Project of the Year	Urban Engineers	US 13 and US 40 Pedestrian Safety Project
2011	Large Scale Project	Whitman Requardt & Associates, LLP	I-95 Newark Toll Plaza Highway-Speed EZ Pass Lanes
	Small-Medium Size Project	Dewberry-Goodkind, Inc.	Carlisle Road Diet
2010	Planning/Design	McCormick Taylor, Inc.	US Route 422 Corridor Master Plan
	Construction	Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.	TMI Steam Generator Transport
2009	Planning	McMahon Associates, Inc.	Tri-County Transportation Study: A Vision for PA Route 100
	Design/Construction	Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.	Destination Doylestown Phase II: 83-Hour Bridge Replacement
2008	Planning	KCI Technologies, Inc.	Harrisburg Pike Transportation & Land Use Study
	Design/Construction	Buchart Horn, Inc./BASCO Associates	Downtown Hershey Intermodal Transportation Facility

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Eligibility Requirements

• • Transportation Study or Project must be located within the MASITE region, including Delaware, Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and West Virginia - The competition is limited to agencies/consultants and projects located within the MASITE geographic area
  • Project should be able to highlight substantial involvement of at least one MASITE member and be submitted by a MASITE member.
  • Project may be of any type (Transportation planning/study, traffic engineering/design, safety or TSMO/construction) or magnitude
    • must have been completed between August 1st of the previous year and July 29th of the current year
    • provide study, design or construction costs (or estimated construction costs), as appropriate for the project
  • The committee will accept submission of projects that are work-in-progress. However, should your project be selected for the award, the same project cannot be submitted again for consideration the next two (2) years.

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Submission Items

• • The electronic submittal to [email protected] shall consist of
    • The one page submittal form,
    • Additional project information (not to exceed three pages, including a description of the project, photographs, graphics, and a description of why the project is deserving of this award),
    • A display board 22"x34" (PDF and image file) with project photos and summary description 
  • The display board will be provided for the Annual Meeting on a 22"x34" foam board and delivered to the Annual Meeting venue on the first day of the Annual Meeting. Please note all submissions become the property of MASITE and will not returned. Materials will only be used by MASITE for display at the Annual Meeting, as well as within MASITE promotional materials (meeting brochures, bi-weekly emails, etc).

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Projects Submitted for this Award are Judged on the Following Criteria:

• • Project complexity and uniqueness (with application of innovative solutions and ideas) of the project (30%)
  • Social, environmental, and significance of the project to the relevant community/area (30%)
  • Use of sound engineering principles and aesthetics (30%)
  • Technical value to the transportation engineering profession (10%)
  • Dollar value of the project will not be a major consideration while evaluating submissions