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Current Events
May 2010
Special Section Sponsor:
- ITE Southern Alberta Section
November Luncheon:
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:30am-1:30pm
Blackfoot Inn, 5940 Blackfoot Trail S.E.,
Heritage Room
Pricing:
ITE Members: $20.00, NON-Members:
$30.00, ITE Student Members: $10.00
RSVP by
Thursday, May 13, 2010
to Marcia Eng
Speaker/Topic:
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Speaker: Steven Dale
Topic:
Urban Application of Gondola (Aerial Transit Technology)
Steven Dale is the founder of Creative
Urban Projects (CUP Projects), a small planning shop
in Toronto, Canada. He is an expert on Cable-Propelled
Transit (CPT) with several years experience researching and
consulting on the matter.
Steven recently launched
The Gondola Project in mid 2009 as a way to inform and
educate the urban issues community about this ancient and
revolutionary technology.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Join
ITE August 8-11,2010 in Vancouver, BC Canada for
the ITE
2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
The ITE 2010 International Annual Meeting and Exhibit attracts over 1000
delegates including many from around the world. The Technical Program is divided
into five tracks, offering 42 technical sessions. The track subjects are Traffic
Engineering and Design, Safety, Planning, Transportation Operations, and
Professional Development Seminars.
Attending this annual event will give you access to dynamic paper presentations,
panel discussions, technical tours, and professional development seminars, which
will address the application of 21st century technologies, discuss multifaceted
approaches to addressing transportation issues, and explore emerging trends in
the industry.
Take note that the Trade Show/Exhibition offers free daily admission to all
local operational staff. There are over 50 international suppliers which
showcase the newest and most innovative technology and equipment for traffic
engineering.
Make sure to visit
www.ite.org/annualmeeting for
meeting updates.
SURVEY
ITE
Southern Alberta has set up a website for members to share their thoughts on
upcoming training workshops. Please click on the link below and let us know
what you think!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ITESA
Survey will be closed May 31, 2010.
UPCOMING
COURSES
OTHER
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About ITESA
The ITE Southern Alberta Section's geographic area includes the City of Red
Deer south to the United States' border. Our membership currently includes 237
transportation professionals, a majority of whom work/reside in the City of
Calgary. In general, the section hosts monthly luncheon meetings (September to
June) where technical presentations are made to the broad transportation
community. The section is also actively pursuing several professional
development courses and seminars to provide learning opportunities for the
membership.
The Southern Alberta Section hosted the Canadian ITE Annual Conference in
2001. That conference gave the section an opportunity to meet other members from
across the county. In 2009, the Lethbridge Chapter of ITE Southern Alberta
formed.
If you have any comments or suggestions on our new site, please do not
hesitate to email the webmaster at
psteel@eba.ca.
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