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Important KYSITE Dates
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HSM Workshop @ LFUCG
May 24th
Scholarship Golf Outing
DETAILS COMING SOON!!
International ITE
August 20-23
Minneapolis, MN
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2017 Executive Board
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President
David Filiatreau
Vice-President
Secretary
Directors
Section Rep
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It's racing season in the bluegrass! If you haven't had a chance to make it out to Keeneland, there is still a month left of racing at Churchill Downs. Have you picked your Derby winner yet?
Speaking of winning, t
he KYSITE traffic bowl team made it to the final round of competition at the Southern District Annual Meeting earlier this month, winning $750. The rest of the Kentucky members at the meeting had a great time and are looking forward to next year's meeting in Virginia.
In case you missed it, we had a great turnout for our joint spring meeting with OSITE. We heard presentations on the Brent Spence Bridge study and alternatives, how OKI is adapting to future transportation technologies, and Columbus's innovative smartlane application.
As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us.
-KYSITE officers
kysite@kysite.com
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New Website!
The website has gotten a makeover! Check out the NEW, fully updated KYSITE page HERE.
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Southern District ITE
While this year's annual meeting may be over, it's never too early to add next years meeting to your calendar. We hope you can join us in Arlington VA from March 31st- April 3rd next year.
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Featured KYSITE Member: Sneha Roy
Graduation Date: April, 2019
Place of Birth: Patna, India
What are your technical interests?: Transportation Network Companies, Traffic Safety, Spatial Analytics
What are your hobbies?: Cooking, Classical Music, Blogging
Best thing about Southern District Conference: Traffic Bowl
TV Show: Parks and Recreation
Song: Something by George Harrison
Breakfast Food: Eggs and hashbrowns
Sport/Team: The Indian Cricket Team
C. Facebook or Twitter: Twitter
D. iPhone or Android: iPhone
Congratulations again to Sneha and the entire University of Kentucky Traffic Bowl Team for their preliminary round win and $750 scholarship award at the Southern District ITE Annual Meeting in Mobile!
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Transportation in the News
Waycare, Waze Partner to Share Data, Assist Agencies and Drivers
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Two companies in crowd sourced navigation and incident analysis are joining forces in order to better serve drivers around the nation as well as state and local government agencies that keep traffic moving.
Hyperloop TT Begins Construction of Its First Test Track
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
has announced that it will begin building the first of two
test tracks
at its facility in France. In a statement, the company said that the first shipment of tubes has arrived at its R&D site in Toulouse. The first track, which is about to enter construction, is a ground-level setup running around 320 meters in length. It's thought that the smaller run will be ready for testing at some point this year.
Volkswagen Promises Autonomous Parking for 2020
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Autonomous parking will be available in series-production vehicles as of 2020, the Volkswagen Group has announced, following trials now underway at Hamburg Airport.
In this program, Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi vehicles are self-navigating to spaces in the airport's multi-story car park, using a digital map plus simple pictorial markers in the building to aid orientation. These cars are equipped with an active surroundings recognition system, underpinned by sensors including radar, ultrasound and camera technologies, Data is processed in a central control unit in the car itself.
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Place Making Projects
Portland's City Repair Project creates public gathering spaces and helps the community creatively transform their neighborhoods. The initiative has included over 60 street paintings like the one shown below. They are designed and painted by neighborhood residents, which helps bring the community together and encourages a sense of pride of ownership. Additionally, while these are not explicitly traffic calming devices, they have been shown to cause more careful driving in the area.
[More intersection paintings HERE.]
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Thanks for your continued support of KYSITE!
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