newsletter header
In This Issue
Increases in nation's driving continues into 17th month
KYSITE Annual Meeting
KYSITE Annual Meeting
Member Profile
Weird Signs
Important KYSITE Dates

SDITE Annual Meeting

April 10-13, 2016 

Nashville, TN
Important ITE Dates 

ITE Annual Meeting

August 2-5, 2015

Hollywood, FL 

Sponsors

 

  

 
2015 Executive Board
President
  
Vice-President
  
Treasurer

 

Secretary

 
Directors
  
Section Rep

 
Quick Links

 

 

 

  
Meeting
  
Meeting
 
 

Forwarded this from someone 

else?  Get your 

own copy!

 

Join Our Mailing List

 KYSITE is on Social Media.
Check us out!

 

 

RSS  

RSS Feeds 

 

twitter   

 Twitter

 


Find us on Facebook

 

Facebook 
Newsletter Staff
Editors
Stuart Sparks

Regular Contributors
Guest Contributors
Jarrod Stanley

The Changing Face of Transportation
   
  
This past Wednesday was Veterans Day.  So Happy belated Veterans Day.  A big Thank You to all Veterans . Your dedication and service is greatly appreciated!  
KYSITE just held our Annual Meeting and Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  That means things are slowing down around KYSITE.  However, it is important we re-cap the events of the past week or so.  Therefore, please take a look at these next few articles.
As many of you know, Louisville Metro is underway with numerous initiatives to improve safety for all of our operations groups, service providers as well as a focus on pedestrian safety throughout our community.  With that being said, the University of Louisville Basketball tema has their own new safety campaign as follows:


Have a Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you all have a safe 
and joyous holiday with family and friends. We at KYSITE appreciate all you do to make our organization great!

- KYSITE Officers
Beshear announces grants for rail projects

Kentucky grants totaling more than $3  million for railroad projects across the commonwealth were  announced Monday by Gov. Steve Beshear. 
The projects include public safety improvements to at-grade crossings, railroad bridge overpasses and u pgrades of crossing warning signals, lights, signs and barriers.
"Freight railroads are indispensable to our economy and our transportation system," Beshear said.  "Freight rail companies, including the 12 short lines that operate in Kentucky, contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to our economy each year in the form of wages and benefits....  They also provide business, industry and agriculture with a market connection that is safe, efficient and environmentally sound."
The assistance grants, totaling just over $3 million, were provided by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

Source: Courier Journal website for more information click here.
KYSITE Annual Meeting 

This year's KYSITE Annual Meeting took place on Thursday, November 5th at Buffalo Trace in Frankfort, KY.  A great time was had by all who attended.  In total, there were 34 (8 of which were students)  members and guests in attendance.  The Silent Auction raised $790.   A huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended and participated in the auction.
Another huge THANK YOU to Lindsay for arranging another great event and to Allison Westcote and Anne Warnick for running the Silent Auction.
The business portion of the meeting included a brief summary of the past year and outgoing president thank yous to all who supported the group this year.  Finally, the 2016 Executive Board election results were announced, and the following were sworn in :

Tony Fields, President
Anne Warnick, Vice-President
Dowell Hoskins-Squier, Treasurer
Steve De Witte, Secretary
Brad Johnson, Pat Johnson, Tony Lewis, Directors
Steve Cummins, Section Rep
Stuart Sparks, Past President

KYSITE Fall Meeting 

This year's KYSITE Fall joint meeting with UKITE was a success, with great turnout from both KYSITE members and UK students.

The meeting took place on UK's campus with lunch and a presentation by Eric Green and Chris Blackden, discussing the new Spatial Database for Intersections.  More information about this can be found here.





Member Profile

In this issue, we are pleased to introduce William Staats, the winner of the Bill Seymour ITE Scholarship. 

Name : William Staats
Place of Work : University of Kentucky
Title : Research Assistant
Degree : B.S. Civil Engineering, working toward a M.S. Civil Engineering
Place of Birth : Louisville, Kentucky
Family : My mom owns a daycare in Louis
ville. She graduated from Indiana State University with a B.A. in Psychology. My brother recently graduated from the University of Kentucky with a M.S. in Forestry, and is traveling the country before accepting a job with the US Forest Service.
What are your technical interests? : I currently conduct research in the field of traffic and safety alongside members of the Kentucky Transportation Center. I am working on a project to inventory the state's sidewalk and curb ramp network as an effort to identify locations that could use upgrades to become ADA compliant. I am also interested in railway maintenance of way and track design.
What are your hobbies? :  I collect guns and enjoy going to the shooting range with my friends. I also like to bake, especially cakes, cookies, and pies around the holiday season.
Favorites:
Color: Gray
TV Show: Gold Rush: Alaska
Music: Daft Punk, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Breakfast Food: Egg Whites
Sport/Team: Bowling
Five Quick Questions:
A. Coke or Pepsi: Coke
B. Dogs or Cats: Dogs
C. Facebook or Twitter: Facebook
D. iPhone or Android: Android
E. Cats or Cards: Cats
Three interesting facts about you:
1. This past weekend, I cut my hair and shaved my face for the first time in over two years. I was able to donate 16" of hair to Wigs for Kids.
2. I lost 90 lbs my freshman year of college.
3. I recently joined an adult kickball league with several other KYSITE and UK ITE members that finished the season in 17th out of 18 teams. 

If you are interested in being featured in an upcoming edition, please contact me at dewittesg@cdmsmith.com
Mysterious Old Bridges
   
This week's mysterious old bridge comes to you from Northern Ireland.  Thanks to Charles Schaub for passing these along!
Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Irelan


  Source

Weird Signs
 




 
 
 
 
Thanks for your continued support of KYSITE!  


2015 KYSITE Board; and
 

Stuart Sparks, Editor
Scott Walker, Editor