ICTPA USNE 2019 Yearbook
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Website: http://www.ictpa-ne.org/ Email: [email protected] ICTPA: Our Mission Transportation, recommended our members to participate in the National Development Seminar in To keep Members informed about multimodal Taiwan, and trained transportation engineers and transportation developments in the Northeastern planners from several provinces in China. ICTPA: area of the US as well as at the National and USNE Chapter members have played a major role in International level. these activities. To promote the professional development and Annual Meeting collaboration of our members in industry, The most important event of ICTPA: USNE Chapter government, and academia. activity is the annual convention, which provides an To become a technical resource to our local excellent opportunity for its academic and communities in addressing their transportation issues professional members to discuss and exchange and needs transportation knowledge and experiences. The Association Technical Seminars Since the 1980’s the number of Chinese transportation Technical seminars are arranged annually for professionals has grown considerably in the United members of the ICTPA: USNE Chapter. Discussion States and Canada. In order to promote the professional topics include emerging technologies, state-of-the- development of fellow Chinese who have an interest in practice applications as well as professional transportation related work in North America, many development and career enhancement. Chinese transportation professionals felt strongly that we Technical Tours should organize as a group. After years of preparation Every year ICTPA-USNE Chapter arranges technical and effort, the North America Chinese Transportation tours to notable project sites or multi-modal Professionals Association (NAICTPA) was formally transportation facilities such as ports, terminals and founded on January 10, 1988. To promote a greater operation centers. participation, the organization was renamed the Membership International Chinese Transportation Professionals The membership of ICTPA: USNE Chapter consists Association (ICTPA) in 1995. of “Members” and “Student Members”. Any person The ICTPA/US Northeastern Chapter engaged or interested in transportation is welcomed The ICTPA is a non-profit organization. In an effort to to become a member of ICTPA: USNE Chapter. All promote local/regional activities, there are currently student members of ICTPA: USNE Chapter will be seven ICTPA Chapters: Washington, DC Chapter, equally entitled to all privileges of the Chapter Northern California Chapter, Southern California excluding the rights for becoming an officer and Chapter, Northeastern United States Chapter, Texas voting. Chapter, Florida Chapter and Hong Kong Chapter. Each Who Could Join… chapter has its own regular meetings and activities. The You do not have to be a transportation or traffic Northeastern Chapter was formed in 1994. professional to become a member of ICTPA: USNE Our Purpose Chapter. Any person engaged or interested in The purpose of ICTPA/US Northeastern Chapter transportation is welcomed to join us. (ICTPA: USNE) is to promote the professional Please Join Us development of its members by fostering fellowship and We need your active participation to strengthen our cooperation among its members. organization and concurrently provide you with a Our Activities unique opportunity to meet with very notable International Activities individuals in the Transportation profession. ICTPA: In the past years, ICTPA has co-sponsored a series of USNE Chapter programs and activities can make a technical seminars on transportation with transportation difference in your professional development. Please agencies in Taiwan and China, sent delegations to attend join us now and begin to experience the benefits of Annual Meetings of the Chinese Institute of being a member. President’s Message Welcome to the 25th Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation and Professionals Association – U.S. Northeastern Chapter (ICTPA-USNE)! The success of the Annual Meeting solely relies on your participation. On behalf of ICTPA-USNE, I heartily appreciate your support and attendance today. This year the ICTPA-USNE Annual Meeting Committee has organized an excellent program, including a technical section with five presentations given by industrial and academic experts in the afternoon followed by a banquet with a keynote speech in the evening. The theme of this year’s annual meeting is “Accessible, Affordable, and Connected Transportation for the Livable Future” which aims to offer a unique opportunity to share the latest development, knowledge, and perspectives in the areas of transportation practice and research. This is the fifth year we co-organize the Technical Section with the ASCE Met Section which offers PDHs to the participants. My sincere thanks go to Section Organizer Dr. Steven Chien, Section Chair Dr. Feng-bao Lin, Dr. You-Lian Chu, ASCE Met Section Past President Mr. Jagtar Khinda, ASCE Met Section Past President, Continuing Education Commette Chair Mr. Hoira Necula. and all the speakers. We are especially glad and grateful to have Mr. Phillip Eng, P.E., the MTA-Long Island Railroad President, as our Keynote Speaker during the banquet. I’d like to take this great opportunity to thank the ICTPA-USNE officers, members of the Board of Directors, and Past President Advisory Councilors for their guidance and support throughout the year. My special thanks go to Mr. Jerry Cheng, Dr. Steven I-jy Chien, Mr. Leo Tsang, Dr. Feng-bao Lin, Ms. Yi Deng, Dr. Jack Chiang, Mr. Kai Chen, Ms. Jing Du, Ms. Tian Tian, Mrs. Lu Ding, Mr. Zifeng Jiang who sacrificed so much of their time and energy for leading to a success of the annual meeting. I also want to extend my sincere gratitude to the individuals, organizations, and corporations who provided generous financial supports to make the annual meeting possible. I wish you all a wonderful and memorable experience at the 25th ICTPA-USNE Annual Meeting! Xiu-Mei Fang, P.E. President of ICTPA-USNE International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association: US Northeastern Chapter (ICTPA - USNE) 國際華人交通運輸協會: 東北分會 Table of Content President’s Message ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Table of Content ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Founding and Honorary President of ICTPA-USNE.............................................................................................. 3 2019 Officers and Members of Board .................................................................................................................... 6 Keynote Speaker : ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Mr. Phillip Eng, P.E. .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Technical Session Organizer and Chairperson ..................................................................................................... 11 Organizer: Dr. Steven Chien ............................................................................................................................ 11 Chairperson: Prof. Feng-Bao Lin..................................................................................................................... 12 Chairperson: Dr. You-Lian Chu ....................................................................................................................... 12 Technical Session Speakers Profile ...................................................................................................................... 13 Speaker 1: Mr. Leo TSANG 曾昭俊 Principal Transportation Planner, PANYNJ .......................................... 13 Speaker 2: Hao Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Rutgers University .......................................................................... 14 Speaker 3: Li Hua (Emily) Zhang, Li Hua (Emily) Zhang, Senior Transportation Engineer, TransCore .... 15 Speaker 4: Emad Makarious, P.E., PTOE , NYCDOT .................................................................................... 15 Speaker 5: Buckley Yung, AICP, Director, MTA- New York City Transit ........................................................ 16 Speaker 6: Joseph Chow, Ph.D., P.E., Professor, New York University ........................................................ 18 Past Presidents Profile........................................................................................................................................... 19 Board Members Profile ......................................................................................................................................... 23 2018-2019 List of Activities ................................................................................................................................. 29 Highlights: ........................................................................................................................................................ 30 Required Climb: .................................................................................................................................................... 41 Bylaws..................................................................................................................................................................