IBTTA CHICAG09CHICAG09 Transformation of Transportation IBTTA CHICAG09CHICAG09 CH CAG09 Transformation of Transportation IBTTA 77TH ANNUAL MEETING & EXHIBITION SEPTEMBER 13-16, 2009 HYatt REGENCY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Hosted by PROGRAM WELCOME TO THE TRANSFORmatiON OF TRANSPORtatiON CONTENTS PLANNING COMMITTEE Chief Meeting Organizer: Welcome to Chicago ...............3 Frank McCartney, Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, New Hope, PA Fast Facts ................................4 Meeting Highlights ...................6 Toll Excellence Awards ............8 Team Leaders: Leadership Academy.............10 LEADERSHIP Jim Tuton, American Traffic Solutions, Tours ......................................11 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Program Agenda ...................14 INNOVATION Josef Czako, Kapsch Trafficom, Vienna, AUSTRIA Speaker Profiles ....................20 MARKETING Shannon Swank, Telvent Caseta, Austin, Texas, USA Sponsor Profiles ....................38 SUSTAINABILITY Steve Snider, Halifax Harbour Bridges, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA Exhibitor Profiles ...................44 Schedule-at-a-Glance ..... Foldout Members: Chris Body, MARK IV IVHS, Annapolis, Maryland Howard “Butch” Eley, Infrastructure Corporation of America, Brentwood, Tennessee Jack Finn, HNTB Corporation, Lake Mary, Florida Andrew Fremier, Bay Area Toll Authority, Oakland, California Karen George, TransCore, Lisle, Illinois Bill Halkias, Attica Tollway, Athens, GREECE Kevin Hoeflich, PBS&J, Orlando, Florida Michael King, Illinois Tollway, Downers Grove, Illinois Michael LaPolla, Global Via Infraestructuras, S.A., New York, New York Kathryn Nees, Jacobs Engineering Group, Dallas, Texas Fran O’Connor, ETC Corporation, Ewing, New Jersey Matt Pierce, ITR Concession Company LLC, Granger, Indiana Ken Philmus, ACS Transportation Solutions, Newark, New Jersey Steve Pustelnyk, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Austin, Texas Klaus Schierhackl, ASFiNAG, Vienna, AUSTRIA Malika Seddi, ASFA, Paris, FRANCE Cheryl Sparks, Maryland Transportation Authority, Baltimore, Maryland Diana Stewart, Illinois Tollway, Downers Grove, Illinois Emanuela Stocchi, AISCAT, Rome, ITALY Dan Toohey, Transtoll, Wilmington, Delaware Parker Williams, ACS Transportation Solutions, Washington, DC Harold Worrall, Transportation Innovations, Oviedo, Florida 2 WELCOME to THE TRANSFORMatION OF TRANSPortatION WELCOME TO CHICAGO! ABOUT OUR HOST Dear IBTTA Members and Friends, Welcome to Chicago and IBTTA’s 77th Annual Meeting and Exhibition. We have In 1958, the Illinois Tollway opened organized one of the best annual meeting programs ever. It’s clear to me that a 187-mile system comprised of our members want to network and learn from one another in one of the greatest three tollways with daily traffic sys- cities on earth — Chicago! temwide averaging 62,000 vehicles. Today, the system has grown to 286 This conference is the culmination of years of planning and preparation by miles of roadway on four Interstate IBTTA members and volunteer leaders. We offer special thanks to: tollways across Northern Illinois – Tri-State Tollway (I-94/I-294/I-80), • Our host organization, the Illinois Tollway; Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90), • The Annual Meeting Planning Group for developing the meeting content; Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) and Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355) – • Our generous Sponsors for providing tremendous financial support and our serving over 1.3 million vehicles per Exhibitors for demonstrating vital products and services; and day. The Illinois Tollway helps com- muters get from point to point safely • The outstanding speakers and moderators who bring the program to life. and quickly and plays a vital role in If you’re a new member of IBTTA or you’re attending your first Annual Meeting, economic development in Illinois. It also facilitates regional distribution of come to our New Member and First-Time Attendee Open House on Sunday goods and services by providing high (see page 7). If you’re thinking about serving on the IBTTA Board of Directors, quality roads that spur growth and come to our Board Candidate School, also on Sunday (see page 7). development. Don’t miss our keynote speakers Stuart Varney and General (Ret.) The Illinois Tollway’s consistent Barry McCaffrey on Monday, Rob Atkinson on Tuesday, and Mark Shields demonstration of leadership on Wednesday. in engineering, environmental efforts, safety, and customer service If you have questions about any of the activities or events taking place during contributes to an award-winning your time in Chicago, don’t hesitate to ask any member of the IBTTA staff. Our record of achievement. Motorists continue to seek the advantages of staff are wearing bright white ribbons that say STAFF in red letters – they’ll be electronic toll collection as more than happy to assist you. 81 percent of their daily drivers use I-PASS to cruise through non-stop Thank you for joining us Chicago. Have a great meeting! tolling lanes – now including systemwide Open Road Tolling. Sincerely, Today, the system is in the midst of a $6.3 billion Congestion-Relief Program – Open Roads for a Faster Future − the largest infrastructure rebuilding efforts the system has ever seen. Visit www.illinoistollway.com to Kary Witt learn more. Bridge Manager, Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District, San Francisco, California; and IBTTA President IBTTA 77TH ANNUAL MEETING & EXHIBITION Transformation of Transportation 3 FAST FACTS Badges Competing Events purple ribbons. Get to know your new Badges are required to gain entry into It is against IBTTA policy for other colleagues and help introduce them to all sessions. In consideration of other organizations to schedule events other IBTTA members. attendees, please wear your name during the program. badge to all scheduled functions. Presentations The color of your badge paper will Considerations Presentations authorized for dis- help assist you in identifying your During the meeting, please silence tribution will be available at www. fellow participants. all cellular phones and PDA’s and ibtta.org within two weeks follow- please take side conversations ing the meeting. White: Delegate Member outside of the room. Recording of Sessions Yellow: Companion/Guest Orange: Delegate Non-member Dress Recording of any session is strictly Green: Exhibitor Business casual is encouraged for prohibited. all business sessions. Dress for other Breakfast and Lunch events is noted next to the event Registration Fees Breakfast is only included in description. Delegate and Speaker fees include delegate, exhibitor and companion all meals, functions and sessions. registration fees. Breakfast will be Event Tickets Satisfaction Survey served in the Grand Ballroom A-B. Tickets will be issued for all tours. Individual event tickets can be Please help IBTTA improve future Certification Maintenance purchased at the IBTTA Registra- meetings by completing onsite Professional Engineers: Forms tion Desk, located in the Grand surveys and the post meeting will be available for submitting Ballroom Foyer. evaluation survey. credit hours to NSPE for licensing Special Accommodations requirements. However, approval is Local Attractions If you need special accommodations still under review for Florida, New For information on local attrac- to fully participate in IBTTA events, York and North Carolina. tions, please see the hotel concierge. please let the IBTTA staff know at AICP Planners: IBTTA Meals and Events the IBTTA registration desk. is registered with the Badges are required to attend all American Planning As- meals and events, including the Sponsor Publications and sociation’s professional Opening Reception and Closing Collateral institute, the American Institute Banquet. Please support our generous spon- of Certified Planners (AICP) to sors by reviewing the material on provide credits for this meeting. Member Publications and the designated sponsor tables in the Sessions noted with the CM logo Collateral registration area. in the agenda have been approved All members of IBTTA are wel- by AICP. AICP members are asked come to place their publications on Webcasting to sign-in at the IBTTA registra- the designated tables in the registra- Select sessions will be recorded for tion desk to verify attendance at tion area. the purpose of webcasting and will this meeting and are responsible for be available following the meeting. recording credits into their AICP New Members and Look for details at www.ibtta.org log. For more information, visit: First-Time Attendees www.planning.org/cm. First-time attendees will have an aqua- marine ribbon attached to their badge. New IBTTA members will have 4 HOURS OF OPEratION Registration and Cyber Center The IBTTA Registration Desk is located in the East Cyber Center sponsored by: Tower of the hotel, on the Gold level in the Grand Ballroom Foyer. All registered delegates, companions and exhibitors will need to check-in and pick up their meeting materials and badges from this location. Sunday, September 13 (Registration Only) ........................ 8:00am - 5:00pm HYatt REGENCY Monday, September 14 .................................................. 7:00am - 5:30pm CHICAGO Tuesday, September 15 .................................................. 7:00am - 5:30pm Wednesday, September 16 ............................................. 7:00am - 1:00pm 151 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Exhibit Hall Phone: 312-565-1234 Toll Free: 800-233-1234 The exhibit hall is located in the Riverside Center, on the Purple