June 24th - June 27th, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois A joint conference of the Midwestern District of ITE and the 4th Urban Street Symposium will be held at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza June 24th - 27th, 2012.
~The Midwestern District of ITE Conference~
The program will include three days of podium sessions, workshops, technical tours, panel discussions, TRB Committee meetings, and small-group conversation circles covering a broad variety of topics including:
* Access Management
* Advanced technology
* Context Sensitive Solutions
* Doing more with less
* Engineering curriculum/education
* Performance management
* Public involvement
* Safety
* Self-enforcing urban streets
* Simulation and/or Visualization of urban streets
* Sustainability and livability
* Traffic calming
* Transit, bicycle, or pedestrian use and urban street design
~Urban Street Symposium~
The symposium is designed to:
* explore improvements in suburban and urban street design practices
* foster discussions on alternative street design practices
* examine alternative street designs
* facilitate the transfer of urban street research findings to state agencies and to local governments.