OCTOBER 26 AVIATION BROWNBAG featuring Maureen Riley, Salt Lake City Airport Director. Maureen spoke about the Airport’s Terminal Redevelopment Program, planned for many years and scheduled to begin in earnest in 2013. View here: Airport_Presentation 10-26-11
JULY 2011: JOINT TOUR OF UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC OPERATIONS CENTER WITH ITE
Included a Utah Transit Authority demonstration of new GPS tracking technology for buses and trains.
MAY 10 2011: ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
Join us at Brewvies Cinema from 11am to 1:30 pm, featuring an Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) presentation including the latest videos of bridge moves. Panelist representing an owner, engineer, and contractor, including Utah Department of Transportation Chief Structural Engineer Carmen Swanwick, will speak.
APRIL 2011 BROWNBAG: uPlan: Building Partnerships through Collaboration
At the first WTS Northern Utah Chapter’s brown bag lunch of 2011, more than 50 WTS members gathered at the UDOT complex to learn more about a statewide transportation planning tool from UDOT Planning Director, John Thomas.
You’ve probably heard of the GIS web-based application UPlan or had the opportunity to explore its many capabilities and vast amount of information it houses. The idea of UPlan started more than 4 years ago as a way for UDOT to analyze information from the various agencies involved in planning Utah’s transportation future. UPlan has proven to be a useful tool for transportation planners statewide to analyze a variety of information on potential new projects, and to synchronize new projects with existing projects.
If you would like to check out all uPlan has to offer visit http://utahplanning.org
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If you have comments or questions regarding UPlan contact: Frank Pisani at 801-965-4347 or fpisani@utah.gov.
APRIL 2011 WTS Northern Utah Chapter’s 3rd Annual Gala
Featured Speaker: Lessons Learned: My Career with the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), Susan Martinovich, NDOT DirectorAt the WTS Northern Utah Chapter’s 3rdAnnual Gala, chapter members recent chapter successes, honored selected members with awards and scholarships, and listened to NDOT Director, Susan Martinovich discuss the future of transportation in the U.S. and share some of her life lessons in the transportation industry.Martinovich has been with NDOT for more than 26 years starting as a Rotational Engineer. Through hard work and dedication, she rose through the ranks to become the first female director of NDOT. She was also recently appointed as the first female president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).Martinovich shared the following six lessons learned during her career:
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OCTOBER 2010: NEW MPO DIRECTORS RECEPTION AND SPECIAL GUEST
Jacky joined CNT in 1992 and has since developed its capacity to engage in public policy advocacy, transportation research, public participation tool development, GIS mapping, and community economic development. Jacky created and has led CNT’s transportation and air quality programs and has led CNT’s Transit Future Campaign in the fight for mass transit reform in the Chicago region.
Jacky serves on numerous boards, including: Congress for New Urbanism, Chicago Transit Authority and CTA’s Citizens Advisory board, RTA Strategic Plan Advisory Committee, Smart Growth Network, and the National Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board’s Committees on Women’s Issues in Transportation and Environmental Justice. She was recognized in 2009 with a Leon M. Despres Award from the Midwest Academy. She was a member of the Energy and Transportation Task Force of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, Renew America-Renew the Earth and Smart Growth America Boards, Surface Transportation Policy Partnership Steering Committee, and has been a longtime activist for social justice.
Prior to CNT, Jacky spent time as a researcher in hematology and gastroenterology, in both state and federal government, in the Chicago Public School district and served in numerous other capacities, including political advisor for the late Mayor Harold Washington and Director of the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Deputy City Treasurer and talk show host for the Chicago NPR and ABC affiliates, and columnist for Crain’s Chicago Business. Jacky has completed the M.A. in Public Policy requirements at Governors State University and holds a B.S. in Biology from Marquette University in Milwaukee.
SEPTEMBER 2010: WTS FALL WORKSHOP
Active Transportation & Community Livability
Rice-Eccles Stadium Tower, Varsity Room @ University of Utah
Maged Senbel, Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Agenda
8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Maged Senbel Ph.D.
8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Keynote Q&A
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Panelists Health & Active Transportation Consumer Research and Health Economics
10:15 – 11:15 am Break-out Sessions
- Healthy Communities
- Quality of Life/Bike Sharing
- TravelWise/Bike/Ped – Statewide
- Regional Biking Coordination/Planning
- Sustainable/Livable Communities
- Land Use Development Policies
Brett McIff, Utah Dept. of Health
- Safe Routes to School
- Mobility for the Transportation Disadvantaged
- Implementing Active Transportation Plans
11:15 – 11:45 am Break-out Wrap-up
12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch / Keynote: Reid Ewing Ph.D. / Q&A
Maged Senbel is a professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP). His research focuses on analytical methods for making cities more ecologically sustainable as well as the deliberative and participatory processes that contribute to implementing sustainable designs.
Reid Ewing is a professor of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah, associate editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association, columnist for Planning magazine, Fellow of the Urban Land Institute, and member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED LP-Technical Advisory Group. His research and writing are aimed at planning practitioners, and focus on issues such as best development practices, sprawl and obesity, and urban development and climate change.
View workshop materials: Workshop Program
Walkability and Health-Barbara Brown
Active Transportation and Health-Brett McIff
AUGUST 2010: SUMMER SOCIAL Thirty-six WTS members and non-members headed up City Creek Canyon Wednesday, Aug. 4 and enjoyed an evening of great food and conversation, in spite of a little rain. Majestic Grill provided BBQ steak, chicken and salmon and summer salads, and a prize drawing added to the festivities. 
JUNE 2010: GUIDED TOUR OF LEGACY NATURE PRESERVE
Eric McCulley of SWCA Environmental Consultants gave a guided educational tour of the Legacy Nature Preserve wetlands. The 2,225-acre preserve was created in conjunction with the Legacy Parkway project through Davis County. McCulley, who is the site manager for the preserve, discussed the history, ecology and function of the wetlands and the wetland restoration and mitigation practices. Participants walked along the historical shoreline of the Great Salt Lake and along the edges of the wetlands,and also had bird watching opportunities as part of the tour.
MAY 2010: LEADERSHIP SKILLS SEMINAR
The members-only lunchtime event May 19 at UTA Frontlines headquarters featured speaker Linda Galindo, an experienced author and speaker in the field of accountability. The 31 attendees received lunch and one of Linda’s books for their $30 payment, and were entertained by her helpful strategies on how to be accountable and not to fall into the victim trap.
MARCH 2010: ANNUAL GALA
Held March 15, 2010, at Cucina Nassi in Salt Lake City, more than 100 people attended the second annual WTS NU Chapter annual gala. Guest speakers included James Corless of Transportation for America; Ralph Jackson of the Utah Transit Authority; and Carlos Braceras of the Utah Department of Transportation.
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FEBRUARY 2010: COMMUTER RAIL OPERATIONS TOUR In the afternoon on February 25, 2010, WTS NU Chapter met at the UTA FrontRunner Headquarters and shuttled over to the Warm Springs Facility to get an insider’s view of commuter rail maintenance and operations facility. Approximately 30 people attended the guided tour and discovered what goes on behind the scenes of public transit and learned about the FrontRunner operations system and the process of planning for transit maintenance. After the sightseeing, many joined for the post-tour social at Gracie’s in Salt Lake City for snacks, drinks, socializing and networking. Many thanks to Janelle Ericson of UTA, Programming Chair Laynee Jones and other volunteers for organizing this event! 
2009 MEMBER SUMMER SOCIAL
On the evening of July 29, 2009, at the Spruces Cabin Picnic Pavilion in Big Cottonwood Canyon, the WTS NU Chapter held their Summer Social. Over 60 people attended the event to hear guest speakers, Carol Majeske and Martha Moran, both with the US Forest Service, discuss transportation in the Canyons. UTA and TravelWise sponsored the event and provided alternative modes of transportation to the event (ski bus and carpooling). After the BBQ dinner and speakers, a geo-caching event was held with over 5 groups combing the pine trees surrounding the cabin to find hidden caches to win prizes. Many thanks to the event volunteers in making our first Summer Social a success! 
MAY BREAKFAST EVENT On Tuesday morning, May 26, 2009, WTS NU Chapter held a breakfast in the Founders Room at the Zion’s Bank building. Topic of the event was Utah’s Stimulus package and guest speakers were Mike Mower, Utah State Planning Director and Juliette Tennert, Chief Economist for the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget. Over 45 chapter members and non-members attended the catered breakfast.
AUGUST 2008 LEGACY BIKE RIDE 
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