The Urban Traffic Engineers Council is a group of local agency traffic, transportation, and public works engineers, technicians, public works directors, managers, supervisors, planners, and related professionals. Members share information and discuss ideas about traffic-related issues at free meetings, through a free e-mail distribution list, and through strong resulting connections in the professional community.
UTEC was started in the late 1970s by Washington cities and the group soon grew to include counties. Today UTEC is more than 30 years old. Members include 91 cities, all 39 counties, the County Road Administration Board, two metropolitan planning organizations, 11 consulting firms, three vendors, one state university, the Federal Highway Administration, the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, and WSDOT.
UTEC meets two to three times per year on the west side of the state. Meetings are available by live webinar. UTEC has also met on the east side of the state and meetings are held there when members express the interest.
Cost: Free
Next meeting
Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Federal Way. The meeting will be available by live webinar.
Cost: Free
Recent past meeting
December 2012 in Bellevue. Also was available by live webinar. Topics included:
- Brief history of UTEC, including its past, present, and future.
- Overview of adaptive signal control and introduction to systems engineering analysis for adaptive signal control projects.
- VoyageTM by Northwest Signal: How city of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho’s adaptive signal control system worked on US 95?
- Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS): How has city of Bellevue's adaptive signal control system worked on various corridors?
- Tour of city of Bellevue's Traffic Management Center.
- Tour of city of Renton's Traffic Management Center.