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UTEC - Urban Traffic Engineers Council

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Learn more or become involved

To learn more about UTEC or to become involved, start by joining our e-mail distribution list. The list provides: 

  • Information about upcoming meetings
  • Selected information about training opportunities and updates on transportation policy and funding

To join this free list, please contact the Traffic Services Manager  with your name, e-mail address, agency name, and topics of interests.


Strategic planning effort


UTEC is currently going through a strategic planning effort to decide who the group will be in the near future. We will be conducting a strategic planning survey this winter. If there is a question that you would like to see on the survey, please send it to the Traffic Services Manager.

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. Membership is free.

Meetings

UTEC meets three times per year on the west side of the state. Meetings are broadcast by live webinar. UTEC has also met on the east side of the state and meetings are held there when members express the interest.

Meetings are free.

Next meeting


Our next meeting will be in spring 2013. Please check back later for the date and location. The meeting will be available by live webinar.

Cost: Free

To learn more, please contact the Traffic Services Manager.

Last meeting 


Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Location: Bellevue, also was available by live webinar. 

Agenda:

  • 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.