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Pre-Meeting Events

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  • Sporting Clay Shoot
  • Training
  • Tours

In addition to the joint meeting, we have several events planned for Wednesday, November 7. You may indicate your interest in attending one of these events during the online registration process.

Sporting Clay Shoot

American Shooting Centers
16500 Westheimer Parkway
Houston, Texas 77082
ph. (281) 556-8199, Option 4

Guns are available at the Center for those who do not have or do not wish to bring their own guns. Ammo for loaner guns must be purchased at the Center. Center will provide ear plugs and safety eye ware if needed.

Schedule

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (Registration, Warm-up Shooting, Breakfast)
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Sporting Clay Event Team Shooting)
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Lunch and Awards)

Cost

Cost per Shooter $75.00/Shooter
Mulligans per Shooter
(5/Shooter Max. – Adds up to 10 extra targets)
$10.00/Mulligan ($50.00 Max)
Morning Warm Up – “Pair-In-The-Air”
(Two targets are thrown at once over the lake. A total of 10 targets per shooter.)
$11.00/Shooter

Teams

If you wish to form a team for the Sporting Clay Shoot, contact Robert “Linc” Wright at [email protected]. Each team member will be required to register for the event separately.

Awards

  • First Place Team Award — $300.00
  • Second Place Team Award — $200.00
  • Third Place Team Award — $100.00
  • Last Place Team Award — $100.00

Training

ITS Texas Training
Connected Vehicles 201 and TxDOT TSMO Update

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$50 ITS Texas/ITE member | $75 Non-ITS Texas/ITE member
Limited to first fifty registrants.
There will be a break for lunch on your own.

The purpose of this course is to help transportation agencies that are beginning to plan implementation of a connected vehicle (CV) environment. The overall goal of the course is to teach participants how to develop an action plan in collaboration with regional partners to improve readiness for CV deployment. Participants will learn more about the safety, mobility, and applications and will gain an overview of three CV pilot sites in Wyoming, New York City, and Tampa. They will also learn how to identify funding sources for a CV projects. Lastly, they will be made aware of recent activities supported by the ITS Joint Program Office and resources available from the CV research program sponsored by the U.S. DOT.

TexITE Training:
Intersection Signal Control Training

Training includes the Sugar Land TMC Tour.

8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. OR 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$50 ITS Texas/ITE member | $75 Non-ITS Texas/ITE member
Limited to first 24 registrants for each session.
Lunch provided for each session.

Come and learn about Trafficware’s new Smart City ready, COMMANDER™ Advanced Traffic Controller (ATC), and Trafficware’s new SCOUT controller firmware. Tom Gerrity, PE, will lead this hands on workshop and cover controller functionality, advanced firmware capabilities and demonstrate modern signal control scenarios. This will be a hands on class where attendees will be working with controllers utilizing Trafficware’s latest controller software. The interaction of these controllers with ATMS will also be demonstrated. Attendees will tour the 100,000 square-foot facility where all Trafficware products are designed, engineered, and manufactured.

Ethics Training

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
No Fee.

Tours

Bike Tour of Hermann Park

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
No Fee.
Limited to first fifty registrants.
Riders can provide their own bikes or a bike rental fee may apply.

Sugar Land TMC Tour (Only)

Take a tour of Sugar Land’s Traffic Management Center (TMC). Recently upgraded in Fall of 2016, the new TMC features a dedicated room with 18 screens that help monitor traffic along the city’s 90 signalized intersections. The TMC is setup with 4 dedicated workstations that are used to manage the city’s Intelligent Transportation System(ITS). The center is equipped with ability to modify traffic signals via central management software, an adaptive System on SH 6, Permanent DMS Signs, Bluetooth Travel Time Readers, RR Monitoring System along US 90, Wayside Horns, magnetometers that collect turning movement counts at over 50 intersections 24/7, and an ITS website that is integrated with Waze to help identify/report traffic incidents. This technology serves as foundation to providing better service through a data-driven approach. It allows staff be responsive to traffic conditions real-time and use the stored data to troubleshoot reported concerns or produce performance metrics. The TMC has two dedicated operators which manage the systems Monday-Friday from 6 am to 7 pm, on Saturday 11am to 3 pm, and during special events that generate significant traffic.

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
No Fee.
Limited to first 25 registrants.

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