ITS Georgia President's Message from Georgia Engineer Magazine December 2013

ITS Georgia
President Scott Mohler

As retiring president of the Intelligent Transportation Society of Georgia, I want to thank the membership for allowing me to serve for the past two years. ITS Georgia is one of the leading chapters in the nation, and from my perspective it’s easy to see why.

Our member organizations represent the best in intelligent transportation systems design, deployment, operations and research. That strength is reflected in the diversity of disciplines represented by our officers, directors and committees.

In 2013, we continued to grow and excel as a chapter. Membership continues to expand, increasing by more than 10% in 2013. The chapter’s presence in social media grew to 1,050 opt-in emails, Facebook likes and twitter followers.

Our monthly meeting program was excellent with eight luncheons and a half-day seminar. 

Topics and attendance in 2013 were:

Month	Topic	Attendees
January	Transportation Management Center Display Technology	75
February	Digitized Intersections	86
March	Connected Vehicles	57
April	Municipal Video Sharing	55
May	Columbia County Workshop	46
June	Managed Lanes Implementation Plan	66
July	Using Cellular Networks	42
August	Transit Solutions Through Traveler Information	62
October	Intelligent Railways	61

In February 2013, an estimated 100 people, including Gov. Nathan Deal, GDOT Board Chairman Johnny Floyd, GDOT Board Members and Members of the General Assembly, gathered Wednesday night to talk transportation issues facing the state. Sponsored by ITS Georgia and Georgia Section ITE the event was the second annual event of its kind. Chairman Floyd introduced the Governor who spoke about transportation programs of his administration and the need to come together to support improvements in transportation infrastructure. These types of networking events help get the word to key decision makers on the benefits of intelligent transportation solutions.   

Our big event of the year was the annual meeting in September where we announced our new officers and directors for 2014 – 2015, bestowed Best of ITS awards and learned about the latest in ITS solutions, applications and hardware. In 2013, the meeting recorded 130 registrants, 16 sponsors and 24 exhibitors.

Once again thank you. I have truly enjoyed the past two years and look forward to supporting incoming president Tom Sever.

ITS Georgia Chapter Leadership

President

Scott Mohler, URS

Tom Sever, Gwinnett DOT, President-elect

Vice President

Tom Sever, Gwinnett DOT

Grand Waldrop, GDOT, Vice-president-elect

Secretary

Kristin Turner, Wolverton Associates

Jennifer Johnson, Kimley-Horn, Secretary-elect

Treasurer

Ashlyn Morgan, Atkins

Immediate Past President

Marion Waters, Gresham Smith & Partners

Directors

Mark Demidovich, GDOT

Susie Dunn, Atlanta Regional Commission

Eric Graves, City of Alpharetta

Carla Holmes, Gresham Smith & Partners

Winter Horbal, Temple, Inc.

Keary Lord, Douglas County DOT

David Smith, DeKalb County Transportation

Prasoon Sinha, ARCADIS

Grant Waldrop, GDOT

Mike Holt, Parsons Brinkerhoff, elect

Yancy Bachmann, World Fiber, elect

Kenn Fink, Kimley-Horn, elect

Kristin Turner, Wolverton Associates, elect

State Chapters Representative

Shahram Malek, Arcadis

Ex Officio

Greg Morris, Federal Highway Administration

Andres Ramirez, FTA

Our 2013/2014 Sponsors

Control Technologies

Utilicom

Temple

Arcadis

Atkins

World Fiber Technologies

Kimley-Horn and Associates

Southern Lighting and Traffic Systems

Delcan

Gresham Smith and Partners

Grice Consulting

Jacobs

Parsons Brinkerhoff

Quality Traffic Systems

URS

Transcore