The Arizona Department of Transportation has released a procurement for an adaptive traffic control system to be implemented in the City of Glendale at intersections near the State Farm Stadium and Westgate Entertainment District.  The City of Glendale seeks to implement an adaptive traffic control system to support traffic management during planned special events. Interested vendors need to register as a supplier with the State of Arizona in order to be qualified to submit a proposal. Registration information can be found through the following link to the Arizona Procurement Portal (APP) https://app.az.gov.

On the afternoons of October 26, 27, and 28, the Mid-Atlantic Section of ITE and the Intelligent Transportation Society of Pennsylvania will be hosting the virtual 2021 Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit.

The Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit is the largest dedicated Automated Vehicle conference in the Northeast region, bringing together both public and private industries. The conference’s subject matter experts and diverse group of attendees come together to discuss and engage with the broad range of issues related to these emerging technologies. Speakers and attendees come from a wide range of industries:

• AV Testers/Developers
• Automotive Manufacturers/Vendors
• Government Officials
• Academics/Educators
• Researchers
• Engineers/Scientists
• …and more!

Be sure to register by October 15th for regular registration and by October 22nd for late registration. All registration fees include:

• Three plenary sessions, featuring industry thought-leaders from around the country.
• Certified Professional Development Hours.
• Six hours of breakout sessions, twelve different breakout sessions to choose from.
• Electronic summary of the 2021 proceedings.
• Opportunity to network during the virtual conference using Remo.

Summit Website: https://paavsummit.org/

Summit Registration Link: events.constantcontact.com/register/…

WE LOOK FOWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK!

The Day 1 Workshop Pamphlet is Available

You can view the Day 1 Workshop Pamphlet here.  The Conference Workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Transportation will feature nationally-recognized experts who will explain what AI is and isn’t, and discuss the state of the practice of AI in the transportation field, specifically in the areas of autonomous vehicles, communications, smart sensors and smart systems. Workshop participants will come away with a better understanding of AI and the real-world benefits and opportunities it provides to ITS professionals.

Individuals & Speakers Registration

Time is running out to register for the conference! Individual registrants and speakers from the public and private sectors, along with full-time students, can register using the Individual Registrants online form.

The principal purpose of the Regional Center for Smart Mobility Solutions is to enhance regional traveler mobility on existing regional infrastructure, to include more than 5,000 miles of roadways, through management of traffic data analytics, modeling, traffic signal optimization, and active demand management via a Mobility on Demand (MOD) platform. The Center will oversee the creation and of advanced mobility and intelligent transportation systems tools for optimizing traveler and freight performance, while ensuring that all development conforms to autonomous/connected vehicle and smart infrastructure federal data connectivity and security standards. The Center is searching for an individual who enjoys interacting with a variety of community stakeholders and excels at developing creative solutions to complex challenges.

Transportation Systems Management and Operations Manager

The Program Manager will oversee the Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Portfolio: Responsible for the planning, development, and management of the Portfolio designed to integrate smart technology to reduce congestion and enhance the safety, security, mobility, and efficient utilization of existing transportation system.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assist the Director in implementation of the Center’s Work Program.
• Develop and apply policies and procedures that support the advancement of TSMO in the daily activities of the Center;
• Develop and implement TSMO business and related plans to guide resource allocation and achieve unit performance targets;
• Collaborate with others in plan development, reporting plan results, linking performance targets to specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound, (SMART) objectives in staff expectations, identifying and making resource recommendations;
• Ensure the most current program elements, performance measures and functions are being implemented;
• Manage Center information technology systems and staff to facilitate rapid technology deployment including direct coordination with data systems of other regional agencies, such as traffic signal coordination, crowdsourced data captured by regional entities and the generation of mobility applications; and 
• Act as a technical advisor on the use of traffic engineering, intelligent transportation system (ITS), and Active Transportation Demand Management (ATDM) standards, policies and best practices to other departments, local governments, and agencies.

Starting Salary: $100,000 DOQ
Location: Tucson, AZ
Department:  Transportation
Job Number: 2021-00903
Closing:  Continuous 

For full job description and more information, take a look at this job flyer and visit the Pima County Job Opportunities Website.

Travel Demand Forecast Manager

The Program Manager will oversee the Travel Demand Forecast Portfolio: Responsible for the planning, development, and management of the Portfolio designed to integrate smart technology to reduce congestion and enhance the safety, security, mobility, and efficient utilization of existing transportation system.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Manage and develops technical assistance to regional entities in the development, application, validation and evaluation of advanced travel demand modeling frameworks, including dynamic traffic assignment, activity-based and tour-based approaches;
• Manage a variety of transportation planning projects and tasks, which may include transit planning, and operations analysis, travel demand/transit demand analysis and forecasting, analysis of travel patterns and transportation conditions, traffic simulation and traffic operations analysis, development of transportation system and corridor alternatives;
• Manage Center information technology systems and staff to facilitate rapid technology deployment including direct coordination with data systems of other regional agencies, such as traffic signal coordination, crowdsourced data captured by regional entities and the generation of mobility applications;
• Assist transportation agencies in assessing the behavioral implications of model outputs through independent review of travel model results; and Assist the Director in implementation of the Center’s Work Program.
• Manage the uses of planning data, analysis, and report products to successfully complete multimodal transportation system planning studies, multi-modal corridor studies, environmental analysis and other transportation planning activities;
• Participate in workshops, public meetings or hearings to explain scenario planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on planning studies.

Starting Salary: $100,000 DOQ
Location: Tucson, AZ
Department:  Transportation
Job Number: 2021-00904
Closing:  Continuous 

For full job description and more information, take a look at this job flyer and visit the Pima County Job Opportunities Website.

About the Position:

Position: ITS Engineer
Salary: $73,153.60 – $106,371.20

Performs highly technical and professional engineering work in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic signals and telecommunication network for the city of Scottsdale. 

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, System Engineering, or a closely related field from an accredited educational institution is required.
• Four or more years of experience in design and operation of ITS.
• Preferred: Master’s Degree in a closely related field.

 Licensing, Certifications and Other Requirements:

• Possession of an Arizona Professional Engineer’s license within 12 months of hire.
• Must possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted driver’s license with no major citations within the past 39 months prior to the start date. The Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles requires that out-of-state driver’s licenses must be surrendered within 10 days of relocating to the State of Arizona.
• Every person employed by the City of Scottsdale shall reside in the State of Arizona during his or her active employment by the City, regardless of whether the employee is approved to remote work.

Essential Functions

Performs duties and responsibilities commensurate with assigned functional area which may include, but are not limited to, any combination of the following:

• Designs and prepares plans and specifications and cost estimates for ITS projects.
• Develops and implements traffic signal timing and coordination plans.
• Compile and analyze data pertinent to traffic signal operations, level of services and other performance measures.
• Generates technical diagrams, engineering drawings, technical specifications related to traffic signals, ITS devices and communication network.
• Reviews and comments on traffic signal, streetlighting and fiber design and construction plans.

Please select the link to see the full position posting and to apply: ITS Engineer | Job Details tab | Career Pages (governmentjobs.com)