The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs. ITE facilitates the application of technology and scientific principles to research, planning, functional design, implementation, operation, policy development, and management for any mode of ground transportation.
History
The organization formed in 1930 amid growing public demand for experts to alleviate traffic congestion and the frequency of crashes that came from the rapid development of automotive transportation.
It formed as the Institute of Traffic Engineers
and its first president was
Ernest P. Goodrich.
The organization consists of 10 districts, 62 sections, and 30 chapters from various parts of the world.
Standards development
ITE is also a standards development organization designated by the
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the President of the United States and ...
(USDOT). One of the current standardization efforts is the
advanced transportation controller
The advanced transportation controller (ATC) is a standardization effort being undertaken by the United States Department of Transportation as part of their Intelligent transportation system (ITS) efforts. The ATC is being developed to provide an ...
. ITE is also known for publishing articles about trip generation, parking generation, parking demand, and various transportation-related material through ''ITE Journal'', a monthly publication.
Criticism
Urbanists such as
Jeff Speck
Jeff Speck is an American city planner, writer, and lecturer who is the principal at the urban design and consultancy firm, Speck & Associates. He has authored or co-authored several books on urban planning, including his 2012 book, ''Walkable ...
have criticized ITE standards for encouraging towns to build more, wider streets making pedestrians less safe and cities less walkable.
Donald Shoup
Donald Curran Shoup (born August 24, 1938) is an American engineer and professor in urban planning. He is a research professor of urban planning at University of California, Los Angeles and a noted Georgist economist. His 2005 book ''The High Co ...
in his book ''
The High Cost of Free Parking
''The High Cost of Free Parking'' is an urban planning book by UCLA professor Donald Shoup dealing with the costs of free parking on society. It is structured as a criticism of the planning and regulation of parking and recommends that parking b ...
'' argues that ITE estimates give towns the false confidence to regulate minimum parking requirements which reinforce sprawl.
See also
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(NTCIP)
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Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers The Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) is composed of more than 1,700 transportation engineers, planners, technologists and students across Canada. Its purpose and mission is to enable professionals with knowledge and competence ...
References
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Transportation engineering
Organizations based in Washington, D.C.
Road transport organizations
Organizations established in 1930
Engineering organizations
Transportation organizations based in the United States
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