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ITS Florida hosted their Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet. At this banquet, remarks on the future of ITS in Florida were made by Chester Chandler, the ITS Office Manager. Pat McCue of the Tampa Hillsborough County Expressway Authority presented a video on the future of the Crosstown Expressway in Tampa. A number of door prizes were provided by the consulting community in Florida. Hal Worrall of the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority was named ITS Engineer of the Year.
Florida was also recognized by ITS America at their 2001 Best of ITS Awards Banquet. The Florida ITS Planning Guidelines prepared by Bob Krzeminski of the FDOT Systems Planning Office and the Center for Urban Transportation Research was nominated for an award in the planning category.
Florida was also well represented through 25 paper presentations or panel discussions during the course of the meeting.
Thanks go out to the many people who contributed to the arrangements of conference, volunteered with ITS America, volunteered at the FDOT booth, contributed to the program through technical presentations or papers, and participated in the many committee meetings as part of the Annual Meeting. Your participation and representation made this a successful meeting for all who were involved.
The 2002 Meeting is scheduled for April 29 - May 2 in Long Beach, California – we look forward to seeing you there. For more information,see http://www.itsa.org.