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Welcome to SDITE's 2024 Awards Platform!

Please Note the Submission Deadline: January 30, 2024!

 

Please follow the links to submit nominations for the following Awards:

 

About the Awards 

The Southern District ITE Technical Knowledge Team and Member Services Committee announces the call Technical Paper and Special Project Competition. This competition awards are to be given in three categories:

  • Best Technical Paper submitted by an SDITE Member,
  • Best Young Member Technical Paper submitted by an SDITE Member 35 years of age or younger (must be 35 or younger as of January 1, 2024)
  • Best Special Project (which align with ITE's Transportation Achievement Awards)

Technical Papers. Technical papers should be at least 1,500 words in length and pertain to research or practical applications conducted in non-academic practice during the calendar year 2023. (Technical paper awards for students are being given through the Student Technical Paper competition, solicited separately through the Student Chapters).

For the Best Technical Paper and Best Young Member Technical Paper, the author of the winning paper will receive $350 cash prize and full registration scholarship toward the 2024 SDITE Annual Meeting in Wilmington, NC. The runner-up award includes a $175 cash prize and half-registration scholarship to the Annual Meeting. Winning authors will be invited to present their papers at the 2024 Southern District ITE Annual Meeting. If the winners are unable to attend the meeting, they will only receive the cash prizes. No cash equivalent will be given for the meeting registration scholarships.

Best Special Projects. The new category, Best Special Project, will highlight projects that have contributed to the advancement  of transportation.  Awards for best paper may be presented for the following categories:

  • Complete Streets
  • Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) 
  • Safety 
  • Planning
  • Traffic Engineering.

Nominations should be in PDF format and are limited to five pages. Winners will have the opportunity to present at the SDITE annual meeting and will be submitted to International ITE. Papers should include one or more of the following:

  • Development of an innovative concept in the areas of Complete Streets, TSMO, Traffic Engineering, Planning, or Safety.
  • Implementation of a challenging transportation program through perseverance in its development and promotion.
  • A program or project having a significant effect on transportation.
  • A multi-faceted transportation program or project, combining many innovative and/or well-applied concepts.
  • A program or project promoting a major advancement in the efficiency and/or economy of transportation.
  • Projects and initiatives that advance safety for all the travelling public, including pedestrians, cyclists, and users of alternate means of transport. 
  • Innovative and effective application of elements such as roundabouts or speed humps

Deadline for submission of technical papers or special project is January 15, 2024 Extended to January 30th!

For further information contact Kevin Comstock, Technical Knowledge Team Chair using the form at https://www.sdite.org/member-services/.

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