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2025 VASITE Annual Meeting and Technical Conference

2025 VASITE Annual Meeting and Technical Conference

We would like to thank everyone who attended the 2025 VASITE Annual Meeting and Technical Conference held June 16 – 18, 2025 at the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront in Virginia Beach!

Reserve a Hotel Room

The following room blocks are available. Prices do not include taxes and fees. Click the links below to reserve your rooms.

Additional public sector employee rate rooms are available at the Holiday Inn. See below for booking details.

Holiday Inn & Suites Virginia Beach North Beach

This hotel is located just two blocks to the south of the conference at 3900 Atlantic Avenue. Book by Monday, May 26, 2025 to receive the conference rate.

Book using the link below or by calling the hotel at 757-428-1711 and reference the reservation group code VSS.

Public Sector Employee Rate: $210

Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront

Book by May 21, 2025 to receive the conference rate. The group rate is valid for Monday and Tuesday night. There may be some limited room availability for the weekend in advance. Even though the resort fee is listed on the Marriott’s website, it will not be charged if you book through the VASITE room block.

Conference Rate: $249.00

*SOLD OUT* Public Sector Employees Rate: $210.00

Credit Card Forms

If you are reserving the room in a corporate credit card or one that is not in your name, book your reservation and then contact the Marriott at josh.baker@cavalierresortvb.com with the following information to receive the necessary paperwork.

  • Guest name
  • Confirmation number and dates
  • What charges will be covered under the credit card (e.g. room/tax, room/tax/resort fee, all charges)
Room at the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront

Who’s Attending

We’re looking forward to seeing the following people at the conference this year.

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Presentations

A PDF version of the agenda can be found here.

Click here for PDH information

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
VASITE Board Meeting

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception/Registration

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast, Registration, and Coffee

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Welcome Speech

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
LJ Hansen, Director of Public Works (City of Virginia Beach)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Technical Session 1
Moderator: Shankar Natarajan (Jacobs)

1A. Crash Reduction Outcomes of VDOT Safety Initiatives in Rural Virginia
Gerry Harter and Yiseul Choi (VDOT)

1B. Use of LiDAR and GIS for Automated Intersection Sight Distance Measurement and
Qualitative Safety Assessment
Fangjian Yang and Sachin Katkar (WSP)

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Networking and Snack Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Technical Session 2
Moderator: Claire Gavin (WSP)

2A. Roanoke SMAP Development
Bryan Katz and Katie Belt (toXcel)

2B. Guide to Greening Multimodal Buffers
Afshin Famili (City of Richmond) and Danielle Soriano Brown (Timmons)

2C. Citywide Traffic Signal Control System Modernization in Our Nation’s Capital
Glenn Havinoviski (JMT)

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Technical Session 3
Moderator: Sean Becker (VHB)

3A. Statewide Signals Program
Matthew Bonacci (VDOT)

3B. VDOT Traffic Signal Studies
Sanhita Lahiri (VDOT) and Michael Tantillo (VHB)

3C. VDOT Signal Operations Initiatives
Andrew Nichols (VDOT) and Justin Effinger (Meade & Hunt)

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Networking and Snack Break

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Technical Session 4
Wes Parker (Clark-Nexsen)

4A. City of Norfolk Multimodal Transportation Plan and Safety Action Plan
Keith Darrow and Alan Budde (City of Norfolk)

4B. Big Beam Weekend – Closing the I-495 Inner Loop in Tysons for an Entire Weekend
Jerry Mrykalo (Dewberry), David Metcalf (Volkert), and Shelley Wynne (Dewberry)

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Adjourn

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Reception

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Annual Banquet and Dinner

Awards

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Breakfast

VDOT Leadership Update
Cathy McGhee, Deputy Commissioner (VDOT)

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Technical Session 5
Moderator: Chuck Conran (VHB)

5A. VDOT MUTCD Update
Robert Cochrane (VDOT), Rashmi Patel (VDOT), and Michael Tantillo (VHB)

5B. VDOT 2026 Road & Bridge Specifications Traffic Operations Sections
Robert Cochrane (VDOT)

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Break

11:00 AM – Noon
Technical Session 6
Moderator: Jeff Kuttesch (RK&K)

6A. Pipeline Success Arlington Boulevard and Washington Boulevard Interchange
Improvements
Dan Goldfarb (ATCS) and Andrew Hayes (Arlington County)

6B. VA-36/Winston Churchill Drive – City of Hopewell – Corridor Improvements
Suhasini Kilim and Habib Diouf (Jacobs)

Noon
Closing Remarks and Adjourn

Submit an Abstract

Fill out the form below to submit an abstract. Abstracts are due by May 9, 2025.

Frequently Asked Questions

The conference is located at the beautiful Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Registration will open at 3 PM on Monday, June 16, 2025. The last technical session will end at noon, Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

No! Anyone is welcome to attend. VASITE members do receive discounted tickets, so we encourage anyone to Join VASITE if you are interested in continual participation.

The VASITE Annual Meeting is known for being a laid-back, beachy affair. Most attendees will be wearing business casual, though you are welcome to dress up if you would like.

The agenda can be viewed here.

All attendees will receive an email following the conference with information on collecting PDH certificates. We are not currently offering CM certificates for AICPs. If you are interested in earning CM certificates, please let us know.

We understand that things come up at the last minute, but there are also costs that VASITE incurs with late cancellations. Here is our Refund Policy for annual meetings:

Tickets to the annual meeting can be refunded up to 30 days prior to the meeting for full credit. Between 29 days and 7 days prior to the annual meeting, 50% of the original ticket purchase price will be refunded. After that point, no refunds will be issued for tickets.

For this annual meeting:

  • Full refund prior to May 12
  • Refund of 50% between May 13 and June 9
  • No refunds after June 9

Instead of cancelling, you can transfer a registration for free. Even if you aren’t eligible for a refund, do contact us to let us know you won’t be coming and we may be able to give you credit if we have walk-up registrations.

Please contact the VASITE annual meeting committee to request a refund.

Yes, you can transfer your registration to anyone else for free. Please contact the VASITE annual meeting committee to request a transfer. One registration cannot be used by multiple people during the conference.

Thanks to our Sponsors

June 16 @ 8:00 am – June 18 @ 1:00 pm

$900.00