ITS-NY recognizes members and projects that fulfill its mission. ITS-NY awards are considered the highest level of recognition of ITS in the state of New York. Projects are recognized and members are inducted into the Hall of Fame as a reflection of their contributions to the ITS industry in New York. Hall of Fame members are known as leaders in their profession whereas projects represent the very best in innovation and application.
The ITS-NY Awards Ceremony takes place during the annual meeting in June. If you have a nomination to submit, or are interested in participating in the Awards Committee, please contact Awards Committee.
ITS-NY DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS
Renamed in 2019 to the ITS-NY “Dotty Drinkwater” Distinguished Member Award, this award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution toward achieving the mission of ITS-NY over the past year.
The criteria for nomination are:
Substantiation that the individual has significantly contributed over the past 12 months to the direct fulfillment of ITS-NY goals and objectives.
Nominated individual must be employed by an organization which has been an ITS-NY member for at least 3 years.
Individual must be nominated and seconded by ITS-NY Members from two separate organizations.
Individual must generally be well regarded and respected by his/her peers within the ITS marketplace.
No self nominations.
2023: Oleg V. Pekerman
2023: Bill Blanchard, P.E., PTOE
2022: Susan Thomas, P.E., PMP
2021: Arthur T. O’Connor, Ph.D., P.E.
2020: Jennifer B. Strasser, PMP
2019: Robert S. Jaffe, Ph.D., CSEP
2017: Athena Hutchins, P.E., F.ASCE
2017: Christopher Jones
2016: Joseph D. Tario
2015: Isaac Takyi, Ph.D.
2014: Matt Edelman
2013: Frank Dolan, P.E., PTOE
ITS-NY HALL OF FAME
Innovative developments and applications of ITS have propelled the transportation industry forward, enhancing mobility and improving infrastructure management. These developments were the result of hard work and creative thinking by a few people who had the vision to see what technology could mean to the future of the surface transportation industry. These pioneers knew that new tools could be developed that would change forever the way their industry responded to challenges.
The criteria for nomination are:
The individual has championed ITS and significantly contributed to the improvement of ITS in the state of New York.
The individual has been dedicated to the industry through his/her numerous professional accomplishments.
The individual has been an employee of an ITS-NY Member organization at any time currently or historically.
The individual is generally well regarded and respected by his/her peers within the ITS marketplace.
The individual must be nominated and seconded by ITS-NY Members from two separate organizations.
2023 Inductees
Raymundo Martinez, P.E., ITS-NY Board Member
William R. McShane, Ph.D., P.E., PTOE
2022 Inductees
John Bassett, P.E. ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus
Professor Elena Prassas, Ph.D., ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus
Jennifer B. Strasser, PMP, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus, 13th ITS-NY President
2021 Inductees
Professor John C. (Giancarlo) Falcocchio, Ph.D., P.E.
Robert G. Rausch, P.E.
Todd B. Westhuis, P.E., ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus
2020 Inductees
Ernest G. Athanailos, P.E.
Abiyu J. Berlie (ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus)
Mohamad Talas, Ph.D., P.E., PTOE, ITS-NY Board Member
2019 Inductees
Rizwan Baig P.E., PTOE
Dotty Drinkwater, ITS-NY Administrator Emeritus
Jeffrey E. Randall, P.E., PTOE, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus, 12th ITS-NY President
Emilio Sosa, P.E., ITS-NY Board Member
2018 Inductees
Tom Batz
Steven Galgano, P.E.
Fred Lai, P.E.
2017 Inductee
Dr. Raman K. Patel, Ph.D., P.E.
2016 Inductee
Walter Dunn, Jr., P.E., ITS-NY Board Member
2015 Inductees
Dr. Robert Jaffe, Ph.D., CSEP, ITS-NY Board Member
Jonathan McDade
Dr. Isaac Takyi, Ph.D., ITS-NY Board Member, 11th ITS-NY President
2014 Inductees
Frank Dolan, P.E., PTOE, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus
Ed Roberts, P.E.
2013 Inaugural Inductees
Henry Peyrebrune, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus, 1st ITS-NY President
Larry Yermack, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus, 2nd ITS-NY President
Andy Bata, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus, 4th ITS-NY President
Rick Zabinski, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus, 8th ITS-NY President
Matt Edelman, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus
Mike Schauer, P.E., PTOE, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus
John Shafer, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus
Tom Werner, ITS-NY Board Member Emeritus
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Evaluation criteria for Project of the Year include the project’s/program’s utilization of ITS and its impact on a New York transportation issue. Projects which have been completed within the past 12 months, as well as those which are partially, but demonstrably deployed (i.e., well advanced in the process of a several year development/implementation) will be considered. For previous Project of the Year awardees, please visit the Resource Archive.
2023 PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARDEES WERE:
NYC DOT Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) Portal
New York City Department of Transportation; Fortis Consulting Services Corp
2023 OUTSTANDING ITS PROJECT AWARDEES WERE:
LaGuardia Airport’s New Terminal C and Roadway Network
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Delta Airlines
Green Traffic Controller Cabinet
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, New York City Department of Transportation, TransCore ITS, LLC,Swarco McCain Inc.
2022 PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARDEES WERE:
City Traffic Signal Progression Project
New York City Department of Transportation; Henningson, Durham & Richardson Architecture and Engineering, P.C.; KLD Engineering, P.C.; Greenman-Pederson, Inc.; JHK Engineering, P.C.
Port Authority of NY & NJ Replacement Toll Collection System (RTCS)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Kapsch TrafficCom USA Inc.; Greenman-Pederson, Inc.; Welsbach Electric Company; Daidone Electric Inc.
JFK International Airport Early Action Traffic Systems - JFK AOC Video Walls & Operational Dashboards
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Michael Baker International
2021 Project of the Year Awardees were:
Traffic Management Systems: 2020 Thruway Cashless Tolling Implementation
New York State Thruway Authority; Cashless Tolling Constructors, LLC; Kapsch TrafficCom; Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc.; Bridges & Tunnels; HDR, Inc.; Hellman Electric; Kapsch TrafficCom; Navillus, Inc.; The LiRo Group
Transit Signal Priority Systems: 2020-2021 NYC Central Transit Signal Priority (TSP) Deployment, Operations & Maintenance
NYC Department of Transportation; MTA New York City Transit; Federal Highway Administration; JHK Engineering, P.C.; TransCore ITS, LLC; Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.; Global Traffic Technologies; KLD Engineering, P.C.
STUDENT ESSAY CONTESTS
For many years, the Intelligent Transportation Society of New York (ITS-NY) established a “Best Student ITS Paper Competition”. This paper competition was held annually to identify and recognize outstanding technical contributions from individual students in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). It was required that the submitted paper had as first author a student and to be an original paper. The competition consisted of the submission of a brief paper on any ITS topic. For example, the topic was about any Intelligent Transportation System, Services, or Programs in New York State, including ITS research, which could positively impact New York State.
The $500 award was given to one paper and consisted of a certificate and stipend offered by the University Transportation Research Center for qualified students. The winner was alerted prior to the ITS-NY annual meeting and was required to attend the ITS-NY Annual Meeting to present his/her paper as a poster. All travel expenses to attend and present the best paper was reimbursed by ITS-NY.
In 2022, ITS-NY decided to solicit student abstracts and posters throughout the state of New York. Abstracts and posters are presented at the ITS-NY annual meeting; either at an individual panel session or during a separate poster session
Prizes are awarded on a case-by-case basis to the winning posters.
2023: Haggai Davis, III, New York University
2017: Bahman Moghimi, City College of New York
2016: Zhenhua Zhang, State University of New York at Buffalo
2015: Abhishek Sighal, City College of New York
2014: Lei Lin, State University of New York at Buffalo
2013: Akhan Almagambetov, Syracuse University
OTHER AWARDS
Recognition of Service Award
Ian M. St.Yves, P.E. for Recognition of Service from October 2018 to July 2021.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dotty Drinkwater - 2019
Presidential Appreciation Award
Judith Peter, P.E. - 2023
Matthew Juckes - 2023
Judith Peter, P.E. - 2022
Emilio Sosa, P.E. - 2022
Rebecca Gibson-Schott, P.E. - 2022
Dr. Robyn Marquis - 2019