Institute of Transportation Engineers
The Institute of Transportation Engineers 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 was formed in October 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. Various national and regional conferences called for discussions of traffic problems. These discussions led to a group of transportation engineers starting the creation of the first professional traffic society. A meeting took place in Pittsburgh on October 2, 1930, where a tentative draft of the organization's constitution and by-laws came to fruition. The constitution and by-laws were later adopted at a meeting in New York on January 20, 1931. The first chapter of the Institute of Traffic Engineers was established consisting of 30 men with Ernest P. Goodrich as its first president.The organization consists of 10 districts, 62 sections, and 30 chapters from various parts of the world.