KC Scout Shout!

In April, KC Scout was honored with the Best of ITS Heart land Product award at the ITS Heartland Conference in Lincoln, NE.  Submitted by Innovations and Training Coordinator Mary Bundridge, Traffic Systems Supervisor  Kelly Alvarez, and TMC Operations Manager Amy Holt, the award was presented to KC Scout for their Traffic Management Center (TMC) New Hire Training Program KC Scout's management team implemented a two week intensive course for new hires.  "The course starts with an introduction to ITS and incident management as a whole. It then provides basic systems training, processes, and expectations to the new hires," said Bundridge. According to Bundridge, the Advanced Traffic Management System training platform is utilized to provide hands-on scenario based learning exercises. Standard operating procedures, applications, and resources are reviewed one by one in a discussion format infused with examples from past TMC operations. When trainees transition to the T...

Recently, KC Scout participated in the 21st Annual ITS Heartland Conference at the Overland Park Convention Center. ITS Heartland is a five-state Chapter of ITS America consisting of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma Departments of Transportation. The three day event was held November 8-10 and was hosted by KDOT.   "This conference is designed to facilitate information sharing for Intelligent Transportation Systems projects and activities and to showcase ITS applications within its five member states," explains KC Scout Special Projects Coordinator Nancy Powell.  According to Powell, input also includes the latest news from the National Chapter, FHWA, University Transportation Researchers, and ITS product vendors. This year KC Scout was selected to present in several sessions at the conference. Every year member states are invited to submit abstracts for the event. A committee determines which ones will comprise the three days of breakout sessions, panel disc...