November 2022 Luncheon

On November 10th 2022, IL-ITE hosted a luncheon featuring Kyle Armstrong from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The luncheon was held at Cooper’s Hawk in Naperville, and consisted of networking, a presentation from Kyle on MUTCD highlights from the 11th Edition, and an all around pleasant afternoon!

Kyle Armstrong is a graduate of the University of Illinois where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He has worked at the Illinois Department of Transportation for 23 years both for the District 6 office in Springfield and for the Central Bureau of Operations. He is currently the Engineer of Traffic Operations where his duties include developing policies, procedures, and programs for the installation and maintenance of traffic control devices and intelligent transportation systems. He helped lead the statewide effort to review and develop comments for the proposed 11th Edition of the MUTCD and is a member of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois and is a certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer through ITE.

We thank Kyle for presenting to our section, and thank everyone who attended for making a pleasant and informative luncheon on a sunny Thursday afternoon.

2022 Mentorship Match Celebration

On November 3rd, we celebrated the completion of the 2022 IL-ITE Mentorship Match Program! Participants in the program enjoyed a night of libations and mini golf at Big Mini Putt in Wicker Park. The mentorship program is a great way to learn from some of the best and brightest of our industry here in Illinois, thanks to all who participated.

And if you're looking to get involved in our mentorship match program next year (if at least to join on our awesome end-of-year social), we'd love to have you! It's a great experience, and you're neither too young nor too old to join as a mentor/mentee (just like how you're never too old for a classic "silly one" pic), so stay tuned for more info on next year's program!

So close, yet so far

Not a functioning cart

Intense trigonometric discussions

Normalize professionals taking a “silly” photo