Mr. Rafat Raie, a highly regarded professional Traffic Engineer who has been a distinguished instructor with the TechTransfer program at the Institute of Transportation Studies since 2001, offering a broad range of courses covering design, operations, planning, and maintenance. Over the course of his career, Mr. Raie has served as City Traffic Engineer for several municipalities across northern and southern California, where he successfully implemented various Smart City applications, including the first deployed cloud-based emergency vehicle pre-emption system in the United States. Widely recognized as a Transportation Technology expert, he is leading the Contra Costa County Transportation Authority in developing its inaugural Digital Motions Master Plan. In his current role as Principal at the Advanced Mobility Group, he supports multiple public agencies by managing their communication systems, parking technologies, signal design and coordination, multi-modal data management, and transit analysis. Mr. Raie's extensive expertise and practical insights make him an exceptional resource for professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge and advance their skills in Traffic Engineering.

Ms. Mitman has over 15 years of transportation planning and engineering experience. She is an expert in active transportation planning and safety, having co-authored the multi-award winning California Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Assessments Technical Guidebooks and served as the project manager for pedestrian and bicycle safety assessments and active transportation plans statewide. She is a national instructor for the FHWA's pedestrian and bicycle planning, safety, and design courses. Meghan has published numerous articles based on her safety research in TRB's Transportation Research Record, which have included a specific focus on crosswalk behavior, safety, and countermeasures as well as pedestrian demand forecasting. She is lead author for the ITE Recommended Practice on Accommodating Pedestrians and Bicyclists at Interchanges. Meghan is a member of the TRB Pedestrian Committee and the international Chair of the ITE Complete Streets Council.