TOPIC: Saving Lives with Innovative Intersections

SPEAKER: Amanda Austin

SPONSOR: Kimley-Horn

ASCE Austin is excited to host Amanda Austin as they present on Saving Lives with Innovative Intersections.

Registration ends on Friday, October 17th; you may still attend by paying at the door (cash, check, paypal). As a non-profit, we operate on a budget that is highly dependent on revenue from sponsorships, membership fees, and event/program fees (such as this luncheon). To help ensure a meal headcount for our events we require registration in advance. At this time, we do not offer refunds. For any registration questions, please reach out to us at communications@austinasce.org and membership@austinasce.org.

NOTE: Time is allotted for lunch beginning at 11:30 AM. The meeting and speaker presentation will begin around 12 PM. A short period for questions & answers is reserved prior to 1 PM.

Amanda Austin is the Roundabout & Alternative Intersection Design (RAID) Lead for TxDOT, as part of Design Division. Her primary goal is to reduce intersection-related fatalities by increasing the usage of innovative intersection designs. Amanda's early career was spent in Washington State, where she worked on a range of transportation projects for over 11 years. During six of those years, she concentrated on roundabouts, gaining valuable expertise in roundabout planning, design and construction. In 2019, Amanda relocated to Texas and joined the TxDOT Houston District Advanced Project Development group, where her team was responsible for overseeing dozens of District schematic projects, which served to enhance her understanding of TxDOT project delivery. Amanda joined Design Division in 2023, where she is thrilled to be utilizing her experience in roundabouts and project management to contribute significantly to the ambitious Road to Zero initiative.

Thank you to our sponsor: Kimley-Horn!

Founded in 1967, Kimley-Horn is one of the nation’s premier full-service planning and design consulting firms and has been providing a wide variety of services for public and private clients since our founding. In response to client needs, Kimley-Horn has expanded its range of services to include the wide variety of disciplines necessary to complete any type of municipal engineering project. Kimley-Horn provides the responsiveness and familiarity of a local firm but with the resources and personnel of a large business. Our qualifications come from years of experience serving similar clients, and we have learned to adapt our range of services to tailor to each client’s needs. As a full-service consulting firm composed of landscape architects, civil engineers, surveyors, traffic engineers, structural engineers, electrical engineers, roadway engineers, environmental professionals, transportation planners, and construction phase specialists, we are confident in our abilities to meet the needs of your citizens. Over the last 58 years, our pursuit of traditional and niche markets has enabled Kimley-Horn to become one of the premier consulting firms in the nation. Today, Kimley-Horn has more than 9,400 employees across 145+ offices nationwide.