................................................................. Randy McCourt passed on an email from Tom Brahms, ITE Executive Director, and our own OSBEELS regarding a new path to becoming an Oregon Traffic Engineer. See the details below. ------Forwarded Message From: Mari Lopez Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:48:11 -0700 To: Thomas Brahms Conversation: Oregon Engineering License for Traffic Engineers Subject: RE: Oregon Engineering License for Traffic Engineers Mr. Brahms, I would be happy to report to you the events concerning traffic engineering in the state of Oregon. In January of 2004, the board filed a permanent revision to Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 820-010-0450 to remove the traffic branch from the list of exams offered by the board. A key factor to this decision was the failure of volunteers to fulfill the contract with the October 2003 exam. At this time, the board was experiencing difficulties with the traffic practice professionals who were developing and scoring traffic exams for Oregon. During this time, the board also requested assistance and further input from currently registered traffic engineers. This attempt to continue the traffic branch was unsuccessful. In September of 2005, the board filed a permanent revision to OAR 820-040-0030 to include an alternative method of obtaining licensure in the traffic branch. 820-040-0030 Traffic Engineering **** (3) A "Traffic Engineer" is a registered professional engineer who passes a traffic examination recognized by the Board and meets the other necessary qualifications for registration under ORS 672.002 to 672.325. One exam recognized by the board is the PTOE. Prior to the implementation of this rule, staff sent out approximately 5,900 survey cards in late 2003 inquiring of all the civil and traffic engineers registered in the state of Oregon if they considered the Professional Traffic Operations Engineer Exam offered by the Institute of Transportation Engineers an adequate replacement for the state’s written 8-hour exam. On July 11, 2006, Brendan LeBlanc became the first person that was granted licensure in traffic engineering based upon the PTOE certification and other Oregon minimum requirements. If you have further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Mari ? Mari Lopez, Executive Secretary Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying 670 Hawthorne Ave. S.E., Suite 220 Salem, OR 97301 Phone: (503) 362-2666 Ext.26 Fax: (503) 362-5454 -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Brahms [mailto:tbrahms@ite.org] tbrahms@ite.org%5d> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:12 PM To: Mari Lopez Subject: Oregon Engineering License for Traffic Engineers I have been informed that the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying may have taken an action concerning the license that the board was issuing for traffic engineers. My understanding is that the action may have made reference to the Transportation Professionals Certification Board’s Professional Traffic Operations Engineer certification and exam. I would be most appreciative of receiving the specific action that the Board may have taken. Thank you. Thomas W. Brahms