21st Annual Western States Forum

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June 16 - 18, 2026

The Forum will be held in Grass Valley, California, at the Gold Miners Inn. Lodging information for the Forum can be found on the 2026 Forum Lodging page.

People seated at round tables. A group of people lines up in front of a large truck and trailer with Caltrans markings and deployed communications antennas.

For maps and directions to the Forum or information about the many activities in the Grass Valley area, check out the links above.


Here are the invited presentations / demonstrations for the 2026 Forum:

  • Chain-Up Delay Tracking and Estimation for Interstate 5 in Northern California
    Jeremiah Pearce, Ozair Purmul; Caltrans District 2
    Douglas Galarus, Montana Technological University

  • Smart and Cooperative Truck Parking Information Management System (TPIMS)
    Nutvara Jantarathaneewat*, Kehua (Zeon) Chen, Yinhai Wang; University of Washington
    Matt Neeley, Robert Stull; Washington State Department of Transportation

  • NDOT Truck Parking Availability System (TPAS) Pilot Project
    Eric MacGill, Jordan James
    Nevada Department of Transportation

  • Powering ITS Devices in Challenging Environments
    Troy Torgersen, Tyson Larson
    Utah Department of Transportation Region 4

  • ReadyOp: Integrating Communications, Information Sharing and Operations Through Practical Applications
    Aisha Dayal*, Tony Leingang
    Washington State Department of Transportation

  • Remote ITS Control & Telemetry Solution
    Gregg Thompson, Mark Aragon
    Nevada Department of Transportation

  • SWR Safepath Wrong Way Systems
    Scott Mercer, Dan Huynh
    Washington State Department of Transportation

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