Institute of Transportation Engineers | TAMUite

What Institute of Transportation Engineers | TAMUite does

TexITE (Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers) is a nonprofit professional membership organization serving transportation engineers and students across Texas. Founded as a district chapter of the national Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), it operates through six regional sections — Brazos Valley, Capital Area (Austin), Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and South Texas — and is governed by volunteer officers drawn from transportation engineering firms, government agencies, and consultancies including HDR, CONSOR, TTI, Arcadis, and Iteris.

The organization's offerings consist of member services rather than commercial products. These include: a website platform (texite.org) for membership administration and communications; monthly professional development luncheons in the Houston section covering traffic signal timing, connected vehicles, and roundabout design (with PDH credits); annual and seasonal district meetings (the 2026 TexITE Meeting at Houston Marriott Westchase and a 2026 joint ITE Annual Meeting with the Great Lakes District in Detroit); an awards program spanning Transportation Professional of the Year, Younger Member of the Year, Norman Hogue Roundabout Project, Outstanding Student Awards, and Technical Paper Awards; student chapter support and the Traffic Bowl competition at universities including Texas A&M, UT Austin, UT Arlington, Texas Southern, UTEP, and Texas Tech; scholarship and fellowship programs (minimum $500 per award); and a job board for transportation engineering positions.

The organization operates with approximately 5 listed employees and is primarily volunteer-driven. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and is derived from membership dues, event sponsorships, and program fees. TexITE uses standard channels — website, LinkedIn, Facebook, email newsletters, and in-person events — for member engagement. There are no funding rounds, acquisitions, or commercial technology products; the entity is a professional association affiliate rather than an investable commercial enterprise.

Name

Institute of Transportation Engineers | TAMUite

Legal name

TexITE (Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Website

https://texite.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TexITE is a nonprofit district chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers serving Texas transportation engineering professionals and students through six regional sections, offering meetings, awards, scholarships, and networking events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Educational Services (611), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

Keywords

• Transportation engineering association
• Professional membership organization
• Engineering scholarship programs
• Transportation awards recognition
• Professional development events

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TexITE (Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers) is a nonprofit professional membership organization that serves transportation engineers, planners, and students across Texas. It delivers its core offering through membership-based professional development services: monthly and annual meetings/luncheons (with PDH continuing education credits), regional section events across six Texas regions, an awards program (Technical Paper, Norman Hogue Roundabout, Outstanding Student, Distinguished Service, Transportation Professional of the Year, Younger Member of the Year), student scholarships and fellowships, an online job board, student chapters, and the Traffic Bowl student competition.

Product overview

TexITE (Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers) is a professional membership organization, not a technology product company. The organization's offerings consist of member services including: an online platform for awards programs (Outstanding Student Awards, Technical Paper Awards, Norman Hogue Roundabout Project Awards, and Professional Practice Awards), scholarship programs for transportation engineering students, student chapter support and competitions (including Traffic Bowl), professional development events (monthly Houston Section luncheons and trainings, annual district meetings), and a job board for the transportation engineering profession. These services support transportation professionals and students through recognition, education, networking, and career development across Texas universities and the Houston metropolitan area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Houston Area Section: Houston chapter of TexITE serving the greater Houston metropolitan area
• Brazos Valley Section
• Capital Area Section
• Dallas Section
• Fort Worth Section
• South Texas Section

Products and services

• Professional Membership and Member Services Core membership-based offering for transportation engineering professionals in Texas, including access to six regional sections (Brazos Valley, Capital Area, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, South Texas), member communications, and the central member services platform hosted on texite.org.
• District Meetings and Annual Conferences Annual and seasonal in-person conferences bringing together transportation professionals across Texas for technical sessions, exhibits, sponsor/vendor engagement, and networking. Events include the TexITE Annual Meeting, Spring/Fall district meetings, and joint meetings with other ITE districts.
• Monthly Section Luncheons and Professional Development Trainings Recurring monthly luncheons and technical training sessions for members, covering transportation engineering topics (traffic signal timing, connected vehicles, roundabout design, transportation planning) and offering PDH continuing education credits. Delivered primarily by the Houston Area Section and replicated across other regional sections.
• TexITE Awards Program Annual recognition program honoring Texas transportation engineering excellence across multiple categories: Distinguished Service / Transportation Professional of the Year, Younger Member of the Year, Section Activities, Technical Paper, Norman Hogue Roundabout Project, Student Chapter, Student Paper, and Outstanding Students. Awards recognize both individual professionals and project-level achievements (e.g., roundabout design and implementation).
• Student Scholarships and Fellowships Financial scholarships and fellowships awarded to undergraduate and graduate students in STEM programs related to transportation engineering, with preference for students enrolled in transportation courses or affiliated with the Greater Houston Area. Minimum award amount of $500 per scholarship through the TexITE Houston scholarship program.
• Online Job Board Online portal for transportation engineering job postings that allows employers to submit positions and members to browse and search open opportunities in the Texas transportation sector.
• Traffic Bowl Student Competition Annual student competition testing transportation engineering knowledge, held as part of TexITE events and student chapter activities across Texas universities.
• Student Chapter Support Program Program providing ongoing support, awards recognition, and fellowships to ITE student chapters at Texas universities, enabling student-led professional development activities at the chapter level.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): Large U.S. professional association for civil engineers with strong transportation engineering content, local chapters, conferences, awards, and student programs comparable in structure to TexITE.
• American Planning Association (APA): National professional association for urban and transportation planners, with state chapters, conferences, awards, and PDH-style continuing education that overlaps significantly with TexITE's professional development and networking model.
• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE): National parent professional association for transportation engineers. TexITE is a district chapter of ITE, making it the most direct structural peer; ITE offers overlapping benefits (meetings, publications, PDH, standards) but at the national/international level.
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO): Standards-setting association representing state departments of transportation; while more agency-focused, it serves overlapping transportation engineering constituencies and runs meetings, awards, and technical publications comparable to TexITE's offerings.
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE): National professional engineering association with state societies, continuing education, awards, and student programs structurally aligned with TexITE's professional development and member-services model.

Direct peers

• American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE): Professional society for highway engineers with regional sections, student chapters, technical meetings, and project recognition programs closely paralleling TexITE's highway and traffic engineering orientation.
• Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (TX-ASCE): Texas state-level professional association for civil engineers (including transportation) offering student scholarships, chapter awards, technical meetings, and branch structure that closely mirrors TexITE's Texas district model.
• Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA): Industry association focused on intelligent transportation systems and emerging mobility technologies, with state chapters, conferences, awards, and professional development highly comparable to TexITE's transportation engineering focus.
• Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS): International professional association advancing women in transportation, with Texas-based chapters, scholarships, student programs, and awards that structurally mirror TexITE's offerings to transportation professionals.

Others

• Texas Transportation Institute (TTI): Texas A&M-affiliated transportation research institute whose employees populate TexITE leadership (e.g., Secretary/Treasurer from TTI). TTI is an adjacent ecosystem participant that overlaps with TexITE's member and content audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TexasITE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/institute-of-transportation-engineers-tamu-ite

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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