Chesapeake, Virginia—Open Roads Consulting, Inc (Open Roads), the leading provider of innovative Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) has been selected by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to design and implement the Next Generation Advanced Traffic Management System (Next Gen ATMS) .

This Next Gen ATMS project includes services to design, develop, implement, test, maintain, and support a single statewide platform to promote coordinated traffic management and operations across the Commonwealth. Open Roads will design and implement the Next Gen ATMS using its configurable and scalable OpenTMSTM platform which includes a browser-based graphical user interface and modules to support intelligent responses to incidents and planned events, shared control of all existing and future ITS field devices, data fusion and travel time computation, asset management, and integration with existing PennDOT, business partner and adjacent state systems. The Open Roads Team includes Gannett Fleming, Pennoni Associates Inc, Berkeley Transportation Systems (a business unit division of Iteris), Advantage Engineering Associates, and Pemcco.

Barbara Skiffington, President of Open Roads, commented "We are excited to win this prestigious project. PennDOT has been at the forefront of ITS deployments and operations so it is most gratifying to be recognized by such a progressive agency and be awarded this critical assignment. This win is a testament to the talent and the technology expertise that the Open Roads team brings to PennDOT. We look forward to partnering with PennDOT to deliver a robust and successful Next Gen ATMS."

Open Roads, founded in 2000, is a leader in providing innovative Intelligent Transportation Systems and Critical Asset Protection Solutions to federal, state, and local government clients. Open Roads’ mission-critical systems are deployed in more than 30 operations centers across the United States, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Please visit our website at www.openroadsconsulting.com.

Susan Beckwith

Vice President, Corporate Communications

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