ITS America Welcomes New Members in January!
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) welcomed eight new companies and organizations from around the country in January, 2011. ITS America is the nation’s leading advocate for the use of smart technology to address transportation challenges. Our new members include: Alliance for Toll Interoperability; Municipality of Anchorage; Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.; CH2MHILL; Manatee County; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Ricardo, Inc.; Virgin Valley Cab Company.
More on each new member:
As a leader in the toll industry, the mission of the Alliance for Toll Interoperability is to promote and implement interstate interoperability. ATI will play a key role as the toll industry strives to better meet customer demand for efficiency and safety, and as tolling agencies around the country implement All Electronic Tolling (AET) and eliminating cash lanes altogether.
Thanks to the advanced transportation infrastructure in the Municipality of Anchorage, there are many different ways to travel to and from Alaska’s biggest city. Whether by plane, train or automobile, it is the municipality’s goal to meet the public transportation needs of Anchorage residents and visitors in a safe and efficient manner.
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. was established in Washington, DC in 1974 by a small group of attorneys who practiced environmental and corporate law. Though its client base has expanded to virtually every sector, Beveridge & Diamond continues to successfully represent companies, trade associations, and governmental entities in difficult cases that threaten to stop or delay the construction of roads, interchanges and other transportation improvements or development.
As a global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations, and program management, CH2M HILL has the human and technical resources, the international footprint, and the depth of know-how and experience to help clients achieve success in any corner of the world. The company has performed project and program delivery as well as operations and maintenance services across the globe, and currently has employees delivering large and small projects in more than 70 countries.
Manatee County, Florida boasts the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) – a regional transportation planning agency which provides a forum for cooperative decision-making concerning regional and local transportation issues.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is positioned to advance national energy goals by developing innovations to change the way we power our homes and businesses, and fuel our vehicles. In addition to energy analysis, science and technology projects, the NREL works with private- and public-sector organizations to successfully transfer technologies into commercially viable products and businesses.
With offices in Chicago, Detroit and over a dozen other cities around the world, Ricardo, Inc. is a leading global multi-industry engineering provider of technology, product innovation and strategic consulting. With almost a century of innovation and automotive heritage to its name, Ricardo has been responsible for many breakthrough technologies and products that have transformed the way we live today.
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