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January 25, 2011
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.