ITS America Welcomed 14 New Members in March 2010

April 6, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - During March, 14 new companies and organizations from around the country joined the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, the nation's leading voice for the use of smart technology to address transportation challenges. Our new members include the City of Portland, Cubic, DBI, E-ViEWS Safety Systems, Gettaround, Graybar Electric, HD Protech, LeddarTech, Mobile Traffic Network, Sendza, SQLstream, Telcordia, Traffic Safety Corporation, and Ver-Mac.

NEW MEMBERS
The City of Portland, Oregon, has been a national leader in collaborating with private sector companies to reduce traffic congestion, fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions by using technology to optimize the timing of traffic signals. The city was recognized with an ITS America Smart City Award earlier this year for providing an example to cities and communities across the country of how to effectively deploy ITS technologies to address critical transportation challenges.

Cubic Corporation is a leader in Defense and Transportation, supplying innovative defense products, systems and services to U.S. and allied governments in more than 50 nations. Cubic Transportation Systems designs, manufactures, and integrates automatic fare collection systems for public transit projects throughout the world, specializing in contactless smart cards; magnetic stripe cards; device software; and transit hardware including gates, ticket machines and card readers.

DeAngelo Brothers, Inc. (DBI) provides a diversity of industrial and commercial services for large transportation infrastructure maintenance projects. The company, founded in 1978, offers roadside and parking lot cleaning and maintenance, bridge and tunnel cleaning, GIS/GPS mapping services and is a leader in providing complete road management solutions throughout North America.

E-ViEWS Safety Systems, Inc. is a developer of ITS applications for use in emergency response. The company has pioneered the use of emergency vehicle identification techniques to visually warn motorists and pedestrians of approaching response vehicles at intersections. E-ViEWS technology includes emergency traffic preemption, Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), secure communication networks, and more intelligent operations software systems.

Gettaround, Inc. is a car-sharing service that represents the latest model for personal transportation that is affordable and environmentally friendly. The service was created by graduate students and was intended to leverage the best advances in smartphones, digital networking, and location tracking. By joining Gettaround's online network and downloading a smart phone application, users can find the rental car they want, book it, and even unlock the door and start the engine by phone.

Graybar Electric is a supply chain management services company based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company has more than 240 distribution centers throughout the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico dedicated to warehousing and distributing a variety of electrical and communications and data products. Graybar has specialized in managing and supplying equipment to the electrical and telecommunications industries for over 80 years.

HD Protech, based in Houston, is the producer of the Enhanced Vehicle Safety System (EVSS®) and the Centralized Management Safety System (CMSS®). Both systems use web based technology to enhance safety and security, and the company's EVSS® includes safety features like driver panic alert and real time video access.

LeddarTech is a technology company specializing in automobile sensing solutions based on LED lighting. The company, based in Quebec, Canada, produces object detection technologies for cars that allow for 360° sensing, enabling drivers to avoid collisions and also helping local and state transportation agencies to improve traffic flow.

Mobile Traffic Network, Inc. is launching several mobile phone alert services for cell phone users. A wholly owned subsidiary of Global Traffic Network, the first service that MTN will launch is an innovative mobile traffic information service providing traffic incident notifications directly to a driver's mobile phone, allowing drivers to pick a less congested route.

Sendza, Inc. is a comprehensive new media messaging service that automates text, voice, email, and social network messaging. Sendza has teamed with fellow ITS America member and industry traffic data leader INRIX to create a variety of traffic services for state agencies. At no cost to taxpayers, state DOTs can use the services to provide traffic safety alerts and congestion updates to drivers state-wide in real time.

SQLstream, Inc. SQLstream delivers streaming analytics in real-time, enabling decisions when really urgent analytics are required. A leader in Stream Computing, SQLstream uses industry standard SQL to execute queries on live, incoming data. By combining real-time streaming analytics with low cost mobile resource management technology, SQLstream can significantly reduce the cost of intelligent transportation solutions.

Telcordia is a leading global provider of fixed, mobile, and broadband communications software and services. For 25 years, the company provided innovative solutions to help organizations deploy advanced networks and groundbreaking communications services. Headquartered in New Jersey, Telcordia has more than 50 offices worldwide that serve over 800 customers in 55 countries.

Traffic Safety Corporation, a company based in California that develops crosswalk safety systems, offers a number of safe crosswalk solutions, including in-roadway warning lighting systems that can be activated by pedestrians preparing to cross a busy street or intersection. City officials as well as business and neighborhood developers from across the country have used Traffic Safety Corporation products to make their roads and crosswalks safer for pedestrians.

Ver-Mac, Inc. is a manufacturer of electronic traffic and control equipment, headquartered in Québec, Canada. The company brings intelligence to work zones by providing real-time traffic management solutions with its unique software, JamLogic. Ver-Mac was the first company in Canada to produce vehicle-mounted electronic arrow boards in the early 1980s and has been a leader in work zone safety ever since.