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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Eight new companies from around the country have joined the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), the nation's leading voice for the use of smart technology to address transportation challenges. Our new members include ABMB Engineers, Arada Systems, CBC America, Fehr & Peers, GEWI, Metro Transit, Rear Window Media, and Smart-Traveler.

ABMB Engineers, Inc. has provided engineering services across the country from its offices in Louisiana and Mississippi for more than 20 years. The firm continues to take on high profile transportation and civil works projects, such as reengineering bridges to increase safety, designing frontage roads and interchanges to reduce highway congestion, and developing traffic models for major cities.

Arada Systems provides technologies and services to enhance Wi-Fi access and capability for leading companies and organizations in an increasingly connected environment. As Wi-Fi has expanded to new markets, such as the design and everyday use of automotives, Arada Systems provides technology engineered to make product development more efficient.

CBC (America) Corporation is the manufacturer of Computar and Ganz Video surveillance solutions. Computar is the world's largest producer of lenses for video surveillance. The Ganz brand has assumed a parallel position in the production of a comprehensive line of intelligent analog and IP-based video surveillance solutions, and has recently expanded its full line of automotive surveillance systems with the inception of Ganz Automotive.

Fehr & Peers, a consulting firm in California, has provided transportation planning and traffic engineering services to public and private sector clients since 1985 on projects ranging from local traffic and parking studies to major regional transportation design. The firm offers expertise on an array of transportation issues, including travel demand forecasting, smart growth and land use planning, and operations and simulation for traffic, as well as transit.

GEWI is the developer of TIC, an off-the-shelf traffic and travel information software based product used for a wide variety of government and commercial uses. The TIC product has evolved over many years to meet the demands of over 100 different projects in North America, South America, Europe, Middle-East, and Asia-Pacific including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and China. The features and functionality of the current TIC3 product are a result of providing a solution to meet the needs of all of these project requirements.

Metro Transit is the transportation resource for the Twin Cities of Minnesota, offering an integrated network of buses and trains as well as resources for those who carpool, vanpool, walk or bike. The transit system is one the nation's largest, averaging 240,000 passengers per day on Metro Transit's buses and trains. The organization will soon add Bus Rapid Transit to its list of options.

Rear Window Media, a mobile digital advertising firm, offers an unparalleled mobile technology that allows for targeted, location-based messaging (LBM) with dynamic content and real-time updates on, and in, vehicles while they are in transit. One of Rear Window Media's main points of interest is the use of their proprietary technology to assist with important traveler information and community messaging.

SmartTraveler.Com works in partnership with top suppliers in travel assistance, driver information, and vehicle service facilities to create programs that provide advanced digital assistance to travelers on highways and other modes. Programs like the company's latest Vision ^SM application, an online network compatible with PCs, Macs, smartphones and navigation systems, gives users access to real-time traffic reports and the ability track the locations of the people and vehicles moving around them.

ITS America is an association that represents more than 400 member organizations including public agencies, private corporations, and academic institutions involved in the research, development, and deployment of technologies that improve safety, increase mobility, and sustain the environment. For more information on becoming a member of ITS America, contact Laura Rogers at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 202-721-4217. For more information on ITS America, visit http://www.itsa.org.