Media Contacts: Bob McQueen, PBS&J (407) 806-4328
Frank Provenzano, Econolite Control Products (714) 630-3700
James Benson, AICP, Gray Hill Solutions (206) 633-6083
EasySignals Alliance (www.easysignals.com)
A national alliance formed by ITS companies to provide a new powerful and effective traffic management service
San Francisco, November 5, 2005 - PBS&J, Econolite, and Gray Hill Solutions today announced the formation of the EasySignals Alliance. EasySignals will provide innovative traffic management services to state and local agencies that meet and surpass industry guidelines. The companies made the announcement today in San Francisco at the ITS World Congress.
"The EasySignals Alliance was formed to offer 'best-of-breed' traffic management solutions to public sector traffic management clients," said Bob McQueen, PBS&J's national business sector manager for integrated management solutions. "Working in close harmony with excellent partners like Econolite and Gray Hill Solutions allows our organizations to offer a new standard in traffic management products and services."
About the EasySignals Alliance
EasySignals is a national alliance formed by three of the leading ITS companies in the United States. By pooling resources, expertise, and experience, the EasySignals Alliance offers public sector traffic management clients a new approach to metropolitan congestion management through easy access to a range of innovative products and services, available through the easysignals.com web portal.
The National Transportation Operations Coalition (NTOC) report, which was released this year, indicates that more than half of the agencies polled rate their own signal timing efforts as poor or worse. EasySignals provides cost-effective traffic system management through remote monitoring, system optimization, system management, data mining, and reporting. EasySignals will improve system operations and provide local agencies with crucial transportation information.
"EasySignals integrates new technologies to provide an elegant option for agencies that don't have the resources to routinely manage their transportation network. The system not only provides traffic management, but planning data and data mining. It is an excellent one-stop tool for traffic planning and engineering," said Gray Hill's Chief Operations Officer Jim Benson.
"This new approach to traffic management will allow local agencies to better operate their intersection networks," says Frank Provenzano, director of new business development at Econolite. "A web-based portal for monitoring an intersection network will give a local agency the flexibility and control required to make necessary system optimization decisions in a timelier manner."
About PBS&J (www.pbsj.com)
Founded in 1960, PBS&J has become a leading provider of infrastructure planning, engineering, construction management, and program management services. The employee-owned firm is ranked by Engineering News-Record as 21st among the nation's top consulting firms and 8th among the nation's largest transportation firms. PBS&J has 3,800 employees and more than 70 offices located throughout the U.S. and abroad.
About Econolite (www.econolite.com)
In business since 1933, Econolite Control Products, Inc. is a leading transportation solution provider and manufacturer of advanced traffic management products and systems. Econolite is committed to employing advanced technologies that reduce traveler time, ease congestion, enhance transit operations, provide safer mobility, and improves quality of life.
About Gray Hill Solutions, Inc (www.grayhillsolutions.com)
Gray Hill Solutions has extensive experience in innovative transportation GIS application development, planning, institutional issues, programming, systems integration, data integration, data mining, and project management. Gray Hill has created major ATIS and transportation management solutions for all levels of government.
