2007 USERS GROUP MEEETING A SUCCESS
Park City, Utah, hosted 67 PTV Vision® users and staff at the
2007 PTV Vision Users Group Meeting. The two-day meeting consisted of
valuable presentations by both PTV employees and PTV Vision users,
including sessions on new developments in VISSIM and VISUM plus a wide
array of software application presentations. Click here to view the full schedule of sessions.
Prior to the UGM, PTV America held an abstract competition in which
applicants competed for complimentary UGM registration plus round-trip
airfare to Park City and paid lodging. Ybette Ochoa, of the University
of Idaho, was awarded the prize with the abstract entitled “Modeling
the Survivability of ITS Networks.” She presented her paper at the UGM.
UGM participants were able to enjoy Park City during the evening social
events, which included a tour of the Utah Olympic Park, venue for
Nordic jumping and the bobsled, luge and skeleton at the 2002 Winter
Olympic Games. Attendees enjoyed dinner and beverages at the Wasatch
Brew Pub following the tour.
PTV America hosts the Annual UGM at a different location each year. The
UGM 2008 location will be announced this summer.
PTV AMERICA ANNOUNCES NEW NAVIGATION PRODUCT WITH MOTOROLA
PTV America
announced in February that it is partnering with Motorola
to launch a new mobile phone navigation accessory for both the North
American and European consumer markets. Working with our developer
partner Jentro, the worldwide consumer brand will launch new navigation
products and location-based services in North America and Europe in the
second quarter of 2007. Motorola’s description of the product can be
viewed here:
http://www.motorola.com/mot/doc/6/6662_MotDoc.pdf.
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With its new products and mobile devices Motorola will bring mobile
navigation and location-based services (LBS) to the mass markets in
North America and Europe. PTV and Jentro have developed several
navigation systems in the past, including the number one navigation
system for cell phones in Europe.
Unique value-added services for cell phone users
Customers in North America and Europe will benefit from a complete
navigation solution for their mobile devices. Location-based services,
such as local searches, allow consumers to find specific points of
interest (i.e. hotels).
Further value-added services, such as social networking or emergency
tracking, can easily be linked to the system.
Combining PTV and Jentro technologies
For years, PTV has been collaborating with Jentro to develop
world-class online navigation solutions. Together, they developed and
launched the first navigation system for mass market mobile phones.
Based on PTV NaviGuide, the technology provides server-based navigation and map
display for Motorola's phone-based navigation. These features and other
location-based services are integrated into Jentro's Location Based
Experience Platform. PTV edits and processes NAVTEQ-supplied map and
POI data for both Europe and North America. PTV also provides
up-to-date traffic reports from different traffic information providers
covering the U.S. and many European countries. This comprehensive and
dynamic route calculation helps motorists to avoid traffic jams.
PTV SOFTWARE CAPTURES HISTORIC WIN AT 2007 NAVTEQ LBS CHALLENGE
| PTV America congratulates our
partner Jentro, for winning multiple awards in the PTV's NaviGuide
software, activepilot offers local search, car and pedestrian
navigation with traffic avoidance & spoken street names. Jentro won
the Grand Prize for the European LBS Challenge just this past February.
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PTV NaviGuide is an online navigation solution which allows automobile manufacturers, wireless carriers and providers of telematic services to offer their customers a new form of dynamic navigation. The system gives users the opportunity to be guided by requesting optimal routes from a service centre using wirelessly connected end devices like cell phones.
PTV MobilityPlatform SELECTED AS PART OF SEPTA TRIP PLANNER
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) successfully launched their new Itinerary Trip Planning System on their web site http://airs.septa.org on 28. February 2007. SEPTA, who is responsible for public transit in the Greater Philadelphia region, relies on HaCon and PTV and their respective technologies. With the new Internet based Trip Planner on the SEPTA web site, now comprehensive information about schedules, fares as well as detailed walking instructions and interactive maps can be accessed. The implemented software solution is unique in the USA, giving SEPTA a strong leadership role for their services. At the customer portal, a user can enter origin and destination through multiple interfaces:
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PTV AMERICA SPONSORS ASCE 2007 STUDENT CONFERENCE
PTV America was the recent sponsor of the transportation competition at the ASCE 2007 Southeast Regional Student Conference. Teams from thirteen universities, including the University of Alabama, University of Florida and Vanderbilt University participated in the competition on Friday, March 30, at the University of Tennessee Convention Center. During the three-hour competition, students worked with VISSIM to solve an emergency vehicle evacuation problem through the manipulation of signal timing, destination assignment and traffic loading schemes on a real-world evacuation network. The team from the University of Central Florida won the competition. PTV America provided a copy of VISSIM to each team during the preparation period and during the competition. Fang Yuan, a Senior Associate at PTV America, was present to give a demonstration and participate on the judge’s panel for the event.
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PTV AMERICA EMPLOYEE NEWS
PTV America has added five additional staff members to its team in
recent months.
| Ledah Casburn is new to PTV America’s software development team. A graduate of the University of Oregon, Ledah finished her Master’s degree in Computer Science, Graphics and Image Technologies Laboratory in 2006. Her experience includes mentoring first-year computer science students, internships and research work. |  |
Ed Hayes was hired as a Project Manager in the Vashon,
Washington office. Previously employed as a senior transportation
planner with the Spokane Regional Transportation Council, his
background includes transportation planning and modeling, business
development and marketing, policy development and management. Ed holds
Masters degrees in Business Administration as well as Urban and
Regional Planning.
Marianne Lazarski is a new Office Manager in the Wilmington,
Delaware office. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a
background in call center operations and management.
| Joe McDonald was hired as a Software Developer after a brief internship with PTV America. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Oregon State University in 2005. His professional background is in management. |  |
| Finally, Jongsun Won joins the PTV team as a Senior Associate in the Corvallis, Oregon office. Jongsun gained valuable experience while at DMJM Harris after graduating with a Master’s in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia. |  |
PTV America congratulates Karen Giese, P.E., for obtaining
her Professional Engineer licensure in the state of Wisconsin. Karen is
a Project Manager in the Vancouver, British Columbia office of PTV
America.
Randy Johnson, Associate, was recently nominated and appointed
to the Adair Village Planning Commission in the state of Oregon. The
small city just obtained an urban growth boundary expansion, which will
result in the expansion of a private school, annexation of hundreds of
acres of land and the addition of approximately 600 new homes.
Congratulations, Randy, on your appointment.
UPCOMING PTV EVENTS
Come visit PTV America at any of the upcoming events:
| NAME OF SHOW/EXHIBIT | LOCATION | DATE (month/day/year) |
| ITE Georgia ITE Summer Seminar | St. Simons Island, GA |
07/15/07 – 07/18/07 |
| ITE Western District Annual Meeting | Portland, OR |
07/15/07 – 07/18/07 |
| ITE 2007 Annual Meeting & Exhibit | Pittsburg, PA | 8/5/07 - 8/8/07 |
| AMPO Annual Conference | Little Rock, AR | 10/1/07 - 10/5/07 |
| ITE MASITE Annual Meeting | King of Prussia, PA | 10/5/07 |
| TAC 2007 Annual Conference | Saskatoon, SK CANADA | 10/14/07 - 10/17/07 |
| Consumer Electronics Show | Las Vegas, NV | 1/7/08 - 1/10/08 |
| TRB Annual Meeting | Washington, DC | 1/13/08 - 1/17/08 |
NEW CUSTOMERS
PTV is happy to include the names of customers purchasing PTV Vision products between October 2006 and May 2007:
ABMB Engineering
AECOM
Alliance Transportation Group
AMEC Americas Ltd.
American Structurepoint Inc.
Arizona State University
Arkansas Highway Department
ARUP
Associated Engineering
BA Consulting Group
Barton & Loguidice
BFJ Planning
Bolton & Menk
Booz Allen Hamilton
Burgess & Niple
Burns & McDonnell Engineering
CALTRANS
Cambridge Systematics
Carter Burgess
CH Perez Associates
CH2M Hill
Chico State
City of Auburn
City of Colorado Springs
City of Edmonton
City of Noblesville
City of Red Deer
City of Salem, OR
Clough Harbour & Associates LLP
Connecticut DOT
Crawford, Bunte & Brammeier
David Evans & Associates
DDOT (Washington DC)
DKS Associates
Dowling Associates
EarthTech
Edwards & Kelcey
George Mason University
Gray & Osborne
Grice & Associates
Harwick Transportation Group
HDR
HNTB Corporation
HW Lochner
IBI Group
IEM Inc.
ITERIS Inc.
iTrans Consulting Inc.
John Meyer Consulting
Johnson Mirmiran & Thompson
Jones & Stokes
Krebs LaSalle Lemieux
Land Strategies Inc.
Langan Engineering
Lockwood Andrews Newnam
Marshall Macklin Monaghan
McCormick Rankin Corp.
METRO (OR)
Cal y Mayor
Minnesota DOT
Morgan State University
North Carolina State University
Ohio DOT
Ollson Associates
Orth Rodgers & Associates
Paradigm Transportation Solutions Ltd.
Parametrix
Parson Brinckerhoff
PBS&J
Philip Habib Associates
Precision Systems Inc.
Purdue University
RBA Group
Ricondo & Associates
Rummel KK Engineers
Sam Schwartz
Santa Fe MPO
Simco Engineering
SNC Lavalin
Solaegui Engineers
Stantec/Vollmer
TEC Engineering
TEDSI Infrastructures
Tennessee Tech Universi
ty
Tetra Tech Inc.
Texas A&M
Trans Associates
Transpo
TranSystems Corp.
TVGA Consultants
UMA
University of Akron
University of Alabama Huntsville
University of Arizona
University of British Columbia
University of California - Berkeley
University of Laval
University of Massachusetts
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
University of Waterloo
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Urbitran
URS Corporation
Virginia Tech - Blacksburg
Volkert & Associates
Volz Inc.
WAIS Engineering Ltd.
Wilson & Co. Inc.
Woodbuffalo
Yakima County