Saratoga Springs, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/21/2013 -- Receiving congratulatory messages from the Governor of New York State, the Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, and the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation, Joan McDonald, in the celebration of its 20th year anniversary, the Intelligent Transportation Society of New York (ITS-NY) is the longest operating State Chapter of ITS America. ITS-NY marked this milestone on June 13-14, 2013 at its 20th Annual Meeting and Technology Exhibition held in Saratoga Springs, NY, with 34 technology exhibits and over 200 participants in attendance.

During the conference, a special 20th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner was held, welcoming ITS-NY Past Presidents from the early 1990's onward: Henry Peyrebrune, 1st President; Lawrence Yermack, 2nd President; Andrew Bata, 4th President; Robert Reiss, 7th President; Richard Zabinski, 8th President; and Joseph Tario, 9th President. ITS-NY conducted its annual awards ceremony during the celebratory dinner, and announced the 2013 ITS-NY Project of the Year Winner -- the Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Project. The project represents a milestone effort that helped change past national connected vehicle policy to ensure that the heavy vehicle industry is included as key stakeholders and users of this exciting new technology. The program was the first significant national effort to develop and test large trucks (tractor trailer) and maintenance vehicles with 5.9 GHz DSRC technology and to develop applications and functionalities for these types of specific vehicle operations. The Winning Team is led by New York State Department of Transportation, with fellow Team Members I-95 Corridor Coalition, Volvo Technology of America, Southwest Research Institute, Kapsch, and the Federal Highway Administration.

ITS-NY also recognized its 2013 Distinguished Member of the Year – Frank Dolan of Bergmann Associates – for his significant contribution in achieving the mission of ITS-NY. Additionally, newly instituted this year, was ITS-NY's Hall of Fame Awards. Inducted into this Hall of Fame was the inaugural class of Andrew Bata, MTA New York City Transit; Matthew Edelman, TRANSCOM; Henry Peyrebrune, NYSDOT retired; Michael Schauer, FHWA New York Division, retired; John Shafer, New York State Thruway Authority retired; Tom Werner, Bergmann Associates; Lawrence Yermack, Wendover Consulting; and Richard Zabinski, NYSDOT retired.

"Our ITS-NY Distinguished Member and Hall of Fame inductees represent individuals whose significant impacts and groundbreaking contributions to ITS-NY come from decades of knowledge and expertise in the field of ITS. They have worked tirelessly to bring intelligent transportation technologies and applications to New York State's citizens to improve traveler mobility and safety, as well as the efficiency of New York State's transportation system across all modes of travel," said Dr. Isaac Takyi, ITS-NY President.

Sponsored by the University Transportation Research Center and ITS-NY, the Best Student ITS Essay 2013 Winner was announced during the ITS-NY 20th Annual Meeting -- Akhan Almagambetov, a doctoral candidate from Syracuse University. Special recognition was also rendered to retiring Board of Directors members Rizwan Baig of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Steven Levine of Kimley-Horn and Associates. ITS-NY Officer and Board of Directors elections results were also announced. Dr. Isaac Takyi of MTA New York City Transit was re-elected as President, Jeffrey Randall of Jacobs was re-elected as Vice President, and Christopher Jones of the New York State Thruway Authority was re-elected as Treasurer-Secretary. Newly elected and re-elected Board Members included Frank Dolan of Bergmann Associates, Matthew Ficarra of Jacobs Civil Consultants, Dr. Robert Jaffe of Consensus Systems Technologies, Karen Jehanian of KMJ Consulting, Inc., Christopher Jones of the New York State Thruway Authority, Arthur O'Connor of the Federal Highway Administration New York City Metro Office, Jeffrey Randall of Jacobs, Jennifer Strasser of Cambridge Systematics, and Joseph Tario of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

About The Intelligent Transportation Society of New York
The Intelligent Transportation Society of New York (http://www.its-ny.org ) is the State Chapter in New York of the national Intelligent Transportation Society of America. ITS-NY is a non-lobbying, non-profit, 501(c)3 organization of public, private, and academic sector organizations having an interest in the research, deployment, and operation of Intelligent Transportation Systems in New York.

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New York, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/12/2012 -- The Intelligent Transportation Society of New York (ITS-NY) was recognized by ITS America recently by receiving the Division 1 First Place Award for Membership Growth. Continuing this award-winning pattern, ITS-NY is pleased to welcome 6 organizations as new members during the second quarter of 2012. Recent new members include: Highway Tech; Hewlett-Packard; Microsoft Corporation; Proxim Wireless; Transdyn Controls, Inc.; and Xerox.

About The Intelligent Transportation Society of New York
The Intelligent Transportation Society of New York (http://www.its-ny.org) is the State Chapter in New York of the national Intelligent Transportation Society of America. ITS-NY is a non-lobbying, non-profit, 501(c)3 organization of public, private, and academic sector organizations having an interest in the research, deployment, and operation of Intelligent Transportation Systems in New York.

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Saratoga Springs, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/12/2012 -- The Intelligent Transportation Society of New York (ITS-NY) has announced the 2012 ITS-NY Project of the Year Winners at its Nineteenth Annual Meeting and Technology Exhibition in Saratoga Springs, NY.

"These winning projects feature Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and technologies at work in New York State to improve traveler mobility and safety, as well as the efficiency of New York State's transportation system across all modes of travel," said Dr. Isaac Takyi, ITS-NY President. Winning Projects were announced in the following ITS award categories:

On The Go! Travel Station/Kiosk - Outstanding Project of the Year in Advanced Traveler Information Systems
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road, Cisco Corporation, Comark, and Antenna Design piloted a "first in the world" interactive, touch screen travel information kiosk that is "super user friendly," has a modem, advanced design and an innovative concept of centrally feeding to it real-time information about transit services in New York City. The full rollout is being planned for 468 New York City subway stations.

Midtown In Motion – Outstanding Project of the Year in Advanced Traffic Management Systems
The New York City Department of Transportation, Econolite/CBH Inc., FHWA, KLD, Peek Traffic, and TransCore implemented this cutting edge project to promote multimodal mobility in the Midtown Core of Manhattan. The application integrates various ITS technologies to improve travel and mobility in a challenging urban environment utilizing Active Traffic Management and the full capabilities of the NYCDOT ITS infrastructure -- advanced solid-state traffic controllers, network of sensors (video, microwave, electronic toll collection readers), wireless communication system, and the New York City Traffic Control System.

NY5 Bus Rapid Transit - Outstanding Project of the Year in Advanced Public Transport Systems
The Capital District Transportation Authority, Creighton Manning Engineering, and IBI Group implemented this first upstate Bus Rapid Transit project to provide faster, more reliable bus service along the 17-mile Route 5 corridor between downtown Schenectady and downtown Albany -- a significant component of the Capital District's transportation system carrying both the highest arterial traffic volumes and the greatest number of transit riders in the region. The project included cutting edge technology such as light rail transit signal indications, transit signal priority, real-time passenger information displays, GPS-based mobile data communication on the buses, CCTV monitoring, and a gateway to the existing fiber network. The corridor's first exclusive bus queue jump lanes were also constructed.

ATM IDEAS Upgrade - Outstanding ITS Project of the Year in Cross-Cutting ITS Issues
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Bridges & Tunnels and Transdyn, Inc. completed the ATM IDEAS Upgrade earlier this year, overhauling the entire Advanced Traffic Management System used to manage traffic on all nine MTA Bridges and Tunnels facilities. The system allows each facility to operate independently while ensuring central control from the Operations Command and Control Center, and provides a real time status of all facility traffic and incident related activities with full access to traffic cameras, VMS/VSLS, Lane Status, Lane Use Signal Control, and weather sensor data and alarms.

The Intelligent Transportation Society of New York (http://www.its-ny.org ) is the State Chapter in New York of the national Intelligent Transportation Society of America. ITS-NY is a non-lobbying, non-profit, 501(c)3 organization of public, private, and academic sector organizations having an interest in the research, deployment, and operation of Intelligent Transportation Systems in New York.

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