Arlington County, Virginia, Chooses American Traffic Solutions to Run Photo Enforcement Program.Expansion Into Virginia Marks the 18(th) State for ATS SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- American Traffic Solutions (ATS), which serves more than 120 cities in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. with red-light and speed camera programs, has been selected by Arlington County, Va., to run that county's photo enforcement program. Virginia becomes the 18th state served by ATS, which is the largest provider of photo traffic enforcement programs to America's big cities, including Washington, D.C., New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Philadelphia, Houston, St. Louis, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and Seattle. "We are pleased to partner with ATS in this effort to make the streets of Arlington safer," said Captain Paul Larson Paul Larson (Per-Åke Larson) is a computer scientist. He is most famous for inventing the linear hashing algorithm with Witold Litwin. Paul Larson is currently a senior researcher in the Database Group of Microsoft Research. , the Project Manager for the Arlington County Police Department. "We're confident the state-of-the-art technology the company offers and its strong customer service will help us make significant reductions in the number of preventable crashes and injuries caused by red-light runners in Arlington." Other communities in the metropolitan area served by ATS include Washington, D.C., and eight Maryland communities including Anne Arundel County. ATS' Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. operations will be supported from its Washington, D.C., regional office. "ATS is excited to serve the citizens of Virginia," said James Tuton, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ATS. "We look forward to helping Arlington County and other Old Dominion communities improve public safety by decreasing red-light running, crashes and injuries." About American Traffic Solutions, Inc. American Traffic Solutions (ATS) is a leading provider of technology and business solutions for traffic safety and electronic toll collection Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), an adaptation of military "identification friend or foe" technology, aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads. It is a technological implementation of a road pricing concept. programs worldwide, including PlatePass[R], which is an automated electronic toll payment service that enables Avis, Budget and Hertz customers to use high speed, cashless electronic toll lanes. ATS is a private corporation, which serves more than 120 municipalities and government agencies. ATS is the largest provider of photo traffic enforcement programs to America's big cities, with active programs in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, San Diego and Seattle; Houston, Fort Worth, Irving and Arlington, Texas; New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana For the Canadian restaurant, see . Baton Rouge (from the French bâton rouge), pronounced /ˈbætn ˈɹuːʒ/ in English, and ; and Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Glendale and Scottsdale, Arizona. ATS also serves Canada's largest digital red-light camera and speed enforcement program in Calgary, Alberta. The company is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. |
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