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TrafficCast Announces Additions to Sales, Development Teams

April 15, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Paul Misticawi and Mac McDonough join from Econolite and Navteq
MADISON, Wis.–(Business Wire)–
TrafficCast International, Inc., a leading provider of travel time data and
advanced traffic monitoring technology, announced two additions to its growing
team.

Paul Misticawi has been named Vice President and Director of Public Sector
Sales. Paul will lead TrafficCast initiatives targeting state departments of
transportation and other agencies for data provision and sales of BlueTOAD,
TrafficCast`s innovative system for monitoring travel times, road speeds and
route behaviors by detection of Bluetooth signals from passing vehicles.

Prior to joining TrafficCast, Paul was the National ITS Business Development
Manager at Econolite, responsible for managing new business development in North
America. Previously, Paul was a member of the technical sales and marketing team
at Autoscope. Paul graduated in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University
and will be based in Atlanta, GA.

Mac McDonough is joining TrafficCast as Senior Software Architect to manage
high-level software design, technical standards, and coding platforms across the
TrafficCast product portfolio. Mac comes to TrafficCast with over 20 years of
experience in software engineering and architecture at Dash Navigation, Navteq,
Tamsco and McDonnell Douglas. Mac was a Captain in the United States Air Force,
and holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a BS from
the University of Washington.

“It goes without saying how excited I am to have Paul and Mac on-board,” noted
Neal Campbell, CEO of TrafficCast. “They are great additions to our team as we
engage new customers and launch new products in mobile navigation and the public
sector. They have the energy and experience that will help us win.”

About TrafficCast International, Inc.

TrafficCast is the leader in travel time forecasting and traffic information,
developing technology, applications and content based on advanced digital
traffic data. TrafficCast powers both MotionX-GPS and TomTom, the top two
traffic-enabled navigation apps on the iPhone, as well as a range of providers
serving the interactive, mobile, enterprise and public sector markets, including
Yahoo Maps, DeCarta, and Maptuit. TrafficCast BlueTOAD integrates innovative
technologies to monitor travel times, road speeds and route behaviors by
detection of Bluetooth signals from passing vehicles, with the most recent
installations in Missouri, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The company is based in
Madison, Wisconsin. For more information, see www.trafficcast.com.

TrafficCast
Nick Kiernan
+1 608-268-3927
n.kiernan@trafficcast.com

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Bandra Worli sea link opens for commuters in Mumbai

July 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, July 1 (ANI): The much-awaited Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL), an ambitious eight-lane twin carriageway built over the Mahim Creek of Arabian Sea, opened for commuters here on Wednesday.

There were huge traffic snarls leaving commuters desperate to hit the 5.6 km-long engineering marvel, which rests on two towers, each 126 metres tall or equivalent to a 43-storeyed building.

People were excited that their commuting time was reduced substantially.

“I have just gone to Worli and returned back to Bandra. It took only 15 minutes,” said Aditya Chinoy, a resident.

The sea link may be hit by about 100,000 vehicles daily, helping many skip nearly two-dozen traffic lights and cut more than half an hour.

Meanwhile, a police patrol boat was stuck under the sea link at around 6:30 a.m.

The coastguard put a chopper into action to rescue nine people who were stranded on the boat.

The project, which was conceived in the 1990s was plagued by a series of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) from fishermen and environmentalists, the work was finally started in October 2004.

The agitations forced the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to make around 80 per cent changes in the design of the bridge, which increased the cost of the project from Rs 1,306 to Rs 1,650 crore.

The link is equipped with state-of-the-art systems for traffic monitoring, emergency support and an automated toll system.

Two cable stayed bridges, a 600-meter long at Bandra channel and the other twin-tower supported 350 meter long at the Worli channel. (ANI)

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Sonia Gandhi inaugurates Bandra Worli sea link in Mumbai

June 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, June 30 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the much-awaited Bandra Worli sea link on Tuesday.

The 5.6 kilometers long cable-stayed bridge has been designed to allow for speedy road travel between Bandra and Worli in and traffic-clogged city of Mumbai.

The eight-lane bridge will reduce the travel time between the two points from 60-90 minutes to 6-8 minutes.

It costs Rs. 50 to take a trip on the link, and will cost Rs. 75 for a round trip- it would be nothing compared to the Rs 100 crore per year that the link will save in the vehicle operating cost alone.

The project, which was conceived in the 1990s was plagued by a series of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) from fishermen and environmentalists, the work was finally started in October 2004.

The agitations forced The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to make around 80 per cent changes in the design of the bridge, which increased the cost of the project from Rs 1,306 to Rs 1,650 crore.

The link is equipped with state-of-the-art systems for traffic monitoring, emergency support and an automated toll system.

Two cable stayed bridges, a 600-meter long at Bandra channel and the other twin-tower supported 350 meter long at the Worli channel. It rests on two towers, each 126 metres tall or equivalent to a 43-storeyed building.

People said that the new bridge would save a lot of commuting time.

“The construction of the sea link would save people’s time,” said Leen Montri, another resident. (ANI)

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Sonia Gandhi to inaugurate Bandra Worli sea link today

June 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, June 30 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the much-awaited Bandra Worli sea link here today.

The 5.6 kilometers long cable-stayed bridge has been designed to allow for speedy road travel between Bandra and Worli in the busy and traffic-ridden city of Mumbai.

The link would be equipped with state-of-the-art systems for traffic monitoring, emergency support and an automated toll system.

It is an ambitious eight-lane twin carriageway built over the Mahim Creek of Arabian Sea. The bridge rests on two towers, each 126 metres tall or equivalent to a 43-storeyed building.

Spectacular fireworks enthralled the residents, a day before the opening of the link, which will facilitate rapid conveyance from Mumbai’s west to south.

“I just loved this event that is happening here. The fireworks were just amazing, I loved to watch it,” said Neelam Mansi, a resident.

People said that the new bridge would save a lot of commuting time.

“The construction of the sea link would save people’s time,” said Leen Montri, another resident. (ANI)

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LIC employees take to streets against Assam police

May 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Jorhat (Assam), May 19 (ANI): Hundreds of employees of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and their sympathisers took out huge protest march through the streets oforhat in Assam on Monday.

They were staging a protest against the Assam police who were accused of being high hard on employees of LIC.

Reportedly, the trouble began on May 13 when an employee of LIC met with an accident and died on the spot.

Soon, an irate mob converged at the site of accident and set ablaze the truck that had claimed the life of the LIC staff.

The wrath of the public was also directed against the police on the contention that in the absence of proper traffic monitoring and control, there was reckless driving by truck drivers on most of the busy roads, leading to frequent accidents.

After this incident, certain police personnel stormed the LIC office and baton charged the employees including women.

About 25 employees were seriously injured including loss of eyesight due to police brutality.

Consequently, employees from all the divisions of LIC staged demonstration demanding appropriate action against the police authorities.

“We want action to be taken against the policemen who baton charged LIC workers and that’s why we have taken out this protest march. And we demand the matter too be treated seriously,” said Probita Chandra Dutta, LIC employee.

Thousands of government as well private companies’ employees from Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh also joined the protest march.

They lamented that the employee were treated very badly.

“Everything was damaged by police. There treated the LIC workers as terrorist persons,” said Pramod Mahanta, a protestor.

About 4000 workers are employed by LIC in various states of the North East and it has around 11divisional offices. (ANI)

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Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai to open shortly

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, Apr 30 (ANI): Bandra-Worli sea link, an ambitious eight-lane twin carriageway, is to be opened shortly in Mumbai.

The 5.6 kilometers long cable-stayed bridge has been designed to allow for speedy road travel between Bandra and Worli in the busy and traffic-ridden city of Mumbai.

This sea bridge would reduce road travel time from one hour to seven minutes.

“This bridge will save our time. We will be able to reach Worli in 10 to 15 minutes,” said Zafar Iqbal Khan, a resident.

Mahim causeway is currently the only link connecting the island city of Mumbai with its western suburbs and the 7 km stretch has witnessed intense traffic congestion for years.

An estimated 120,000 vehicles travel on the Mahim causeway everyday and during peak hours it takes about forty minutes to travel from Mahim causeway to Worli, a distance of about 8 km.

Once the rupees 16.4 billion sea link project is commissioned, it will be an additional link from the western suburbs to the island city and will act as a high-speed alternative to the congested Mahim causeway.

Residents feel that the new bridge would turn out to be an architectural wonder.

“This bridge reminds me of the Howrah bridge in Kolkata. More or less, it is designed the same way. It will be one of the fantastic works done in Mumbai,” said Alexander Philip, another resident.

The Bandra-Worli sea link would be equipped with state-of-the-art systems for traffic monitoring, emergency support and an automated toll system. (ANI)

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