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Telargo Launches Public Transit Center 2 (PTC2), Versatile Platform for Public Transit Management

Posted on: Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 12:00 CDT

Benefiting Both Operators and Passengers, PTC2 Helps Reduce Operational Expenses, Maximize Fleet Productivity, Enforce Safety and Compliance and Improve Overall Customer Service

Telargo, Inc., a leading provider of mobile asset management solutions, announced today it has launched Public Transit Center 2 (PTC2), a versatile and robust platform for public transit management. Customized for the specific needs of transportation industry fleet operators as well as passengers, PTC2 helps reduce operational expenses, maximize fleet productivity, enforce safety and compliance and improve overall customer service, among other key benefits.

Telargo enables customers to streamline operations and maximize the performance of their mobile assets using advanced technologies, such as global positioning systems (GPS), wireless communication, and digital mapping, coupled with comprehensive analysis and management software. Mobile assets can include, for example: vehicles, machinery, trailers, vessels and drivers/operators.

Telargo's PTC 2 was designed specifically to meet the unique mobile asset management challenges of buses, light rail, trams and trains, while substantially improving passenger services. A Web-based, hosted application, PTC2 includes asset and workforce management, maintenance, reporting and expense management tools that help public transit companies run their operations more efficiently and provide additional services and value to their passengers. Coupled with Telargo's Control Center, PTC2 tracks and analyzes critical fleet data and provides managers with unprecedented insight in real-time.

Bogdan Pavlic, president and CEO of Telargo, said, "Telargo is leading the market with a comprehensive solution that tracks buses and provides reliable management tools and passenger services for today's demanding metropolitan environments. By using advanced GPS and wireless technologies, Telargo is able to enhance both location accuracy as well as reliability of passenger services. This translates into lower operational costs for companies and enhanced customer service and satisfaction for riders."

PTC2 includes a number of robust applications and functions and provides customers with substantial value across a number of core areas including:

-- Traffic Management: PTC2 contains advanced traffic management functionality, including an interactive and intuitive way of monitoring routes with a large number of stops, an advanced algorithm that provides on-route analysis from raw GPS data and comprehensive ETA information that is delivered to riders, bus drivers and route managers in the most efficient manner.

-- Passenger Services: PTC2 provides advanced passenger services such as on-board alerts to notify passengers of next stops and electronic signage to alert waiting passengers when a bus stop will arrive at or depart from a stop. PTC2 serves up additional value by enabling targeted advertising to be configured remotely to on-board LED displays. Passengers can access schedule information quickly and easily via SMS or the Web.

-- Customer Satisfaction: PTC2 provides administrators/customers with data on early/late arrivals on a station-by-station basis and information regarding on-time effectiveness and ridership efficiency of a complete route.

-- Fleet Management: PTC2's advanced fleet management functionality enables vehicles to be accurately tracked and located, ensures costs are controlled more efficiently and provides robust communication between dispatch/administration. PTC2 also provides advanced prognostics and preventive maintenance to ensure ongoing vehicle, operator and rider safety.

-- Schedule Optimization: PTC2's advanced schedule optimizer analyzes historical route data for input into the scheduler and emits the ideal schedule for a set of points along a route.

Pavlic concluded, "In addition to the robust features and functionality listed above, our flexible architecture, easy-to-use interface and attractive pricing model make Telargo the solution of choice for efficient and effective public transit management."

Telargo's all-inclusive pricing model covers monthly service, wireless data communication, vehicle equipment rental, service and support, giving customers full visibility into total cost of ownership. The company offers a simple, flat-rate monthly pricing structure that eliminates the burden of up-front hardware investments and costly technology upgrades.

For more information, please visit www.telargo.com

Source: Business Wire

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