AVL's SPRYTE(TM) System to Assist Howard County, MD Snow Removal Fleet
13 September 2000
AVL's SPRYTE(TM) System to Assist Howard County, MD Snow Removal Fleet
SARNIA, Ontario, Sept. 13 AVL Information Systems, Inc.
(CDN: AVLL) is pleased to announce that they have received an order from the
Howard County (Maryland) Bureau of Highways for 60 SPRYTE(TM) units. The
SPRYTE(TM) in-vehicle unit combines both GPS and "event-based" wireless
technologies to offer a turnkey fleet management system. The County
anticipates that the use of the SPRYTE(TM) will increase the effectiveness and
efficiency of their snow removal fleet.
Howard County will use the SPRYTE(TM) applications to identify areas of
heavy network traffic and determine if the current infrastructure can
adequately carry the traffic flow on Bureau of Highways' snow removal
networks. Using the SPRYTE(TM), which offers exacting location through GPS
(Global Positioning Systems), the County will be able to monitor status of the
plow blade as well as the salt spreader on all vehicles.
Howard Shieh, Project Manager of the Bureau of Highways, stated, "We chose
the SPRYTE(TM) system because it provides us with real-time proactive
in-vehicle monitoring and reporting of key events related to our snow removal
operations." Mr. Shieh later added, "We hope to create a historical database
providing information on the area our fleet covers, and which areas of the
county are being neglected. By using this information, we will be able to
provide much better coverage during storms and in turn, save lives."
About Howard County, MD
Located within the Baltimore, MD/Washington, D.C. corridor, Howard County
is part of the fourth largest market in the United States. The County snow
removal fleet services a population of more than 300,000 residents and covers
866 miles or 2,820 roads. With 64 regular snow vehicles and over 6,000 tons
of salt reported to be on standby, it is one of the largest snow removal
fleets in the state. Over the last 4 years, Howard County has averaged
4 snowfalls of 4 in. or more per year, with the worst snowfall coming during
the blizzard of '96 that dropped over 2 ft. on the County in less than
24 hours.
About AVL Information Systems
AVL (http://www.avlinfosys.com) is a leading developer and manufacturer of real
time, online vehicle location and performance management systems for law
enforcement, emergency medical response teams, mass transit, and vehicular
fleet management. Recently, the Company showed a major commitment to
aggressively market their AVL product line by acquiring a majority interest in
"i-Track", Inc., a marketing and manufacturing company. The acquisition will
allow AVL the opportunity to utilize an already established network of closely
related industrial partners to manufacture, market, distribute, and fund
nearly all aspects of AVL's technology.
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