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- AtRoad's Third-Quarter Earnings Improve
- Wyoming Adds More Traffic Web Cams
- Maryland to Upgrade E-ZPass Lanes
- Wyoming Adds More Traffic Web Cams
AtRoad's Third-Quarter Earnings Improve
Fleet communications technology provider AtRoad Inc. Thursday reported third-quarter income of $33.4 million or 54 cents a share, compared with a loss of $1.1 million or 2 cents a year earlier.Revenue rose 31% to $25 million, AtRoad said in a statement.
Its fourth-quarter outlook calls for revenue between $28 million and $29 million, in line with previous guidance, and 2 cents per share in earnings, up from previous guidance of 1 cent.
AtRoad provides mobile wireless communications, transaction processing and Internet access to fleets. Transport Topics
Wyoming Adds More Traffic Web Cams
The Wyoming Department of Transportation said it has installed more Web cams along Interstate 80, giving truck drivers and other motorists a better view of road conditions at key points along the state’s highways, the Associated Press reported.The Web cams are accessible through the department’s Web site, and the information is updated every five or 10 minutes, depending on camera locations, AP said.
The site also offers postings of weather and safety conditions, including advisories of fallen rock, high winds and wet conditions. Statewide, there are more than 24 Web cameras sending images of road conditions to drivers via the Internet.
The new cameras were placed at different points along I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyo., and at the Wyoming-Nebraska state line. For the past five years, Wyoming’s Transportation Department has had a Web cam positioned on the summit east of Laramie, about 45 miles northeast of Cheyenne. Transport Topics
Maryland to Upgrade E-ZPass Lanes
Truck drivers and other motorists in Maryland will be able to breeze through toll gates at highway speeds under upgrades to the E-ZPass electronic toll collection system, the Associated Press reported.he Maryland Board of Public Works approved a $183 million contract Oct. 19 to improve the toll collection system, which has been in place since the 1990s, AP said.
The new technology will allow E-ZPass users to maintain the speed limit while driving through toll collection lanes. With the system now in use, drivers are supposed to slow to 5 mph to allow their electronic toll devices to be read.
The upgraded technology would also be part of new toll facilities in the state, including planned toll lanes on Interstate 95 and the proposed Inter-County Connector, which officials plan to use to link I-95 in Prince George’s County with Interstate 270 in Montgomery County.
Officials estimate it will take two years to implement the upgrades. Transport Topics
