QTT 2006 Weather & Tranportation Workshop Report Record Sessions, Attendance

10-01-2006

(ST. LOUIS, MO October, 2006) – Quixote Transportation Technologies, Inc. (QTT) held its 2006 Weather & Transportation Workshop August 28-31, 2006 in St. Louis, Missouri.  The four-day conference is the company’s 14th workshop dedicated to transportation and weather issues.

Workshop attendance was up 65% and over 35 speakers presented sessions on the latest technologies in weather, RWIS, highway advisory radio systems and traffic analysis systems.  Paul Pisano, Team Leader, Road Weather Management with the FHWA, opened the educational sessions, discussing MDSS, the Clarus initiative, Weather Responsive Traffic Management as well as Federal efforts that directly tie into the work of state and local transportation departments.  Other featured speakers included: Robert Hoever of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children who energized attendees with information about AMBER Alerts and new technology being used to notify the public;  and Roderick MacKenzie from XM Satellite Radio who provided the consumer applications of traffic and weather products available from XM.  Additionally, QTT’s new partner in weather forecasting, DTN-Meteorlogix, presented its latest advancements in pavement forecasting and weather services.

The Weather & Transportation Workshop also offered attendees an open forum to discuss topics related to transportation and weather, interact with new transportation technologies through hands-on demonstrations, and network with peers during numerous social events that surrounded the educational sessions. 

Attendees of QTT’s 2006 Weather & Transportation Workshop gave it excellent reviews.  Jack Stickel from the Alaska Department of Transportation comments, “Exceeded my expectations!  Really good mix of operations, equipment, providers, and applications.  Keep it up.”  David Van Wagoner from the City of Grand Junction, Colorado adds, "There was something for everyone and the speakers delivered their topics in an interesting way.  I learned a lot that I can use in my winter maintenance operations."
 

About Quixote Corporation
Quixote Corporation (www.quixotecorp.com) through its wholly owned subsidiaries Quixote Transportation Safety, Inc., Quixote Transportation Technologies, Inc. and Quixote Traffic Corporation, is the world's leading manufacturer of energy-absorbing highway crash cushions, truck-mounted attenuators, intelligent intersection control systems, computerized highway/advisory radio transmitting devices, electronic wireless measuring and sensing devices, weather monitoring stations, flexible post delineators and other highway safety products and services.