SEPTA to Outfit Entire Bus Fleet With Safe Turn Alert Systems From Harsco’s Protran Technology Unit
July 06 2016 - 4:15PM
Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) announced today that its Safe Turn
Alert (STA) pedestrian warning system, developed and produced by
the Company’s Protran Technology unit, part of its Harsco Rail
division, has been selected for installation across SEPTA’s entire
transit bus fleet of 1,075 vehicles. Terms of the order were
not disclosed. Installations will begin this summer and are
expected to be completed by the middle of next year.
“With this award, SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority, continues its push to become the safest
transit agency in the country,” said Peter Bartek, Vice President
of Business Development for Protran Technology. “We are
committed to helping them reach that goal.”
The Amalgamated Transit Union, the largest union representing
transit workers in North America, estimates that roughly one
pedestrian per week is killed by a transit bus in the United
States. The STA system is designed to warn pedestrians from
stepping off the curb whenever an approaching bus is about to turn
the corner. The system incorporates an audible warning
message as well as flashing LED strobe lights on the bus that are
automatically activated by the operator’s turn signal and by
proximity sensors adjacent to the vehicle’s steering gear.
The STA system can also provide upgrades for additional blind
spot protection beyond conventional mirrors.
The Safe Turn Alert system joins another Protran-produced safety
solution, the Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) system, which SEPTA
selected last year for its rail operations as part of its growing
commitment to personnel safety. Like Safe Turn Alert, the
Roadway Worker Protection system uses audio and visual warnings to
alert both the train operator and railway track workers when they
are within proximity of each other along the railway. SEPTA
is currently equipping many of its crews and equipment with the RWP
system.
Protran’s intelligent solutions for asset management and advance
warning systems are receiving widespread acceptance across the rail
and transit industries. Protran’s asset awareness solutions
focus on asset analytics, productivity management, location
awareness, and maintenance tracking while its advance warning
systems enhance employee safety and pedestrian protection.
Acquired by Harsco in 2015, Protran Technology serves as an
advanced technology complement to the Company’s worldwide Harsco
Rail track maintenance equipment and services business. “The
addition of the Protran Technology business has become a valuable
component of our Harsco Rail brand,” said Jim Resio, Harsco Rail’s
Director of Protran Technology. “Our goal is to put leading-edge
technology to work helping our customers operate more efficiently
and safely.”
Harsco Corporation is a diversified industrial company providing
onsite services and engineered products to the global steel, energy
and railway sectors. Harsco’s common stock is a component of
the S&P SmallCap 600 Index and the Russell 2000 Index.
Additional information can be found at www.harsco.com.
Investor Contact
David Martin
717.612.5628
damartin@harsco.com
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717.730.3683
kjulian@harsco.com
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