12-08-04

WAUKESHA METRO TRANSIT HIRES CHK AMERICA TO REDESIGN PUBLIC TIMETABLES

Santa Barbara based CHK America, specialists in the visual communication of passenger information, has been selected by Waukesha Metro Transit to design new public timetables for the agencies 15 routes. That announcement was made today by Frederick A. Wood, President and CEO, CHK America.

The fifteen new timetables are to be designed to scale, will be similar in both concept and style, and produced in four color format, thereby ensuring that passengers can easily interpret Waukesha Metro Transit's service information. The agency operates both fixed route and paratransit services through a network of local and arterial routes in and around the City of Waukesha and surrounding communities including along Bluemound Road to Brookfield Square in Brookfield. In addition to the local route network, Metro oversees contracted services including an interurban line linking Waukesha with downtown Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Three peak hour commuter express lines into Milwaukee supplement this route.

"We are pleased to have been awarded this project by Waukesha Metro Transit," said Frederick A. Wood, president and CEO of CHK America. "Metro offers a strong network of circulator routes in and around the city, and we are excited about helping riders take full advantage of the services available."

"We are excited to work with CHK on this project and look forward to providing our passengers with greatly improved public timetables, " said Brian Engelking, Marketing Director of Waukesha Metro Transit.

Established in September 1999, CHK America provides passenger information solutions to the public transportation industry. CHK America's current client list includes Los Angeles County MTA, Austin Capital Metro, Nashville MTA, San Antonio VIA, City of Pasadena, and Transport for London.

CHK America, a division of United Kingdom based Cook, Hammond and Kell, was established to expand the reach of its parent company's products across the US. CHK's products and services have been distributed extensively across Europe for over 140 years. Other companies in the group include Cook, Hammond and Kell, FWT Studios, Oxford Cartographers, National Map Center London, National Map Center Dublin.

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