BALTIMORE, MD (11/2/16) — The Traffic Group, Inc.’s (TTG) Renata Haberkam will be a featured speaker at the Wilmington Area Planning Council’s (WILMAPCO) Our Town 2016 The Future of Transportation, taking place in Wilmington, Delaware on November 2.
The Traffic Group is one of the nation’s leading traffic engineering and transportation planning firms. One of its areas of focus is on the future of transportation, which includes new technologies, such as driverless cars. Haberkam’s presentation, entitled, The Impact of Driverless Cars and TNCs on Parking and Real Estate, will address driverless and connected vehicles – and the need to plan now for the future.
The conference will highlight transportation innovations and technologies of the future. Technology will continue to improve how we get around by reducing emissions, improving safety, and making vehicles more efficient and reliable. Cars will use wireless technology to communicate with each other and warn drivers of congestion and accidents. Crash avoidance systems, using sensors embedded in the roadways, will help prevent accidents.
Haberkam is the Director of Business Development at The Traffic Group, managing firm’s marketing efforts and strategies, overseeing the preparation of, proposals, and heading the firm’s public relations program. Haberkam is active in the local chapters of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) and Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS). She is the immediate Past President of ARTMA (Annapolis Regional Transportation Management Association).
About The Traffic Group, Inc.
Established in 1985, The Traffic Group, Inc. (TTG) is a veteran-owned traffic engineering and transportation planning specialty firm headquartered in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Through use of sophisticated technology and the in-house experience of more than 70 industry professionals, TTG offers services that help determine road improvements, signal and sign location, lighting plans, land usage, public facility and capacity issues, and security measures. With over 3,000 pieces of traffic data collection equipment, The Traffic Group has the largest inventory of such equipment in the U.S. and conducts more than 100,000 counts for clients annually.
For more information about The Traffic Group, visit the company’s website at www.trafficgroup.com or follow them on Twitter @TheTrafficGrp.