New Jersey Turnpike Authority Selects Hansen's Transit & Rail Business Unit for Enterprise Asset Management
New System to Help Manage One of America's Most Densely Traveled Roads

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Rancho Cordova, California, May 18, 2006 - Hansen Information Technologies (Hansen®) announced today that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) has selected Hansen's Transit and Rail Business Unit to provide its Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software suite to help manage roadway maintenance and supporting infrastructure.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Fast Facts
Year Opened 1952
Annual Toll Revenue $715 million
Annual Maintenance $80 million
Total Assets $8.1 billion
Total Lane Miles 2,288
Signs 48,000
Vehicles 1,600
Bridges 1,000
Total Workforce 950
State Police Personnel 214
Interchanges 100
Toll Lanes 328
Toll Plazas 27
Service Areas 12
Maintenance Districts 9
Revenue Derived from Tolls 92%
State Tax Support 0
Source: NJTA, Annual Report

NJTA maintains the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway through separate operating Departments of NJTA. Consisting of 2,288 lane miles of roadway, the New Jersey Turnpike is one of the most densely traveled roads in the nation. The Turnpike covers a distance of 148 miles, from the Delaware Bridge to the South, to the George Washington Bridge to the North. In July 2003, NJTA assumed control of the maintenance and operations of the 172.5-mile-long Garden State Parkway from the former New Jersey Highway Authority.

Today, over 600,000 vehicles travel the New Jersey Turnpike daily and more than 1.1 million vehicles use the Garden State Parkway each day.

The two Departments are divided into four Divisions with a total workforce of approximately 950 persons. NJTA also maintains 1,000 bridges and more than 100 interchanges and supporting infrastructure comprised of 48,000 signs, 3.2 million linear feet of guide rail, 300 buildings and facilities, and a support fleet of 1,600 vehicles. Crews are spread over nine maintenance districts and use 30,000 gallons of paint, 25,000 tons of salt, and 100,000 litterbags annually.

"One of our goals for the new system is to develop a framework for standardizing common business processes for both the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway," stated Stephen Ehrmann, NJTA Assistant Technology Director and Project Manager. "We are delighted to hear that Spear Technologies, our originally selected vendor, has merged their operations into Hansen's Transit and Rail Business, where they can continue to expand their resources."

Hansen's Transit and Rail Business was established as part of its recent acquisition of Spear Technologies. As part of the NJTA Project, Hansen's Transit and Rail Business will provide its suite of enterprise asset management (EAM) solutions, including software implementation and integration services to NJTA's PeopleSoft Inventory, Purchasing, and Payroll modules. The new system will also be interfaced to a third party fuel management system. Hansen's solutions also integrate with SAP and Oracle Financial applications.

When completed, the new system provided by Hansen will support the management of all work orders, inspections, timekeeping, preventive and corrective maintenance, snow and ice removal, environmental accident containment and clean-up, and equipment damage tracking for all of NJTA's facilities, moving, and linear assets.

In addition to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, other international tollway and roadway Hansen clients include:

"The demand to extend the useful life of our nation's transportation infrastructure has never been greater," commented Chuck Hansen, Chairman and CEO of Hansen. "We are pleased to add the New Jersey Turnpike Authority as our customer."

About Hansen's Transit and Rail Business Unit
Hansen's Transit and Rail Business Unit was established in April 2006 with its acquisition of Spear Technologies, a leading provider of enterprise asset management systems for public transit and rail assets. Today, Hansen's Transit and Rail Business supports the movement of more than 15 million people daily and helps manage the maintenance activities at six of the top ten public transit carriers, including Los Angeles County MTA, New Jersey Transit, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, and San Francisco Municipal Railway. The unit also supports the maintenance activities at three of the five largest bus companies serving central London.

About Hansen Information Technologies
Founded in 1983, Hansen® is the world's leading provider of intelligent, adaptive, and pervasive solutions that help manage the transactions of government. Headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, the company is a privately-held corporation employing over 300 people with offices in Auckland, London, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.hansen.com.