The theme of the ITS Arizona conference is 'Connecting Mobility and Safety', and in his presentation GTT Vice President of Strategic Sales Mike Lemon will focus on the way that GPS-enabled Emergency Vehicle Preemption systems, which work by sending a request to provide emergency vehicles with green lights at intersections and include GTT's Opticom solution, can improve performance for emergency vehicles and reduce crash rates.

"This presentation will illustrate the benefits of this technology by looking at of one of the busiest stretches of road in the country -- the Las Vegas Strip," Mike Lemon says. "Gridlocked traffic along this road led Clark County Fire Department to implement a GPS-enabled EVP system to ensure that emergency vehicles were able to reach their destinations swiftly and safely. The outcome was that CCFD was able to improve response times by more than 30% while reducing the potential for costly crashes."

The presentation is titled "Improving emergency vehicle response times with traffic signal preemption on the Las Vegas Strip" and will be given on Thursday September 29 during the Technology breakout session. The ITS Arizona Conference 2016 takes place on September 28 and 29 at the Mesa Convention Center, Mesa, Arizona.