PrePass(R) and E-ZPass(R) technologies offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions of 20,000 U.S. Households Annually NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- PrePass(R) and E-ZPass(R) utilize intelligent transportation technologies to yield a cleaner and greener environment by reducing unnecessary idling and saving drivers time, fuel and money. "The savings will continue to grow as more trucks, PrePass-equipped weigh stations and toll facilities adopt time- and fuel-saving technologies," said Richard P. Landis, president and CEO of HELP Inc., the public-private partnership that offers PrePass and PrePass Plus. PrePass is a sophisticated technology that enables qualified motor carriers to comply electronically with state-established weight, safety and credential requirements at highway speeds. By avoiding weigh station stops and idling in queues, motor carriers reduce fuel consumption and the associated pollutants. PrePass will electronically process more than 57 million weigh station events this year, saving carriers at least 11.4 million gallons of fuel. Based on EPA engine idle reduction and household emission estimates, PrePass will reduce emissions by at least 115 thousand metric tons, the equivalent of emissions from more than 6,000 U.S. households. PrePass Plus allows commercial operators to use the same transponder to pay E-ZPass tolls electronically. With a monthly E-ZPass bill in excess of $14 million dollars, PrePass Plus is the nation's largest toll customer. "The benefits accumulate even more when the savings from E-ZPass electronic toll collection (ETC) are included," said Michael Huerta, president of ACS Transportation Solutions Group, the largest E-ZPass system integrator and operator. "Last year there were 3.4 billion toll transactions by E-ZPass operators, of which 2.1 billion were ETC." Based on engineering estimates by MARK IV, the E-ZPass technology provider, during 2007 alone E-ZPass reduced fuel consumption by almost 30 million gallons. That's the equivalent of nearly 265 thousand metric tons of related emissions or the greenhouse gas emissions of about 14 thousand U.S. households. By reducing congestion in and around weigh facilities and tolling centers, PrePass and E-ZPass also improve highway safety. PrePass enables enforcement personnel to concentrate on those trucks most likely to be noncompliant, while E-ZPass reduces lane changing and congestion around toll plazas. By reducing government transportation program costs, both technologies enhance resources available for other needed investments. Landis and Huerta serve as secretary and vice chairman respectively of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. Huerta will serve as the organization's chairman beginning in June 2009. Launched in California in 1995, PrePass(R) is now operational at 281 sites in 28 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Nearly 425,000 trucks have voluntarily enrolled in PrePass to take advantage of the time, money and fuel-saving benefits. About ACS ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 65,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at http://www.acs-inc.com/. E-ZPass(R) is operated by 24 toll agencies in 12 states, including Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information go to: http://www.prepass.com/; http://www.acs-inc.com/; http://www.ivhs.com/fuel_study; http://www.getezpass.com/ DATASOURCE: PrePass CONTACT: Kevin Kruke, +1-801-541-1943, , for HELP; or Investor Relations, Jon Puckett, Vice President, Investor Relations, +1-214-841-8281, , or Media, Carrie Hyun, Director, Corporate Communications, +1-202-378-2719, or cell, +1-202-520-2382, , both of ACS Web site: http://www.acs-inc.com/ http://www.prepass.com/ http://www.getezpass.com/

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