Prova Systems Announces Fleet Genius SCM Smart Compliance Manager System to Help Taxicab Regulatory Agencies Manage Compliance Reporting for Taxicab Retirement Extension Programs

    CARBONDALE, PA, April 07, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Prova Systems announces availability of its Fleet Genius SCM Smart Compliance Manager system for taxi fleet retirement extension program management. The Smart Compliance Manager system simplifies day-to-day management and reporting for taxicab fleet retirement extension programs through automated monitoring of vehicles and timely compliance reporting to program managers or regulatory oversight bodies. The system is already being deployed in Washington D.C.

Managing taxicab fleets as part of a municipal public transportation system is getting more challenging with organizations like Uber and Lyft often undermining these public services. Fleet Genius SCM helps agencies address this challenge with an automated compliance management system that enables agencies to extend the useful life of their taxicab fleets in a way that protects passenger safety and allows licensees to postpone their vehicle's retirement date for as long as that vehicle maintains compliance.

Fleet Genius SCM collects data from approved extension taxicabs and reports the status of those vehicles to program managers and/or regulatory oversight bodies to ensure compliance with program rules. The cloud-based application manages the information on the extension program including extension period length and expiration dates of the extension for each vehicle.

Fleet Genius SCM empowers taxicab owners and taxicab fleet regulatory agencies with the capability to monitor vehicle safety, track regulatory compliance and manage several critical areas of concern in addition to extension program compliance. These include:
- On-time preventive maintenance reporting;
- Diagnostic reporting for tracking vehicle health;
- Green fleet management with emissions system health reporting;
- Usage based metrics to ensure that vehicles are retired on-time.

Part of the Fleet Genius fleet management system this cloud-based solution is easily installed and can be managed by a municipality's existing accredited taxicab management system installers such as meters and dome light installation contractors. Once installed the system monitors taxicab operations 24 hours a day. The plug-and-play wireless taxicab monitor used to monitor compliance can be installed and operational within 10 minutes allowing rapid deployment of the system across large fleets very quickly with minimal installation costs.

"In the age of Uber where a taxicab licensee's revenues have dropped beyond affordability threatening the viability of including regulated taxicab fleet as part of a well managed public transportation strategy" explained John Collins, President of Prova Systems. "our Smart Extension system protects both the public's interest in a safe, affordable public taxi transportation system and helps taxi owners recover the expense of owning and running a taxi. The system helps level the playing field."

The system is already deployed in Washington DC and is managed there by agency approved installation companies who are responsible for installing the system and assisting taxicab owners in their efforts to keep their extension vehicles in compliance.

ABOUT PROVA SYSTEMS: Prova Systems is the developer of Fleet Genius fleet management SAAS software and the developer and manufacturer of wireless OBD-2 and J-1939 vehicle monitors to support trip tracking, preventive maintenance management, driver performance monitoring, fuel economy management and vehicle diagnostics and prognostics for use in fleet management, drive-by emissions testing, secure access controls, usage based insurance and distracted driver programs and other critical commercial vehicle applications. Prova's line of wireless OBD-2 vehicle monitors, wireless sensors and analysis products capture real-time operational diagnostics for use in its own Fleet Genius SaaS application and 3rd party partner applications. The company focuses on OEM and aftermarket technologies which make consumer and commercial vehicles safer, more fuel efficient and greener. The company is based in Carbondale, PA and sells its products directly and through resellers in the USA and internationally. www.fleet-genius.com

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