May 6, 2014 – CHK America CEO Rick Wood announced today that the Company has completed wayfinding installations in partnership with GRTC Transit System in Virginia. The new signage is the centerpiece of the agency’s temporary transfer plaza in downtown Richmond.

The temporary plaza, which opened in April, is serving as an on-street transfer point for 25 routes using 13 curbside bays. CHK America provided customer information housed in two kiosks as well as seven designation signs that provide more detailed route and schedule information. The complete project includes 19 long-lasting, all-weather information displays that depict easy-to- read maps, schedule tables with bus arrival times and general riding information for customers.

“We are pleased to continue our working relationship with GRTC,” stated CHK America CEO, Rick Wood. “It is one of the oldest continually operating transit agencies in the US and it continues to develop and service the Richmond region with a first-rate transportation system.”

CHK America – Established in 1999, CHK America is the premier best-practice provider of customer information solutions for the US public transportation industry. The company’s 8 Second Rule has set the standard for communicating complex public transit information to customers. Under the leadership of CEO Rick Wood, the foremost authority in wayfinding strategies, CHK America products now reach over 2 billion transit riders per year – fully 20 percent of all transit customers in the US. Between customized information design and purpose-built hardware fabrications, CHK America provides solutions for many of the country’s largest multi-modal transit agencies, including WMATA in Washington, DART in Dallas and Metro in Los Angeles.