Casablanca Tramway Opens Its Doors to Optimization
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GOAL SYSTEMS — SEPTEMBER 2012 — The Most Advanced Software for the Optimization of the Transport Operations Casablanca Tramway opens its doors to Optimization CasaTram, operated by the RATP Group, is ready to begin operation of Casablanca's light rail using the GoalRail® metro planning system SEPTEMBER 2012 — Casablanca, MOROCCO. This sys- tem's first 30-kilometer long tram route is expected to begin operation on 12/12/12. It will connect the city's main neighborhoods located east and southwest of the downtown district, and will have 49 stations. It is estimated that 250,000 passengers will take ad- vantage of this new service each day. The goal is to re- duce accidents and delays while offering rapid, on-time, and accessible light rail transport, at an affordable price. To achieve these objectives, GOAL SYSTEMS will be in charge of carrying out the best planning and opti- mizing all operations using GoalRail® metro and GoalStaff® software. Casablanca's transit authority, Casa Transports, has awarded a five-year contract to RATP's subsidiary com- pany RATP Développement, for operation and maintenance of the city's first Light Rail line, as well as for overseeing the preparation phases for operations and personnel. From the very beginning, RAPT Développement chose GOAL SYSTEMS to work jointly in providing optimized scheduling for the Casablanca light rail operations, once again relying upon the mutual trust and confidence developed during earlier projects such as the Algiers light rail system in Algeria and the Gautrain system that con- nects Pretoria and Johannesburg in South Africa. Goes to Page 02 Optimal planning for the 2700 buses of Consorcio Express MiBus obtains the best scheduling in Panamá Consorcio Express is now using GoalBus® and GoalDriver® to schedule its operations for Bogotá's SITP system Panama's Metrobus achieves substantial SEPTEMBER 2012 — Bogota, COLOMBIA. After exhaustive testing savings after putting of the main software solutions available on the market by Bogotá's GoalBus® and Integrated Public Transit System (SITP in Spanish), one of GoalDriver® into the companies that operates the city's system, CONSORCIO operation in record time EXPRESS, has chosen GoalBus® and GoalDriver® … Goes to Page 02 SEPTEMBER 2012 — Pana- ma City, PANAMA. Trans- Reaching new horizons in Colombia’s Mass Transit System porte Masivo de Panamá (MiBus) is a company with a fleet of 1,200 vehicles, directed by the Colombian business group Fanalca. For the last Metro de Medellín will also use GOAL SYSTEMS softwareto two years, it has operated Panama City's public schedule its operations transport system, which is known as Metrobus. In SEPTEMBER 2012 — Medellin, COLOMBIA. Metro de Medellín is April 2012, MiBus decided to replace its the entity that operates and regulates that city's urban transit scheduling software with the full urban system, which is made up of the Metro service, the Metrocable transport solution offered by GOAL SYS- aerial cable system, and the Metroplus bus system. In addition TEMS. to being a high-capacity, urban mass transit system, it also fea- tures the country's only subway. Goes to Page 02 Goes to Page 03 www.goalsystems.com — [email protected] www.goalsystems.com — [email protected] CasaTram, a Grupo RATP company, is ready to begin — Performance of optimized calculation of the driver services operation of Casablanca's light rail using the GoalRail® required to cover the bus routes that the Information Collection metro planning system System (SIRCI in Spanish) includes on its planned schedules, while also taking labor regulations, operating rules, and each From Page 01 company's internal policies into consideration. The software chosen for the — Assignment of drivers to driver shifts, taking all types of labor, project includes GoalRail® company, or individual regulations into account. metro and GoalStaff®, — Integration of the shifts and the drivers assigned to them into which allow optimized the SAE in the SIRCI, so that the information can be used scheduling for timeta- automatically. bles, human resources, and equipment. These — Full access to the GOAL SYSTEMS support team, with 12 years products represent world- of experience, and whose members are known by our clients for their class software solutions, high levels of qualification and commitment. which guarantee full, cus- — Interfacing with the SIRCI using direct communication between tomized optimization for GOAL SYSTEMS tools. transport systems. In April, GOAL SYSTEMS was already awarded the contract for the With this new project, SITP's operational scheduling system for buses and for Phase GOAL SYSTEMS is reinforc- III of its Transmilenio service, with approximately 14,000 buses ing its presence in north- included in the entire system. ern Africa, strengthening its range of light-rail solu- The company Consorcio Express was awarded the contact for tions offered, and expand- operating 2,700 buses in the San Cristóbal and Usaquén ing its already substantial regions. levels of experience and effectiveness when In the next few months, new contracting is also expected to take Casa Tram train operation scheduled with working with urban place with the rest of the companies that operate Bogotá's GoalRail®metro transport systems. SITP. Consorcio Express is now using GoalBus® and GoalDriver® to schedule its operations for Bogotá's Metro de Medellín will also use GOAL SYSTEMS SITP system software to schedule its operations From Page 01 From Page 01 ...as tools for optimal Thanks to the use of resource planning and shift GOAL SYSTEMS schedul- assignments for personnel, ing, Metro de Medellín will respectively. This will give be able to guarantee the company an advantaged success with its plans technological and operational for growth and service position within the system. quality improvement. Acquisition and Metro de Medellín has implementation of the grown the city's transport G o a l B u s ® a n d system into one of Colom- GoalDriver® software now bia's largest and most ensures that the company prestigious. The agency is will enjoy an excellent also breaking new position within the SITP, ground on the interna- since it will benefit from the tional level, by pioneer- highest level of ing an aerial cable sys- optimization on the tem connected to a met- market, and therefore ropolitan mass transit lower operating costs as system. Metro de Medellín well. The most advanced is made up of multiple CONSORCIO EXPRESS will be able to planning products available types of transport, which Juan Manuel Santos, President of introduce many additional benefits to from GOAL SYSTEMS provide offer service to most of the Colombia, at the inauguration of one of the the services that it already obtains city's neighborhoods: savings of over 10% on new stations of the metro line scheduled from GoalBus® operational expenses , with GoalBus® — The Metro service is compared to companies using the country's only subur- manual scheduling or using other systems. ban train system capable of transporting more than 400,000 pas- CONSORCIO EXPRESS can now incorporate the services it was sengers each day. It includes two routes: the A line running north- already receiving from the regulatory agency into GoalBus®, with the south, and the B line that runs from the downtown area towards the following additional benefits: west. — Performance of all types of timetable and bus service — Metrocable is a cable-based, aerial mass transit system. It simulations, taking into account driver services, ideal route has three lines connected to the Metro in northern areas of the city, distributions, and overall operating costs. and transports around 45,000 passengers each day on average. SEPTEMBER 2012 — Page 02 www.goalsystems.com — [email protected] — Metroplus is a medium-capacity integrated transport system, to the situation prior to which began full operation on the Medellín trunk line in December, implementation of the 2011. Its route runs for 12.5 km, with 21 predetermined stops. GOAL solution, proven Furthermore, the first branch of the pre-trunk Envigado-Itagüí savings of 8.5% have was launched in September. been achieved in the number of vehicles re- GoalBus® software was chosen to define the timetables and to quired, along with a schedule vehicles and driver services. This is allowing planning need for 17% fewer to be performed for both modalities, metro and bus, while also driver shifts and an 8% taking the possibilities for trip synchronization between the two reduction in non- transit types into consideration. GoalDriver® software will also be revenue trips. used to assign driver shifts for two separate groups of employ- ees: professional drivers working under a collective labor agree- The implementation of ment, and university drivers who only work for the metro and who GOAL software tools has each work under their own set of individual conditions. also brought other benefits beyond just the immediate With this acquisition, Metro de Medellín will be able to offer excel- savings obtained, and the- lent services and service quality in an optimized manner for this se benefits will be enriched inter-modal transport system. For its part, GOAL SYSTEMS has further by a second phase gained a strong position as an international leader, thanks to to create expanded func- constant improvements and the creation of software that most tionality. The scheduling specifically targets the scheduling needs of the transit sector. professionals from compa- nies such as MiBus operate Use of GOAL SYSTEMS tools offers great Panama's Metrobus achieves substantial savings after in a very dynamic business advantages for dynamic businesses like MiBus putting GoalBus® and GoalDriver® into operation in climate, which means that record time the advantages of using GOAL SYSTEMS tools are From Page 01 not limited to the high levels of savings that can be achieved, but are also found in the potential these tools offer as simula- The company's rapid implementation of this solution, which included tion systems for future scheduling scenarios.