June 2008 – GIRO Inc. is pleased to announce the nomination of the NetPlan software module in the category “Intelligent Transport Systems” for the Innovation Awards at the Transports Publics 2008 exhibition held in Paris from June 10 to 12, 2008.
With NetPlan, public transport operators can improve transfer possibilities between routes while minimising the required resources. The software is the result of several years of research and development at GIRO, in cooperation with Connexxion, TRANSDEV's Dutch subsidiary. Integrated into the HASTUS public transport scheduling suite, NetPlan offers a user friendly graphical interface and a complete set of functions to define desired frequencies, run times, and transfer constraints. The initial implementations with Connexxion and two other large European public transport companies show great promise – they have already contributed significantly to improve service quality on their respective networks.
