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Global Expansion/new customers

04.08.2008

Following on from Dubai, bus transport will now be planned in Saudi
Arabia and Sharjah using MICROBUS software. The public transport
companies of Saudi Arabia and Sharjah have ordered all the key
modules from IVU Traffic Technologies AG. This means that IVU now has
three important customers in the Gulf region.

Modern public transport systems for both local and regional bus
operations are becoming increasingly important for the Gulf region.
This is because the private bus services, taxis, and private vehicles
are causing tail-backs and traffic jams, particularly in the cities.
The Emirate of Sharjah has now decided to emulate the example of
Dubai in tackling this problem. And the public transport company in
Saudi Arabia will also be using MICROBUS to organise its bus
transport more efficiently than in the past.

SAPTCO (Saudi Arabian Public Transport Company) has ordered all the
key modules of MICROBUS, IVU´s reliable planning and dispatching
system. SAPTCO will be using this system to organise its operations
with a fleet of 2,250 buses, including 580 trips daily to 360
locations nationwide, 120 trips to the neighbouring states and other
countries in the Gulf region, as well as some 1,000 additional trips
to Mecca and Medina during the annual pilgrimage. With trips covering
distances of up to many hundreds of kilometres, SAPTCO expects that
it will be able to use MICROBUS to organise its schedules and duty
rosters more efficiently and thus reduce demands on resources. And so
that all of its personnel will be able to work with MICROBUS without
any complications, SAPTCO has ordered the entire system in Arabic.
Currently all the commands, menus and interfaces are being translated
and converted.

More than 800,000 people live in Sharjah, and many of them travel to
work in neighbouring Dubai. The large number of commuters in the
morning and evening rush hours have been causing growing problems.
Therefore the city authorities in Sharjah decided to introduce a
completely new public transport system. The private operator "Kuwait
and Gulf Link Trans-port (KGL) - Passenger Transport Services
(Sharjah Branch)" has been commissioned with the planning and the
subsequent operations. The preparations are under way, and in total
some 200 buses will be providing the regular services. The timetables
and schedules for the new public transport service are being
administered and developed using MICROBUS - and its dependable
optimisation algorithms will ensure efficient operations. KGL is also
relying on the software from IVU for dispatching vehicles and
drivers.

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