Case Study: Metro Transit saves resources and improves bus operator duties with GIRO HASTUS-MinBus

Metro Transit reduces street reliefs by 40% with GIRO

Metro Transit, a public transport provider for the Twin Cities metropolitan region, faced a severe bus driver shortage that was intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to service cancellations and delays. To address this resource constraint and improve operator retention, they worked with vendor GIRO and implemented its HASTUS-MinBus module to optimize their vehicle scheduling.

Using GIRO's MinBus solution, Metro Transit achieved significant savings and improved the quality of duties for its drivers. The results included saving 11.5 operator equivalents, a 40% reduction in street reliefs, and a 6% increase in preferred 8-hour runs. GIRO's tools also enabled a reduction in vehicles required and generated over $800,000 in annualized operating cost savings.

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