A New Mode of Transportation That Is Revolutionizing Mobility
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TRANSDEV AT THE HEART OF MOBILITY 18 Working towards AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES zero-emission Preparing the A NEW MODE OF transportation: future in terms the Living.Lab of energy TRANSPORTATION THAT electric bus autonomy IS REVOLUTIONIZING 14 22 MOBILITY SPRING 2016 Contents - - Editorial 6 OUR AMBITION 12 IS BACK ON TRACK 18 After three years focusing on Transdev’s recovery, we were proud to announce our very encouraging results for 2015. These results were achieved through team effort, dedication, and hard work from our employees. Today, JEAN-MARC JANAILLAC, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, TRANSDEV not only can we operate from healthy, solid fundamentals, we can also lay the foundations for new ambitions in order to fulfil the needs of a market that is evolving at an unprecedented pace. plan to transform our Group and our business; Permanent connections, real-time information, it prioritizes customer relations, operational 1 Editorial shared journeys, and more… To respond to and commercial excellence, innovation, talent OUR AMBITION 22 these challenges and adapt to changes in the development, group-wide approaches and IS BACK ON TRACK 14 mobility sector, we have real strengths: a agile organizations. In Transdev 2020, we strong core business and expertise recognised have the resources we need to assert our 2 What’s new? worldwide, close and trusting relationships Group’s role as a major player in reinventing TRANS.CITÉ, 30 YEARS with public and local authorities, extensive mobility. WORKING WITH MOBILITY PLAYERS experience in transportation on demand, In a few days’ time I will be leaving Transdev. renewed competitiveness and a capacity for I will be sorry to leave behind people who have 4 innovation in public transportation as well as become very important to me, but I will also Success stories in new forms of mobility evolving out of the leave with the memories of three incredible 6 sharing economy. years, and pride in the work we’ve accom- Report 16 Solutions Our ambition is now represented by our plished and the journey we've taken. I know IN WASHINGTON, TRANSDEV live AT THE HEART OF MOBILITY SPLIT IS REVOLUTIONIZING that work Content Manager: Dominique Wood corporate project, Transdev 2020, which we that Transdev’s employees will support Editorial Manager: Cécile Duval. Editor-in-chief: drew up as a team over recent months. It is a our projects in every way they can, and that TRANSPORTATION DIGITAL TRAVELERS Isabelle Debergue. Editorial assistant: Leslie Papillot. ON DEMAND Our thanks to editorial committee members and contributors. they will pursue the development process Photo credits: Ton Borsboom, Jean-François Deroubaix, IN NANTES, 18 Jason Dixson, Franck Dunouau, Easymile, alongside our clients and partners with great SEMITAN IS COMMITTED Sign of the times Jawad Elajnad/Interlinks, Freemz, Christophe Guibbaud/ TO THE ENERGY TRANSITION abacapress.com, Frédéric Le Lan - Communauté d’Agglomération enthusiasm. AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES de La Rochelle, Cabinet d’architectes L’Hyver Bréchet Lohé A NEW MODE OF et Associés, Anthony Lim /iStock, Jean-Christophe Marmara/ TRANSPORTATION THAT IS Figarophoto, Geoffroy Mathieu/Interlinks, Rob Suisted - 14 REVOLUTIONIZING MOBILITY www.naturespic.com/Transdev, Transdev, Van der Vaart By your side Fotografie, Tilman Weishart. Illustrations: Tino. WORKING TOWARDS This document is printed on FSC-certified paper made from As a player in new forms ZERO-EMISSION 100% recycled pulp by an Imprim’Vert-labeled professional. TRANSPORTATION: 22 It’s tomorrow N° ISSN 2430-2406 THE LIVING.LAB PREPARING THE FUTURE Design-production-editing: of mobility, Transdev has ELECTRIC BUS IN TERMS OF ENERGY AUTONOMY all the necessary assets to offer innovative solutions 24 They are Transdev and services. TRANSDEV live I 1 What’s new? - - What’s new? TRANS.CITÉ, 30 YEARS WORKING WITH Vocations and ambitions: MOBILITY PLAYERS a laboratory of ideas What were the reasons for creating finance. How can we combine the investment Trans.Cité in 1986? required for development with the need to reno- Jean-Luc Frizot: In an increasingly competitive mar- vate equipment and transit systems? How can we Created in 1986, Trans.Cité remains true to its original values and continues to ket, it seemed important not to position ourselves increase commercial revenues and reduce fare work to bring together experts, professionals and elected officials to focus on simply as a “traction operator” but as a key player evasion? How can we improve the internal and mobility, and more generally, to look at how mobility can influence social issues in advising and sharing of expertise. This desire to external productivity of transit systems? in cities and regions. We look back, and look ahead, at one of the most unusual make a difference was realized in the creation of Trans.Cité, an association that regularly brings Trans.Cité has just celebrated its associations in transportation. together elected officials and public transportation anniversary. What does it see for PASCAL BOLO professionals to discuss subjects such as fare evasion, the future? CHAIRMAN OF intermodality, digital and more. Jean-Luc Frizot: With the challenges of energy TRANS.CITÉ, DEPUTY and digital transition, Trans.Cité needs to play an MAYOR OF NANTES, n April 7, the association Trans.Cité celebrated its 30th views on real-life projects. Discussions were enriched by feedback What were the organization’s main increasingly important role as a partner to local CHAIRMAN OF SEMITAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN anniversary at the end of the theme day-meeting it from several transit systems, such as the work being undertaken authorities. Experiments carried out by Transdev’s characteristics at the start? OF NANTES-MÉTROPOLE staged in Paris. A hundred or so participants joined on the new Busway in Nantes, electrical experimentation in Pascal Bolo: The same as today! Right from the start, various transit systems also serve as real-life trials OPascal Bolo, the association’s Chairman and Deputy Argenteuil, the Watt project at Nice airport, and the zero-emission Trans.Cité has undoubtedly been one of the rare that allow others to save a great deal of time in their Mayor of Nantes, as well as Jean-Marc Janaillac, Chairman and CEO expertise of Connexxion in the Netherlands. Two themes emerged: places, if not the only one, where people can set own development process. of Transdev, and Pierre-René Lemas, CEO of the Caisse des Dépôts the public’s eagerness for new and innovative solutions, and the aside political loyalties and disputes and enjoy free, Pascal Bolo: Digital and energy transition will not Group. The members of the association, transportation profession- lack of experience with new technologies, throwing into sharp constructive, good-natured debate, without having come about through a single approach, but with a als, elected officials from all sides, and leaders of large cities and relief the need for close communication between professionals to betray their principles. Another major quality of mixture of innovative solutions that must adapt small communities, from mainland France and overseas, attended and authorities. The day was an opportunity to reaffirm the asso- Trans.Cité is its practical, concrete approach. The technologies to regions, and not the other way this day dedicated to the technical challenges of energy and ciation’s vocation to continue to come up with ideas for increasing association spends regular time on the ground, in round. Trans.Cité is the ideal place to discuss these digital transition. It was an opportunity for everyone to exchange people’s mobility. France and elsewhere in the world, taking inspiration experiences. from the most innovative methods and feeding back - this experience, which can then be used by its mem- bers. This hotbed of ideas is the association’s real strength, and a major asset to the regions. JEAN-LUC FRIZOT “Taking part in EXECUTIVE OFFICER Trans.Cité stands out for its OF TRANS.CITÉ AND conferences helps pragmatism. What does it offer MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TAM (TRANSPORTS forge strong links its members? DE L’AGGLOMÉRATION Pascal Bolo: It offers a forum for high-level discus- DE MONTPELLIER) through constructive sion covering the latest subjects through the prism of public policies and technical challenges. Today, dialogue. It’s also elected officials know that public transportation is an opportunity not simply a matter of moving people from A to B. As a driver of a sustainable policy, transportation to take a wider represents social, urban, environmental, human and technical issues. Trans.Cité provides expert view of one’s advice and modern, society-centered solutions to own challenges encourage new ideas and innovative projects. Why join Trans.Cité? and benefit from More precisely, what topics are • To discuss transportation problems covered within Trans.Cité? and solutions. everyone else’s Jean-Luc Frizot: As a laboratory of ideas for • To save time by benefiting from experience.” the past three decades, the association has been experience in other regions. through several phases. At the beginning, • To exchange views with experts. SANDRINE LINQUÉ, Trans.Cité was in a stage of building. We needed to GENERAL SECRETARY • To benefit from information lay the foundations for the creation of new transit that is always up to date. TRANS.CITÉ systems and the modernization of existing ones. The second phase focused more on issues such • To be involved with key events. as which pricing policies to apply, or the best • To build a new vision of mobility. contractual management model for transit systems. Following the introduction of the 1995 For further information or to join: law, issues arose such as the accessibility of differ- [email protected] ent means of transportation. During the 2000s, [email protected] many questions were asked around the distribution of expertise. More recently, with the reduction in state subsidies and the diversification of services, Trans.Cité has entered a period that focuses on 2 I TRANSDEV live No.