INTELLIGENT

TRANSPORT
systems>>>THE

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Optimising

FRENCH ITS
PLAYERS
page 4

THE USE OF
TRANSPORTATIONINFRASTRUCTURE
page 6

Improving

ROAD
SAFETY
page 11

CON T EN T S
ImprovingSERVICEQUALITY
page 15

Reducing

INEQUALITIES
page 18

Protecting

THE ENVIRONMENTFor FURTHERINFORMATION

page 21

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Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition - Ministry of Transport
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DEVELOPING

new technologies
A SECTOR OF EXCELLENCE IN FRANCE, intelligent transportsystems and services (ITS) concern over one thousand companies.
For most of them, this accounts for a small share of their businessactivities but there is however the potential for rapid growth ifthey quickly manage to group to meet the needs of the markets.
Innovative and competitive, these systems combine a vast range of technologies,
from telematics to cooperative systems (vehicles, infrastructure) and include ticketingand traffic management. They use IT and telecommunication systems to improve transport safety, efficiency and management while respecting the environment. Road isparticularly concerned as well as its interfaces with the intelligent mobility solutions
applied in all other transport modes: rail, waterway, maritime and air transport.

In organising transportation on a day-to-day basis, ITS help improve service
quality and increase user comfort and safety, facilitating coordination in managing
traffic and rationalising network use. They can also encourage the shift towards transportmodes that can save time, cost and energy. These systems take part in providing
services in digital cities to encourage economic development and address the challenges
in operating major cities and the growth of metropolitan areas.

ITS development requires greater cooperation between public mobility andtransport policymakers (on international, national and local levels) and private stakeholders (from the large international groups to small specialised companies) while involving research and training organisations. France is a major player in this field thanks toa fabric of qualified and renowned companies. New strategic challenges are emerging:
ITS offer significant development opportunities around vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicleto-infrastructure communication, as well as new mobility services.

Since 2016 the French initiative Mobility 3.0 aims to build a collective strategic management framework combining all the stakeholders, in order to manage
and deploy, in France and worldwide, new mobility solutions meeting users expectations,contributing to road safety objectives, and ensuring better conditions of traffic, environmental protection and fight against climate change.

THIS
DOCUMENT
ILLUSTRATESthe main areasin which ITS
can be applied,
using examplesof services
or technologies
developed
by Frenchcompanies.

4 ///FRENCH ITS PLAYERS

1
THE PUBLIC CLIENTSThe State and local authorities define mobility strategies
and support ITS development programmes by relying on:

 their scientific and technicalnetwork with Cerema (centre
for research and expertise on
risks, the environment, mobility
and territory planning) Ifsttar(the French institute of science andtechnologies for transportation,
territory planning and networks)
and Inria (the national institutefor IT and automation research).

 places for consultationand promotion thatfacilitate the emergenceof a shared culture,such as Atec-ITS France(the association for thedevelopment of Transportation,
Environment and Traffic
Techniques) and Idrrim (theInstitute for roads, streets andmobility infrastructure).

2

THE REGULATORSThe public authorities
define the regulatory
frameworks that apply
to intelligent mobility
solutions. They develop and promote ITS
standards to ensure

reliable, affordable andinteroperable mobility
services (help in thedesign of interoperable
transportation systems
in France – ACTIF).
They ensure fundingStandardisation organisations
such as AFNOR’s BNTRA(bureau for the standardisationof transport and road design)

Independent administrative
authorities, such as the CNIL (national
personal data privacy commission)(BPI – Public investmentbank, Ademe – French
environment and energy
management agency).
They offer facilities tosupport innovation andexperimentation.

Assistance organisations,such as Inter Mutuelles
Assistance (IMA France),
which contribute toimplementing intelligent transport(emergency calls).
Training bodies,with the Institut Mines Télécomor Ponts Formation Conseil

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COMPANIES
From large conglomerates
to innovative SMBs, France
has internationally renowned
expertise and achieves
excellence in this field.
www.transport-intelligent.net
See sections ‘ITS stakeholders
and policies’ / ‘Companies
and manufacturers’

THE PRODUCERS,MANAGERSAND OPERATORS

3

 The producers collect,
share and process the data
to produce services. Setting
up reliable information chainsis therefore essential to ensure
development of the services
in greatest demand by users(ticketing and information),public authorities (security
and optimisation of network
usage) and by industry (newmobility tools).
 Managers and operators
implement the services on
their networks.

EU
ON A EUROPEAN
LEVEL
The European
Commission
sets a framework for
implementating ITS
without however
imposing
deployment(directive 2010/40/EU
of 7 July 2010).

Users (passengers) and shippers(freight) are prime stakeholders: as theend beneficiaries of ITS, they are an
increasingly active link in the service
production chain. Taking account of theirneeds facilitates their ability to take on
board the new applications developed andimproves the impact of systems deployed.

THE BENEFICIARIES

46 ///

Optimising

THE USE OF TRANSPORTINFRASTRUCTURE

ITS HELP LIMIT the construction of new infrastructure by
EXAMPLES
OF FIELDS
OF APPLICATIONDevelopmentof intermodality

Preventionof traffic
congestion

Better roadsharingTraveller
involvement

optimising the use and performance of existing transportsystems:> they enable global management of travel and increasingly fine management oftraffic flows;> they support the development of new mobility services such as carpooling;> they back up more conventional modes (services for users who provide occupancy
information on forthcoming trains);> they open up new possibilities to optimise supply chains, both in economic terms
and through their environmental integration.

Optimising THE USE OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES ///LYONS

Optimod’Lyons
In response to a call for urban mobility projects
from Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME), as part as part of the “Investingfor the future” programme, the main goal of the
Optimod’Lyons project is to encourage cooperation and synergies between private and public
stakeholders in order to test and develop innovative services for sustainable urban mobility.
This research and development project, initiatedand driven by the city of Lyons, has brought together eight companies (Renault Trucks, IBM,
Orange, Cityway, Phoenix ISI, Parkeon, Autoroutes
Trafic, Geoloc Systems), a number of researchbodies (CNRS - National Scientific ResearchCentre, Transport Economics Laboratory, IT laboratory for image information systems), Cerema
and the municipality of Lyons.

SchemeA data warehouse was set up to enable thedevelopment of practical mobility services. On
a single platform, its hosts 30 real time databases on real-time flows: road traffic, urban anddepartmental public transport, regional trains,
bicycle sharing, air transport and car parking.
This accounts for some 20 million entries perday, available to project partners with one single
licence.

Management
The provision of comprehensive, reliable andconsolidated mobility data has already enabled
the development of two innovative services: Onlymoov.com (Lyons metropolitan area):this website features all mobility offers for themetropolitan area and proposes a real-time multimodal route calculator;
 Optymod’Lyons (Cityway) : the first real-time
multimodal urban geolocation system for
smartphones. Once the best route has been
calculated, this app tracks your progress andissues alerts in case of difficulties ahead. It also
includes one-hour traffic forecasts.

________
Urban logistics. Optimod'Lyons is also:
 a navigator for urban freight enabling drivers tochoose the best delivery route taking account of realtime traffic and occurences; a tool to optimise delivery rounds for intelligent deliveries. Time and kilometres savings are substantialand easy to quantify.

THE>>Most data are made available on an open platform,

using exclusively free, standard–compliant tools toensure interoperability and communication withother platforms.
>>Travel time reliability is unprecedently great,
based on historic data, real-time data and onehour traffic predictions.
>>Multimodal routes are computed in real time.

78 ///

ÎLE-DE-FRANCEThe Gerfaut II system
For global transit management purposes, theSeine-Saint-Denis department Council is currently
overhauling its Gerfaut system (dated 1990) used
to control traffic light crossroads. The goal is to limit
nuisances caused by traffic congestion and improve travel comfort. Priority is given to developing
intermodality and efficient management of mass
meetings like at Le Bourget and the Stade deFrance.

SchemeThe Gerfaut II system regulates over 600 traffic
light crossroads. Priority in crossing is extended to
all collective transit systems, tramways (T1, T4, T5
and T8) and to the future Rapid Transit Buses on
their reserved lane on the former RN3 as well as
Mobilien bus lines. A network of traffic sensors,traffic cameras and weather stations ensure permanent monitoring of travel conditions. Dynamic
information panels are deployed, aimed at roadand collective transport users.

network for a total of 400 km of optic fibre.

THE

>> T
 he system uses the Aimsun Online predictive

simulator and data from FCD (floating car data)/ FMD (floating mobile data) systems on travel
times provided by Mediamobile and Flow. In
complex situations these tools enable various
operating strategies to be simulated in real timeto ensure optimal decision-making.
>>The Gerfaut II system will benefit from Claire-Siti
services, a platform that integrates traffic data fromall surface transport networks. In close collaboration with transport operators and neighbouringlocal authorities, it will help supply mobility information websites (including the Sytadin website
providing information on the RN2 motorway),>>The optic fibre communication infrastructure, thecost of which accounts for a significant part of the
project, is pooled with the high speed digital service
provided to all secondary schools, data centres andpublic buildings in the department.

Management
The Gerfaut II system is based on the Segur
urban mobility monitoring software, developedby Thalès. This tool implements new traffic
management strategies, with backup from theClaire expert system, developed by Ifsttar. Claire
manages increases in demand in order toanticipate the risks of congestion and favour
movements by collective transport vehicles. The
entire system communicates by means of apowerful, dedicated and secured transmission

Freight data exchanges: the NOSCIFeL example
NOSCIFeL is a collaborativeIts goals are:

The platform delivers such grouping/degrouping

project developed by eight to facilitate access toservices as:

goods;

partners. This innovative,

applications in the form

 making appointments

 safe digital archiving.

modular freight transportof customised subscriptions;

between transporters,

management platform to favour interoperability

shippers and recipients;

addresses primarily the needsof information systems;

 calculating greenhouseof micro businesses and SMBs

 to make companies moregas emissions;in the transport and logistics

competitive.

 tracking goods;

industry.

www.geolocsystems.com

The Autolib’ service

In December 2011, Paris and a number of towns
around formed a mixed syndicate (joint association of local authorities) and launched Autolib', a
self-service urban electric car rental system forone-off trips. This system aims to reduce thenumber of cars in circulation for a better car
sharing and a better quality of life.

SchemeAutolib' is present in Paris and in 96 other Ile-deFrance municipalities with over 4,000 Bluecars
available at nearly 1,100 stations. The Bluecar isan electric car with a range of 250 km whichcharges in 4 hours due to a new type of LMP(lithium-metal-polymer) battery. Each station
has 4 to 6 parking places each with its own
charging point and interactive terminal. Autolib'
is governed by a public-private partnershipcontract between the mixed syndicate and the
Bolloré industrial group.

Management
The service is only available by subscription.
A subscriber who needs to use a car rents it froma station, drives to the destination and leaves it inany other station nearby to be recharged. If a user
has a problem, he can contact the Autolib'
operating centre based in Vaucresson (92) using

an interface available in the car or at the station.
1,000 Autolib' “ambassadors” are on the groundto help users and carry out maintenance.

THE>>The service recorded 4,000 cars and 130,000

active subscribers in 2016, with 16,000 to 17,000
users per day.
>>It offers the advantages of car travel without thedisadvantages of owning a car (cost, parking
difficulties) and enables users to give up their cars.
>>This approach favours multimodality, helps
decrease car traffic and hence reduces CO2
emissions. By fitting out stations with charging
points, the mixed syndicate promotes this more
ecological mode of transport.
>>Autolib' is also deployed in other French cities(Bordeaux, Lyons) and abroad (Indianapolis).

PARIS

Optimising THE USE OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES/// 9ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

10 ///The Tranquilien application
This tool enables travellers to be aware inadvance of the occupancy rate of trains on the
Paris area regional train network (Transilien) andhence the level of comfort they can enjoy. The
application was developed by Snips, a European
start-up specialised in predictive models for intelligent cities and data geographic recontextualisation, with the support of SNCF Transilien.

SchemeOnce the departure and arrival stations are input,
the user sees the next trains displayed with forecast occupancy rates in the form of a colour code
(green, orange, red depending on the occupancy
level). For example, if the indicator is red and thenext train is green, the traveller may decide to
put off their departure for a few minutes in order
to be more comfortable. Customers can also lookup occupancy of evening trains and leave workat the best time. Finally they can consult the application in the evening to select the ideal time toleave the next day.

Management

information from users. A contextual model isbeing developed by Snips. It will be integrated
into a second version of the application to improve predictions. Models will use new data
(weather, accessibility by other means of transport, social and demographic data from thetowns served, etc.). Eventually, they will comefrom some fifty different sources, most in Open
Data mode.

THE>>Involving passengers in the collection of informa-tion continuously improves the service andpredicts the impact of new events on the network.
>>The development of predictive models makes citymanagement more efficient and less costly.
________
Rand Hindi, French IT genius aged 29 and co-founderof the start-up Snips, received the Innovator of theyear award for 2014 from the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT) for the creation of the Tranquilien
application with the SNCF.

The predictions for the future occupancy of
trains are based on historical data provided by
SNCF Transilien and on real-time occupancy

Modelling behaviour in urban environments:
the SNIPS example
Snips is a start-up company

bio-computing, physics andwith Parkeon;

tors, car manufacturers andspecialised in predictive

mathematics, is used to modelling the attendance

the GSM Association.

modelling of behaviour inmodel population flows and-in French post offices. The

The start-up company is inurban environments. The

compare these with context

prediction was performed forthe expansion phase in thegoal is to improve the quali-

information.

both mail and postal bank;

United States, in particular

ty of life and help cities

Snips implemented other modelling the risk ofwith partnerships with tele-develop on a large scale.

projects in 2013:crashes (cars and bicycles) in

com operators in order to

The technology that came modelling parking place

London and San Francisco,model population flows overabout from the research byavailability in the streets ofin partnership withentire territories.

the three founders, doctors in

Manhattan, in partnership

American telecom opera-

www.snips.net

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Improving
ROAD SAFETYITS HELP IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY through better
understanding by users of the rules to be applied.
They can also change behaviour by automating controls. Others applications arebeing developed, such as automatic incident detection (AID) or on-board systems(speed limiters, alarms, etc.).

EXAMPLES
OF FIELDS
OF APPLICATIONFighting
excessive
speedsControllingtruck loads

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12 ///The new speed cameras

In 2003, France went to an automated systemfor preventing and controlling traffic offences,
aimed at:
improving road safety by encouraging in-depthchanges in behaviour at the wheel and by reducing road delinquency;
 provoking a lasting change in driver behaviourby shortening the time between the offence andthe sanction;
 reducing the workload of police forces enablingthem to focus more on other forms of delinquency.

Scheme2013 was marked by a further diversification insystems deployed. After speed cameras, redlight cameras, level crossing cameras and truck
distinguishing cameras, three new types of devices were deployed.
 The new-generation mobile speed camera
Also called MFD (mobile field device), it is carriedon board an unmarked car driven by police
officers in uniform. Its mission is to photographall vehicles over the speed limit, without a flash
and while keeping on the move.
The average-speed camera (also called section
camera)The camera measures the average speed of avehicle over a road section. At each check point(section entrance and exit), a video camera takesa snapshot of each vehicle and records its
number plate (automatic reader) and time ofpassage. The place of the offence is the exit
check point. A processing unit calculates, fromthis point and on the basis of this information foreach vehicle, the average speed of the car overthe section.
 The worksite speed camera
This is a semi-fixed speed camera. It is used tocheck speeds on worksite areas where speed limits
are rarely complied with. This device is movableso to follow the progress of a worksite or be usedin different working areas. The battery can operate
for one week without recharging.

Management
 The new-generation mobile speed camera

Unmarked cars drive over some roads selectedby the police under the authority of the prefects.
All types of network are concerned (motorways,
national and departmental roads and city roads)
but especially those road sections where speeding leads to accidents. On August 1st 2015, 260
vehicles were deployed all over France.

Improving ROAD SAFETY /// The average-speed camera The worksite speed camera

It is used for dangerous road or motorway
sections (bends, downhills, etc.) or where a crashwould have serious additional consequences(bridges, tunnels, viaducts, etc.). On august 1st 2015,
100 average-speed cameras were in operation.

The experimentation phase on the national road
network, including the conceded motorway
network, ended in 2012. The findings were conclusive and the deployement began in 2015.

THE
All these camera systems help in the fight against
speeding, a major cause of road deaths (32% offatal crashes in 2016, i.e. close to 1,000 fatalities).

Trucks account for around 1.8% of traffic on thenational road network. On average, 15% of thesetrucks are overloaded. Apart from the increased
security risks (13% of fatal crashes are due tooverloading), this also causes unfair competition
between road hauliers and other forms of transport (20% overloading saves the haulier 26 k€/truck/year), and causes premature deteriorationof roads and structures: a 30% axleload excess
multiplies road impacts by 2 to 9 times depending on the paving technology.

ALL ACROSSFRANCE

Truck load control

SchemeIn 2004 the Transport ministry launched a programme of overload pre-selection stations. The
first stations (also called HS-WIM-E, for “highspeed weigh-in-motion equipment”) were
deployed in 2007. At present, the network has
29 stations spread over the French conceded
and. non-conceded road networks. They mainly
use piezoelectric sensors. Other technologies
were also deployed abroad.

13

14 ///

Management

THE

The truck weigh-in-motion equipment is in addition to the 80 static weighing stations and the 170
vehicle silhouette recognition stations. The HSWIM-E system is aimed at preselecting
overweighted trucks. The vehicles identified arethen subject to a second weight check and fined
if an axleload or total load violation is counterchecked. The reference equipment, certified andimplemented in legal weighing operations, comprises weighbridges, static axle-weighers or low
speed weigh-in-motion equipment (LS-WIM-E).

Overload pre-selection systems are efficient meansof identifying road transport vehicles to be checked,
while optimising the human resources required forthis mission. The rate of detection of overloaded
trucks has thus increased from 25% to 96%.

Equipment for safety applications:
The STERELA example
Sterela is a Toulousebased company specialised in the design anddevelopment of innovativeelectronic systems for suchsectors as defence (leading
supplier to the Frencharmy), weather forecasting(leading supplier to Météo
France for its automatic
data collection stations),
air transport (airport
security) and road transport (intelligent transportsystems and intelligent
cities).

Sterela and its subsidiaries(Survision, Noval, AFSRR,
Bluematrix) now have
160 staff for turnover ofaround €26M of which
20% comes from abroad.
The company devotes 20%
of its revenue to researchand development. It is oneof the 3,000 companies
who have the BPIFrance
excellence label.
Among the most significant innovations are:
 the Air cobot robotic
platform; mobile pop-up target
systems; the Pacome weather
station, chosen by Météo
France then Eumetnet(European consortium of
26 countries for the supplyof weather stations onboard ships); the fixed and mobile Lapi
system (automatic number
plate reading) that operates on all motorways inFrance, in 600 police, andcustoms vehicles; the Witty smart parking
system or the Wim dynamic
in motion vehicle weighing
system.

All these systems can be
operated by a single platform called Webtrafic.
Sterela Survision is a member of the Moveo competitiveness cluster as well as
the ITS/Smart city Cluster.
The company and all its
subsidiaries are based in
the Toulouse, Paris andLyons regions. They aredeveloping their export
activities in South America,
Africa, Russia and Europe.
www.sterela.fr/// 15

ImprovingSERVICEQUALITYITS IMPROVE service quality, because they provide direct
assistance to customers. Trips are in effect greatly facilitated
due to:> real-time information (maps, timetables, routes, prices) and contactless ticketing;> geolocation systems;> associated guiding systems.

EXAMPLES
OF FIELDS
OF APPLICATION

Real-time
information

ContactlessticketingPICARDY

16 ///

Integrated multimodal
information
To address the travel needs of the different living
areas within the Oise department, 14 transportorganisation authorities (TOA) came together to
set up SMTCO, the Oise mixed public transport
syndicate. This structure coordinates the varioustransport offers and favours intermodal transport.

Schemeterminals, in every vehicle, on the web (www.oisemobilite.fr, a mobile app, access by QR code to all
5,000 stops) and by phone (information centre forcollective transport and booking of on-demandtransport services). The development and operation of the Sismo were the subject of a publicprivate partnership contract with the companies
VIX-ERG and Cityway for the period 2010-2022.

The Sismo integrated mobility services system inOise aims at facilitating travel over the entire Oise
territory by means of a single ticket system anda real time and multimodal (buses, coaches, trains,
bicycles, carpooling, etc.) traveller information
system. It can also be used to book tickets, ondemand transport or a taxI.

Management
The system is based on the single transport offer
data repository: each TOA supplies the system with
its offer and this is complemented by the information provided by the sensors on board the 700
vehicles. Users therefore can benefit from real-time
information available from 170 information

Travel Information Services:
the CITIWAY example
Cityway has been a renowned player in the field of
new information technologies as applied to mobility
for over 10 years now. By
developing software applications and proposing its
services to local authorities
and transport operators,
Cityway brings its expertisein terms of customised multimodal solutions to maketravel easier for passengers.
Solutions based on the in-ternet, mobile phones, callcentres, on board buses
and coaches and in bus
stations are deployed onbehalf of its customers andmade available to thegeneral public. Cityway
operates the multimodal
information services for
SMTCO, the Alsace, RhôneAlpes and PACA regions,but also the Finistère,
Alpes-Maritimes, Bouchesdu-Rhône, Savoie, Isère orGironde departments, notto mention the Grand Lyons
and Pays d'A ix urban community. Cityway has 150
employees, is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence andhas offices in Paris,
Bordeaux, Nice, Strasbourg,
Lyons, Dijon and Beauvais.
Turnover was €14 M in
2015, half of which camefrom local authorities.
While most of its revenue
is currently achieved in

France, Cityway’s goal is to
grow internationally basedon high innovation value
products such as the multimodal real-time and predictive route calculator(Optimod'Lyons project)and on its skills in developing applications for smartphones to inform
passengers.
www.cityway.fr

Improving SERVICE QUALITY ///>>This integrated system facilitates travel for users

due to the combination of the various modes oftransport, the integration of the department’s
networks and real time information.
>>The single repository enables both informationand ticketing systems to be integrated. Customers are informed online about a trip and can
buy the corresponding ticket.
>>This system enables TOAs to avail of data andtools to analyse occupancy or the consistency
between supply and demand.

_______
Sismo won the Innovation Trophy at the European
Public Transport show in June 2010 and the Innovation Award at the International PUITP Congress in
Dubai in April 2011. More recently, it received the label
for innovative territories at the Interconnected Forumin Lyons on 3 December 2013.

Contactless ticketing
The collective transport network in Grenoble,
the TAG network, comprises 5 tram lines, 46 buslines and covers 49 communes. It provides
86 million trips per year for a total of 16 million
vehicles.kilometres. Contactless ticketing cameto Grenoble in 2005. This tool has always beenused to optimise the service to customers andfacilitate transport for them.

SchemeAN INTERMODAL APPROACH
Depending on their needs, customers can benefit from combined fares and a single ticket totravel on several networks in the Rhône-Alpes
region: for example, for trips using the regional
train network + the Grenoble urban network + the
Lyons urban network or trips combining the Isère
departmental network + the Grenoble urban
network. These tickets are loaded onto one single
support that can be used on the various networks:
the TAG network card or the OùRA ! regional card!

Management
The intermodal approach comes within the scopeof the regional ticketing interoperability charter.
This document, signed to date by over 20 TOAs,
sets the framework and goals to be achieved forthe signatory transport networks in the RhôneAlpes region. In particular the ticketing charterspecifies the choice of a single transport support:
the OùRA ! contactless card.
The decision to diversify supports, and in particular
the TAG USB stick, has been applied at the level ofthe Greater Grenoble area. The transport organisation authority in this area is SMTC, the mixed
public transport syndicate. Operation of the TAG
collective transport network has been entrusted
through a public service delegation to Sémitag, apublic-private partnership and partner of theTransdev group.

THE>>These two examples are part of the global policy

USB STICK
To diversify distribution channels and in particular
to enable users to purchase and load their tickets
from a PC connected to the web, contactless USB
sticks are offered to customers of the TAG network.
Users use their USB stick like a conventional
contactless smart card (on boarding, duringcontrols, at vending machines, etc.). The stick’s
USB port offers an additional feature: on connecting to the TAG online store, users can purchaseand instantly reload their tickets into their support.

to improve the offer and service provided to users
with the aim of making public transport more
attractive. The goal is to make use of public
transport easier and to develop a global mobility offer, the diversity of which can address eachtravel need.

GRENOBLE

THE

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18 ///

Reducing
INEQUALITIESITS ARE A REAL OPPORTUNITY for information services
EXAMPLES
OF FIELDS
OF APPLICATION

Analysisand decision
support toolsTravelassistance

aimed at people with reduced mobility (PRM).
Applications help reduce the difficulty involved in travelling and avoid blockage situations by making available information on PRM-accessible collective transport lines(rolling stock and stops and stations) and the characteristics of the road (low pavements). More generally, ITS help reduce inequality by acting to make the least wellserved territories more accessible to disabled people.

The MobiAnalyst solution
 Anvio Mobile, a mobile data capture applica-tion. The descriptive data of a stop or station canbe directly input from the ground.

Management
The platform proposes a contributive working
concept in order to: take stock of transport and road infrastructure; describe PRM-accessibility of significant points;
 carry out territorial diagnosis projects.
The widely differing territories, user populations
and practices must be taken into account whenbuilding a transport service capable of facing
the challenges posed by mobility. For this,knowledge on the reality on the ground(networks, facilities...) is crucial, as well as availingof nominal transport services and tools thatenable in-depth multimodal analyses. For thispurpose, MobiGIS proposes its MobiAnalyst
solution, a mobility mapping analysis tool towhich a series of software components areadded (network capture, analysis, sharing, etc.).

SchemeALL ACROSSFRANCE

Reducing INEQUALITIES ///THE
Anvio Web includes Chouette, the reference free
software for standardised data interchange
concerning collective transport services, supported by AFIMB, the French multimodal informationand ticketing agency. Aimed at TOA, public transport operators and design offices, Chouette facilitates transport network modelling and data use.
In particular Chouette enables data to be enteredand exchanged that describe the nominal offer interms of collective transport networks based ona standardised exchange profile.

The Mobianalyst solution integrates the Anvio
solution which can take two forms:
 Anvio Web, a website that analyses nominaltransport services in real time based on a multimodal approach. It also enables users to examine
the particular characteristics of the stops andstations;

Geographic information systems applied to transport:
the MobiGIS example
Created in 2007, MobiGIS
is a young innovative company, a software publisher
and service provider specialised in geographic information systems in thefield of transport and population mobility. MobiGIS
provides the public and private sectors with innovative
mapping software solutions

to improve and plan
passenger transport systems, propose new mobility
services, make transport
more cost-efficient and develop transport offers thatprovide efficient ecomobility for citizens.
MobiGIS currently employs
fifteen people. Its head office is located in the

Toulouse region, but it also
has offices in Paris,
Montreal (Canada) and
Shanghai (China).
MobiGIS’ strategy is to expand the company abroad,in particular in Canada
and China, where the company has been involvedin ambitious projects suchas the Viajeo project, inpartnership with Thales, aproject aimed at mapping
road traffic, bus positions
and pollution levels in realtime.
www.mobigis.fr

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RENNES20 ///The Handimap application
Launched in January 2011, Handimap.org is anapplication intended for PRM that offers several
assistance features to make urban transporteasier for these populations.

SchemeFree of charge and advertising, this application
calculates routes accessible to PRM by taking into
account low pavements for example, anddisplaying various PRM-significant points (tactile
areas indicating a pedestrian crossing, crossroads
with sound assistance, PRM-accessible bus stops
and sites, reserved parking, etc.). A disabled
person in a wheelchair or a young mother with ababy in a pram is therefore sure to be able to takea route with accessible street crossings and intersections. The application uses the geolocation of
the user and integrates it when calculating a route.
The Handimap website is also available on mobile
with a dedicated interface.

Management
Handimap came about in 2010 when Bertrand
Gervais, an expert engineer in the geographic
information field and Grégoire Morin, IT project
manager, pooled their skills to submit the application to the Rennes Open Data contest organised by the Greater Rennes community. The
application uses the Greater Rennes community’s geographic data to provide a route calculator accessible to PRM. The website has a Google
Maps type mapping system and can display theroutes calculated as well as the accessibility ofvarious PRM-significant points.
www.handimap.org

THE>Handimap is available in several cities in France- Lorient, Rennes and Montpellier - as well as in
La Rochelle and Nice with limited functionalities.
>Features were enhanced and it is now possible
to directly view footpath accessibility using acolour code (PRM-accessible from both sides ofthe street, only on the even number side or odd
number side or not PRM-accessible at all).
>The site has been made compliant with web disability standards.
>New features are being developed: instead ofsetting a PRM-accessibility level based only on
Open Data, users will be able to supply information to the system directly.
_________
Handimap.org won the Rennes Open Data contest
in 2011 and has become one of the benchmark
applications in terms of territory PRM-accessibility
mapping.

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Protecting
THE ENVIRONMENTITS ENSURE EARLY ACTION on transport demand and on
the behaviour of drivers during the trip.
Carpooling, by reducing the number of cars on the roads, helps reduce traffic congestionand pollution. Changes in driver attitudes directly help reduce fuel consumption andthe risk of crash (ecological driving or eco-friendly driving).

EXAMPLES
OF FIELDS
OF APPLICATION

Carpooling

Ecological driving

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Interoperability of carpoolingwebsites
By reducing the number of cars in circulation,
carpooling helps reduce traffic congestion andpollution. It is a relevant mobility solution in low
population areas that are not well connected
to public transport systems or when these systems are not operational. In practical terms,
operators deploy a service that brings people
together wishing to share their trip. This service
is provided either for administrations, territorial
authorities or employers (home-work trips), or
aimed directly at travellers. To favour its development a critical threshold must be reachedto make it really operational. That is why Feduco, the national carpooling federation is developing a new communication standard called
RDEX (Ridesharing Data Exchange) to pool the
databases of the various operators.

SchemeThis standard, the development of which waslaunched at the end of 2011, will be open to allplayers offering carpooling services, regardlessof their nationality. Data sharing will enable:
 the number of ads to be increased; data to be exchanged between the various
carpooling websites while complying with thedata confidentiality provisions required by law.
Each operator retains their own platform andcommunication protocol. When an internet user
signs up to one of the network partner websites
they get access to all ads available.

Management
This standard will bring carpooling services together and help reach the critical size. More central
platforms will develop to enable the various local
authorities to pool their efforts: for example, anauthority may offer a carpooling service on its
own website and refer users to the carpooling
service operated on a regional level.

THE>>For users: non-competition between several

websites means greater simplicity and efficiency. The chances of finding a passenger ora driver for a route are greatly increased.
>>For territories and local authorities: they save thecosts of hosting an independent database,of developing software to match up offers anddemands and of managing an independent carpooling website. Each territorial authority benefits
from the structure proposed by the regional
council and can focus their development resourceson coordinating, communicating on and promoting carpooling.

Ecological driving assistance tools
Ecological driving is based on traffic anticipation(so to limit accelerations and decelerations), on
striving to achieve constant speeds with a low
engine regime and maintaining the vehicle inoptimal condition (tyre pressure, etc.). Acquiring
these good habits requires apprenticeship andecological driving assistance. Smart on-board
systems (EDAS - Ecological Driving Assistance
System) are offered to drivers seeking to improve,
maintain and develop their skills in this area.

Schemes
THE ECOGYZER, FROM NOMADIC SOLUTIONS Wirma equipments are installed in vehicles

This is a simple and efficient ecological driving
aid for private individuals. This small accessoryis placed on the dashboard, without any connection to the calculator in the car and features a
GPS and an accelerometer. Data processing isbased on an algorithm that analyses trip related
data: kilometres covered, speeds, accelerations,braking. Downloadable after the trip to a PC, thedata are processed based on the engine features of the car then laid out in the form of indicators showing fuel consumption, CO2 emissions
or passenger comfort. They can also be sent inreal time by Bluetooth to a PC, personal digitalassistant or smartphone.

and can be implemented as part of a global
solution (decentralised architecture) that facilitates deployment. Associated to the Wanesy
platform, a product proposed by Kerlink, thisequipment can be remotely supervised andmaintained.

THE RANGE OF WIRMA PRODUCTS, FROMKERLINK
They feature retrieval and use of the data produced directly by the car (bus CAN) and thoseconcerning the geolocation of the vehicle. They
thus offer public transport professionals thematerial supports required for ecological driving(communicating calculator units, visual andtactile interfaces with the driver).

Management
 The EcoGyzer system is aimed more broadly

at owners of trucks or public transport fleets
who want to have their drivers adopt ecologicaldriving habits as a back up to a one-off training
course.

THE>>EcoGyzer helps drivers get to know what theirdriving habits are. It offers advice on how to
improve and keeps track of drivers’ performances.
Camera-based equipment is also offered to videorecord trips.
>>The Wirma materials offer a wide range of services to complement ecological driving: help in
running public transport systems, traffic lightpriority, traveller information, mobile router and
Wi-Fi gateway. The versatility of these solutions
enables the operator to plan progressive andsmooth deployment.

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Protecting THE ENVIRONMENT

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Connected mobile solutions:
the NOMADIC SOLUTIONS example
Nomadic solutions designs
and distributes a range of
connected mobile solutions
to enable professionals toimprove their profitability, optimise and rethink the mobility
practices for people, vehicles
and goods, while ensuring reliability, responsiveness and asignificant ability to adapt toneeds. The company has wide
experience in nomadic computing and on-board electronics (close to 75,000 units soldto date).

Created in May 2003, Nomadic
solutions designs its own products (ecomobility R&D)
and sells a range of indoor
and outdoor geolocation units(added value distribution).
Nomadic markets its offer,a combination of productdesign and trade, througha network of integrators andvalue added resellers (B2B2B
and B2B2C). Nomadic isrenowned for its ability todrive its network.

Due to the suitability andquality of its products, numerous partners have won large
account tenders (GRDF, DDT7,
Bolloré, ENEDIS, SNCF, etc.).
The company achieved€ 1.22 million in turnover in2015. Based in Melun, in the
Paris region, the company
has a staff of 5.
www.nomadicsolutions.biz

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For FURTHERINFORMATIONThe major issues of our society in terms of transport are
diverse and need to be reconciled. The main issues are:through the development of ecopositive interactions between
different modes;

digitalisation that deeply upsets organizations, businessmodels, needs and demands;

contribution to more efficient and more integrated goods
transportation chains;

continuous improvement of road safety;
environment and quality of life improvement through abetter traffic management integrating objectives regarding
air quality and greenhouse gas emissions reduction andsupporting French economic stakeholders in field of intelligent mobility in France and worldwide;
efficient implementation of European policies regarding ITS.

MOBILITY 3.0
The French initiative Mobility 3.0 aims to build a collective strategic management framework combining all
the stakeholders: local and national public authorities,
industrial and innovating solutions holders, infrastructure builders and operators, service providers, research
institutes. The objective is to manage and deploy, inFrance and worldwide, new mobility solutions meetingusers expectations, contributing to road safety objectives,and ensuring better conditions of traffic, environmental
protection and fight against climate change.
The coordination of Mobility 3.0 initiative was entrusted
by the end of 2016 by a joint decision from the ministries
in charge of Industry, Transportation and Environment
based on a 5-year mandate to ATEC ITS France. This
association brings together stakeholders who operate insustainable exploitation of land transportation systems,
urban or interurban, for goods or passengers.
The Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition
brought its support to the preliminary studies of theinitiative, and to a first deployment exercise of theinitiative from December 2016 to June 2017.

The governance structures of the Mobility 3.0
Initiative are in place with a 28-member strategic
committee aiming at guiding works, following the
progress and the productions, and an executive
committee, led by ATEC and which organises projectand coordination structures and implements the work
plan.
The second exercise of the Mobility 3.0 Initiative falls
within the pursuit of this action plan: 
coordination of the action through the hosting and theparticipation in the different governance entities of theinitiative; 
driving of the 4 workstreams: preparing and developping the strategic frameworks; promoting the
deployment of innovative solutions in the territories;
promoting the French solutions across the world;
preparing and creating an ad-hoc network; 
piloting together with the association TOPOSAquitaine the initiative ITS for Climate which
includes a coordination component and a methodological component.

26 ///THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE INITIATIVE (ITS4C)
This initiative seeks to mobilize actors of transportand mobility to promote the applications of ITS whose
the effect will produce a positive impact on climatechange. ITS4C was already an initiative set up in
the context of the COP21. It continues in the context
of the COP22 and beyond.

Generally, ITS4C aims to promote and encourage theuse of ITS for cities in emerging countries, and showcase French expertise and solutions.

THE PLAYERS
This is not an exhaustive list but rather an initial overview of players in the sector.
Startup companies
SNIPS
www.snips.net
Drivy
www.drivy.com
Blablacarwww.blablacar.fr
Zenpark
www.zenpark.com
SMBs
Neavia Technologies
www.neavia.com
Citilog
www.citilog.fr
Magsyswww.magsys.net
Transway
www.transway.fr
STERELAwww.sterela.fr
Hikob
www.hikob.com
Comatiswww.comatis.com
Large companies
Thaleswww.thalesgroup.com
AP2R
www.aprr.com
SANEF
www.sanef.com
VINCI Autoroutes
www.vinci-autoroutes.com
ADP
www.aeroportsdeparis.fr

SNCF
www.sncf.com
Renault
www.renault.com
PSA Peugeot Citroën
www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com
Consultants
MT3
www.mt3.fr
Tic&siTwww.tic-sit.fr
Grandearwww.grandear.eu
Suppliers
Aximumwww.aximum.fr
Lacroix
www.lacroix-signalisation.com
Continental
www.conti-online.com
Design offices
EGISwww.egis.fr
Setec ITS
www.its.setec.fr
SYSTRAwww.systra.com
ARTELIAwww.arteliagroup.com
Ingeropwww.ingerop.fr
Ceryx Trafic System
www.ceryx-ts.net

Digital companies
MobiGISwww.mobigis.fr
BMIA
www.bmia.fr
Carte blanche conseil
www.cbconseil.com
Clesmessy
fr.clemessy.com
Research and innovation
Advancitywww.advancity.eu
Mov'eowww.pole-moveo.org
UTP
www.utp.fr
id4Car
www.id4car.org
Operators
SNCF
www.sncf.com
RATP
www.ratp.fr
Transdev
www.transdev.com
Keolis
www.keolis.com

For FURTHER INFORMATION ///State, local authorities
and mobility organisingauthorities
Ministry for an Ecological andSolidary Transitionwww.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr
AFIMB, French multimodal
e-information and e-ticketing
agencywww.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr
tab Transports - Logistique ettransports intelligents
The website on intelligent transportsystemwww.transport-intelligent.net

Cerema, the centre for researchand expertise on risks, the environment, mobility and territory
planning
www.cerema.fr
Ifsttar, French institute ofscience and technologies fortransportation, territory planning and networks
www.ifsttar.fr
Geoportal, developed by IGN,
the national geographic institutewww.geoportail.gouv.fr

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Partners
ASFA, French associationof motorway companies
www.autoroutes.fr
ATEC ITS France
www.atec-itsfrance.net
SER, the industrial union forroad equipments
www.ser-info.com
Business France
www.businessfrance.fr
Syntec ingénierie
www.syntec-ingenierie.fr

ATEC ITS FRANCEFor over 40 years, the association has fostered exchanges and experience sharing between mobility
professionals (private companies, public stakeholders, academic research). Through its action, it promotes the development of new transporttechnologies, also called ITS (intelligent transportsystems), that contribute to the emergence of intelligent cities. ATEC ITS France also represents all stakeholders concerned on international bodies devoted tothe development of ITS.

Among the members of the association are thelargest territorial authorities, State agencies, major
education and research bodies, major engineering
companies in the mobility industry, as well as numerous innovative SMBs and start-up companies.
www.atec-itsfrance.net

France has valuable expertise in numerous fields.
With this collection, discover the wealth of French expertisethrough concrete examples throughout the country.

www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr
For further information on the French global supply
of intelligent transport systems and services

www.transport-intelligent.net
www.atec-itsfrance.net