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URBAN TRAFFICManaging

TRAFFIC FLOW
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Optimising

PARKINGMANAGEMENT
page 9CONTENTS
Implementing

MULTIMODALMANAGEMENT
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Ensuring

SAFETY
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Optimising
Informing

USERS

URBAN LOGISTICS
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FOR FURTHERINFORMATION
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MEETING

mobility needs
A SECTOR OF EXCELLENCE IN FRANCE, datingback from the 1970s, urban traffic management has led to thedevelopment of particularly innovative tools. The specificities ofFrench towns, notably their very high density, has led to the development of effective systems of traffic management. French companies
were able to develop these tools smoothly, with and for the towns,
in response to the mobility needs of today and in anticipation of
those of the future. French expertise has become a global reference
point in this domain.
Innovative and interoperable, the urban traffic management systems combine a range ofequipment and services: traffic lights at junctions, access control equipment, variable message signs,
various sensors, on-board equipment in vehicles, parking terminals, communication equipment,
central supervision and regulation systems, information systems and services. These different systems
are perfectly compatible with each other since they all use standards agreed on by the towns, thestate and the industrial sector. In addition, particularly stringent certification procedures assure thequality and robustness of this equipment.

These adaptable systems have been upgraded to become more sustainable. They are one of
the levers of action that support the Urban Transport Plans, now required in all French agglomerations with over 100,000 inhabitants. Thus the traffic management systems can be used by actors in
the mobility sector to reduce individual motorised traffic and promote active means of transport(walking, cycling) and public transport.

Quality performance in urban traffic management systems requires close
cooperation between all actors, institutional, managers of the different infrastructures andtransport operators. These systems should take the particularities of each region into account: Frenchengineering firms are well-placed to provide guaranteed expertise in this domain. Finally, thesesystems require qualified human resources and effective maintenance. High-level training opportunities and quality maintenance services address these needs.

*The measures/means and companies mentioned in this document are given
as examples and do not claim to be exhaustive.

THIS
DOCUMENT
ILLUSTRATESThe main urban
traffic management tools, using
examples*of services ortechnologies
developed by
Frenchcompanies

4 ///TOOLS for the MANAGEMENT

of URBAN TRAFFIC
access control
to regulated
traffic areas

video analysis
access to parking
and parking guidancecontrollingintersections
with traffic lights

PARKINGDELIVERYintelligent
pedestrian crossing

newurban delivery
services

controlling
traffic sensors

CENTRAL TRAFFICCONTROL SYSTEMSTRAFFICUSERSINFORMATION

tracking
public transport
vehicles6 ///

Managing
TRAFFIC FLOW

THE
MAIN
MEASURESReal time
managementof traffic flowsJunction
regulation

WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTOMOBILE
INDUSTRY in the 20th century, traffic lights have become vital asa way of regulating the ever-increasing level of traffic and ensuring
the safety of motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.

Today, smart transport systems help to improve traffic management, including public transport.
In France, the number of particularly densely populated towns, used by large numbers of road
users, has led to the development of innovative solutions.

Managing TRAFFIC FLOW /// 7

The combined semi-public company Gertrude Saem
was founded in 1981 by the urban community of
Bordeaux. Its initial aim was to reduce road congestion. The system marketed by this company is now
used in many towns in France and across the world:
Dunkirk, Reims, Troyes, Metz, Montpellier, Algiers,
Monterrey, Porto, Lisbon, Wroclaw and Beijing.

SchemeThe Gertrude scheme enables real-time managementof traffic lights. Using a network of sensors thatmeasure traffic, it calculates every second the optimum settings of different traffic light junctions andtransmits this information to the controllers.

Management

BORDEAUX

The Gertrude system
The system settings can be adjusted so as to: stimulate traffic flow on a certain road; reduce speed on another road; prioritise pedestrians at crossings;
 facilitate the circulation of public transport vehicles
and emergency vehicles.
The system also contains a supervision function to
manage various incidents and events.

THE>>The system has surpassed its initial objective.

Owing to the integration of actions allowing
priority at traffic lights, it can now contribute to
greatly improving the flow of public transport
vehicles.

www.gertrude.fr

Traffic assessments rely on a dense network of sensors
that record traffic flow and road occupancy and detectpublic transport vehicles. In order to reduce the costs
of installing sensors, many towns now use wirelesssensors (see Hikob firm page 17).

CANNES

Navinéo
Management

Navinéo is a system for real-time monitoring of a bus
fleet using geolocalisation. The Engie Ineo firm hasdeveloped a variety of services: bus regulation, information on waiting times, incident management andrequests for traffic light priority.

SchemeUsing a connected bus system, Navinéo notably
makes it possible for the system that gives priority to
public transport vehicles at traffic lights to be effectively managed.

Whether the aim is to introduce a high-levelbus service, or resolve specific local problems or
improve punctuality, this system can be adapted
to the characteristics of the junction and offers
several different types of priority solutions.
 Centralised control: the on-board calculator filters
priority requests in relation to the status of the bus(ahead/behind schedule). It sends the request, via theoperation assistance system radio network, to thecentral traffic light management system which issues
priority orders, taking into account the conditions
recorded (degree of emergency, state of the traffic).
 The request for long or short range priority:each vehicle controls the triggering of the traffic lightin the run-up to the intersection. For short range lightturning, the priority request is transmitted locally directly from the vehicle. For long range light turning,
the priority request is transmitted by the network’slong range radio infrastructure.

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THE>>Increase in commercial speed and reduction in>>Reduction of energy consumption.

the number of vehicles in queues by reducing
waiting times at traffic lights.
>>Journey time reliability.

>>Driving flexibility and improvements in comfort.

Engie Ineo
Engie Ineo is an expert inworldwide, it covers a very

and defence projects. It

supports municipalities andelectrical engineering, infor-wide range of activities:

works in all stages of theseregions in energy and digitalmation and communication

installing transport, telecom-

projects, from design to im-transition. Engie Ineo issystems, transportation andmunication and energy

plementation. With overpart of the Engie group.

mobility. With a network of

infrastructures, tertiary and15,000 employees, it is an

www.engie-ineo.fr

300 agencies in France andindustrial projects, security

innovative company that

PARIS

MediaCity
In operation on the T3 line of the tramway in the Paris
region, this service guarantees priority to trams andensures no cars or other road vehicles can block thelevel crossings.

SchemeCitilog has developed an innovative solution for
detecting traffic jams based on integrated video
analysis in its MediaCity product.

turning left. When a blockage risk is identified,an alarm is set off which extends the period of theinterphase allowing the level crossing to be clearedso that it is free of all vehicles when the tram arrives.
An approaching tram thus benefits from absolutepriority to ensure comfort and commercial speed.

THE>>This service avoids resorting to a special traffic

Management

This product is used in around 20 crossing points
between this tram line and the road network. The
analysis module produces real time calculations of thespatial occupancy rate of waiting lanes for vehicles

light phase to manage left-turns that cross tramlines in central reservation zones. This phasewould be especially detrimental to the flow
capacity of traffic and the safety of pedestrians.

Citilog
Providing intelligent solu-

port (automatic detection

 tunnels (Lincoln-Holland

United States, Hong-Kongtions for real-time supervi-of incidents, measurementin New-York, M30 inand Spain.

sion and video surveillance,of traf fic and a compre-

Madrid);Citilog of fers tur nkey or

hensive video manage- bridges (Shanghai),

specific solutions from anment system). Citilog

Millau viaduct;

image processing software

products appear on all urban roads.

suite in the field of trans-

types of infrastructure:

Citilog has branches in the

www.citilog.com

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PARKINGMANAGEMENT

THE LAW TO MODERNISE REGIONAL PUBLICACTION AND AFFIRM METROPOLISES of 27th January
2014 introduced decentralisation of parking jurisdiction.

The law provides that municipalities and inter-municipal associations should possess the means
to organise parking regulation on public roads and to reinforce the efficacy of their urban
mobility policies.
To deal with the current challenges of urban parking new management systems have emerged.
This development is reinforced by the law of 2014 which provides that municipalities andinter-municipalities can delegate the control of on-street parking and set the financial penalties
themselves in the event of non-payment.

THE
MAIN
MEASURESE-parkingOptimisationof the useof parking
spacesCANNES

10 ///The Whoosh mobile application
The city of Cannes has been using the Whooshservice since 2013. It is marketed by Parkeon andfacilitates paid on-street parking.

SchemeWhoosh lets users pay remotely for parking rights
using their mobile phones. It is free to register forthe service which is done on the application or
on the internet by entering one's registration
number and e-mail. Vehicle number plates andbank details are only requested during the firsttransaction. Then, each time the car is parked,
users can simply fill in the parking zone and thetime period required. The parking charge is thenpaid by direct debit. The time period can beextended remotely and users receive a warning
before the end of the parking time period andthus avoid infractions.

THE
The city of Cannes:> offers a simple, quick, practical, secure andergonomic payment method which makes paid
on-street parking more convenient, dynamic
and fair in the eyes of the users;> increases the rate of payment compliance by
motorists and thus increases the associatedrevenues;> can develop, using the data gathered, optimum
methodologies for regional management, by
analysing user behaviour and road use.
________
Whoosh’s services are now used by over 30 local
governments, such as Lille, Strasbourg, Nanterre,Saint-Étienne, Montreuil and Besançon.

Management

All transactions are recorded in a data centre andare accessible on-line. Payment monitoring,
management of parking ticket appeals and management of the end of time period alarm are all integrated into one interface. Parking validity can be monitored by parking enforcement officers by entering
the number plate on their tablet which is connectedto the web service. Eventually, the same tablet will
issue the parking ticket if an infraction is found.

ParkeonBy offering a cross-cutting

Eastern Europe, Russia,

Besançon is where Parkeon

revenue amounted to 225

service for parking man-

Latin America, Africa andequipment is made but it ismillion euros.

agement and ticketing

Asia-Pacific, with a network

also the nerve centre where

solutions for public trans-of over 80 partners andsubstantial R&D activities

port, Parkeon now works in

distributors. The company

take place (over 8% of(application available on

60 different countries andemploys over 1,100 people

revenues are invested in

iOS and Android)is accelerating its growthacross the world, 500 of

R&D each year).

in emerging countries, inwhich are in Besançon.

In 2015, Parkeon’s total

www.parkeon.fr
www.whooshstore.fr

Optimising PARKING MANAGEMENT /// 11

Unibail-Rodamco, owner of the Vélizy 2 shopping
complex in the Paris region, one of the largest
shopping complexes in Europe, introduced aparking guidance system in September 2011. The
aim was to allow customers arriving at the shopping centre by car to easily find a vacant parking
space in the car park.

SchemeThe parking guidance system in the exterior zones of
the car park is made up of: Occupation sensors, supplied by SmartGrains
and fitted into all 3,000 parking spaces in order
to count the vehicles; Active-control display boards, supplied by thecompany SVMS, to indicate the number of freespaces.
When a motorist arrives at the car park, he/she canread the number of free spaces left in real time on thedisplay boards. Zone-by-zone information is provided
at the entrances and junctions and at the end ofeach row.

PARIS REGION

A parking guidance system

Management

Each space is equipped with a wireless, durable andextremely low consumption sensor (battery autonomy of 5 years). Each sensor is stuck on the groundsurface and detects the presence or absence of aparked vehicle above it by measuring variations in
the magnetic field. This detection method is notaffected by exterior environmental conditions (rains,dust, etc.). The information is transmitted by radio
waves to the totems at the start of each row and to
the display panels which display in real time thenumber of available spaces and their location. As acomplement, the shopping complex manager has thesoftware to assess in real time how full the car parkis and thus obtain useful statistics to manage thecomplex.

THE>>Parking guidance provides shopping centre

managers with a dynamic, reliable and practicalsystem so that their customers can find a parking
space more easily and quickly. This system canincrease the reception capacity of the car park by
10% and thus increase the number of visitors to
the site.

SmartGrains
The start-up, SmartGrains,

aimed at shopping centres,

The company was founded

produces and markets a

hypermarkets, supermar-

in 2009 and employs aboutparking guidance package

kets, stations and airports.

10 people in Paris andelsewhere.
www.smartgrains.com

MADRID

12 ///

On-road parking enforcement
outsourcing
Among other objectives, many local authorities aim
to encourage faster rotation in saturated areas,
promote modal reporting and improve complianceto parking payment obligations. In response to theseissues, many countries are allowing local authorities
to delegate on-road parking control. This is the casein the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain and since
1 January 2018, in France.

SchemeAt the end of 2013, the city of Madrid outsourced
the management of some of its parking system tothe company Indigo - over 84,000 paying on-road
spaces.

Management

Indigo company designs of innovative solutions andservices to improve parking space use and financial
management.
 Automated enforcement
A car equipped with a camera reads number plates
and analyses the status of the parked vehicles. The
number plate reading and the information provided
during payment are checked in real time. With thissolution, 1,500 spaces can be checked in an hour. In
comparison, walking parking attendants can check
150 spaces in an hour; Diverse payment means

Payment can be made in cash, by card (prepaid orbankcard) or with a mobile phone (iOS, Android).
If the motorist goes over the time limit, he/she must
pay a fixed parking fine of €60. However, it is also
possible, if the infraction does not go over an hour,to immediately regularize the situation for a totalof €4.
 Price modulation
This means that parking can be managed in function
to the type of client (resident or hourly), the type ofcar (polluting or less polluting) or depending on theoccupancy rate of the zone. For example, prices canbe raised in high traffic zones (town centres) in orderto decrease the number of cars and relieve congestion.

THE>>More flexible with an optimal client service formotorists.
>>Appreciable results in terms of revenue forauthorities and vehicle rotation in the city centre.
Payment rates have gone up to 85% in Madrid
and 95% in London.
>>A system that supports city mobility policies(delineation of paying zones, support for managing
enforcement and city centre decongestion).

IndigoIndigo is a French company,

continents and in all types

metres of on-road parking.

Indigo manages enforce-a world leader in parkingof parking: on-road, public

In a burgeoning mobility

ment and fines for clientsand individual mobility,

multi-story car parks andmarket, projected to be

who break the rules, in linethat employs 18,000 people

private shared car parks.

worth 100 billion euros bywith local regulations.

in 17 countries and overIndigo operates over 4,600

2025, Indigo is a key actor

500 towns and cities. It is

car parks across the world,in mobility of the future.

the only operator in thewith over 2.3 million parking

In Belgium, Spain, Great

sector to be active in threespaces and over 2,500 kilo-

Britain and soon in France,

www.parkindigo.com

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Implementing
MULTIMODALMANAGEMENT

IN RESPONSE TO A GROWING DEMAND FOR
TRANSPORT, cities have implemented policies that promote
public transport and non-motorised means to limit pollution
and mitigate saturation of the road network.

The interaction between the different modes makes a multimodal management of travelnecessary. Many cities have decision-making structures that facilitate discussion between theactors.

THE
MAIN
MEASURECentralised
multimodal
mobility
management

BRUSSELS

14 ///

Claire-Siti
The Claire-Siti platform has been developed by the
French institute of science and technology for transpor t, development and networks (Ifsttar).
It is used in France and abroad in Brussels and New
Dehli.

SchemeClaire-Siti is a tool designed to manage mobility
phenomena with a resolutely multimodal andinter-modal approach. The system allows: the integration of multimodal transport data; supervision in real-time of how all types of network
are operating; analysis of performance (service quality, greenhousegas emissions);
 help-to-mobility services to be provided.
In Brussels, the system is used to supervise bus
and tram networks.

Management

Claire-Siti has different functions:
 an interpretation function that tracks performanceand incident indicators;
 a diagnosis and information function that
communicates network malfunctions, highlights thecausal links between different malfunctions, andinforms users and operators on disruptions affecting
the various modes of transport;
 a decision-making function for action planning (suchas bus timetables or regulatory actions) in non-realtime. Actions can then be enforced in real time; a disruption monitoring function that replays

operating days in non-real time in order to carry out
comparative analyses.
 a projection and simulation tool based on two
modules in order to make road traffic forecasts inreal-time and evaluate new mobility services using
multi-agent simulation.
These features rely on a model of innovative
generic data based on three areas of data: the spacedescribing the logical network, the representation
space and the resources and moving units space.

THE>>The system links representations of the different

modes, network or lines to pinpoint interactions,diagnose phenomena and make recommendations
on operational actions.
>>This instrument can be installed over (as an overlay)
any existing type of regulation system, monomodal
or multimodal.
>> A monomodal version is included in the THALES
company’s commercial offer.

Campustrafic
Toulouse Metropole has developed a centralised
approach to optimise the effectiveness of its transport
network in order to improve journey quality andfacilitate crisis management.

SchemeCampustrafic is an overall management system fortransport in the Toulouse agglomeration. It brings
together several different management services in thesame location:
 the CAPITOUL control station for the Toulouse urban
network; the Tisséo control station for managing the
public transport services in the agglomeration;
 the control station for traffic management
and engineering managed by the interdepartmental road directorate of Southwest France; the control station for the Motorways of Southern
France company.

Management

Toulouse Metropole has a decision-making structure
based on cooperation, action design procedures tomanage malfunctions on the networks, a sharedbuilding which facilitates dialogue between the

different operators and interconnected systems
allowing operators an overall view of all the different
networks. The compound also possesses a crisis
management room so as to rapidly implement an
incident command system.

THE>>The structure in place has demonstrated its

effectiveness in some particularly serious crisis
management situations.
>>It makes drawing up a multi-actor traffic management plan considerably easier so as to respond toprotests, maintenance periods and festive events.

TOULOUSEMÉTROPOLE

Implementing MULTIMODAL MANAGEMENT /// 15

16 ///

Ensuring
SAFETYMANY DISRUPTIONS (weather related, accidents,

THE
MAIN MEASURE



Smart sensors

demonstrations) regularly impact network operations. Their
effects on user safety depend on the nature of the event: whether it
can be foreseen, how long it lasts and the traffic on the network at
the time.
A key issue is whether there are well-functioning tools in place to define and deal with these
events. Innovation has made surveillance and decision-making tools available to managers, aswell as complete expert systems adapted to the situations encountered.

The Grizzly system
Management

This instrument collects data in real time on
temperature, humidity and dew points in critical andspecific zones that can not be covered by Météo
France forecasts. This information, transmitted byradio links, is published on a dedicated website that
operators can consult so as to better target theirsalting operations.

LYON
METROPOLE

Ensuring SAFETY /// 17

THE>>The sensors have an energy autonomy andlifespan of 10 years.
>>Installation and connection costs are reduced.

The product of a collaboration with the HiKoB
start-up, this innovative system allows real-time information gathering on climatic developments on theroad network. Thus winter road interventions can beinitiated with optimal efficiency.

SchemeThese wireless communicating sensors can beconnected to networks already in place.
>>The intervention initiation process is optimised.
It thus contributes to reducing the consumptionof labour resources and materials and reduces
the environmental impact of salting operations.

Grizzly is a network of wireless, autonomous sensors,
installed on road surfaces and outdoors. These sensors
can detect icy conditions in critical zones in order to
optimise operations.

HIKOB
HIKOB designs wireless,autonomous and multipoint acquisition systems
designed to supply datafrom the ground in realtime. They are built withenergy-autonomous magnetometer sensors. Cost-

efficient, easy to install,with no wiring, they require no preventive maintenance operations. They
are a reliable, effective
and cost-efficient solution
for operating managers of
networks, roads and urban

mobility. They automatically connect to an IP network
using the auto-configuration
function. In order to be easily connected to traffic regulation systems, they
possess standardised interfaces (REST-XML program-ming interface, DIASER
communication interface,serial communication bus
and dry contact outputs).
www.hikob.com

TOULOUSE

18 ///

Intelligent pedestrian crossing
Intelligent pedestrian crossings, used in Toulouse since1986, have demonstrated their ability to take into
account two types of road use: that of pedestrians,
which is individual and not very predictable, and thatof motorists, who circulate en masse along specificchannels.

Scheme

The intelligent pedestrian crossing is an intelligent
and educative traffic light helping pedestrians to crossbusy roads. The scheme comprises of: a modified pedestrian light which includes a flashingyellow line between the green man and the red man; classic three-coloured lights for vehicles; a system that detects pedestrians; a mast that includes additional signalling and asystem of lighting the pedestrian crossing during thenight.

Management

When there are no pedestrians, the flashing yellow
light is off; it starts flashing as soon as a pedestrianstops at the crossing. At the same time, thethree-coloured lights for cars start flashing in yellow
to warn the driver of the presence of a pedestrian. If
the pedestrian decides to cross within 5 seconds(following when he/she is detected), the yellow light
continues flashing for a time so that the pedestrian

can reach the opposite pavement. Otherwise, thevehicle lights turn to red in order for the pedestrian
light to turn green.
This system only stops cars – the red light for cars – ifpedestrians need them to. It does not make pedestrians
wait for no reason when they can and wish to crossimmediately using the yellow flashing light.

THE>>The system gives the lights credibility and makes

pedestrians more responsible.
>>It reduces the energy consumption of the devices.

_________
Suppliers of this type of system are:
For the traffic lights, FARECO and Lacroix City

www.fareco-fayat.com
www.lacroix-city.com
For the pedestrian detectors, ASSYSTEM supplies the
CAPITEC detector and FLIR the SafeWalk detector.

www.exatelys.com
www.flir.fr

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Optimising
URBAN
LOGISTICS

THE GOODS TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, whichmakes up 15 to 25% of urban traffic, remains one of the largest
emitters of greenhouse gas pollution in cities and contributes toroad congestion.

In order to limit the nuisances caused by road freight transport in urban areas (congestion,
noise, pollution), public authorities encourage alternative ways of transporting goods,
including bicycles, electric vehicles or natural gas vehicles, as well as waterway or rail transport.

THE
MAIN
MEASURE

Goods
deliveryby waterway
or bicycle

PARIS

20 ///

Delivery of goods via the Seine

Franprix, a subsidiary of Groupe Casino, have beendelivering goods via the Seine river to hundreds ofshops in the heart of Paris since August 2012. This
scheme was developed in partnership with the XPO
Logistics group (road haulier), Haropa Ports of Paris,
SCAT (waterway transport) and Terminaux de Seine(a goods handler). It received support from Voies
navigables de France and the Île-de-France regional
authority.

Scheme

The goods, loaded in containers, are transported bylorry to the river port and then on a barge into thecentre of Paris. The barge is then unloaded and thegoods are delivered directly to shops in Paris as wellas in several Hauts-de-Seine municipalities.

Management

The customised containers are loaded in the
Chennevières-sur-Marne depot. These containers are
trasnported by road to Bonneuil-sur-Marne port,
8 kilometres away. As they arrive in the port, the containers are loaded onto a barge using a mobile
90-tonne crane. A second Franprix depot, in operation
since 2016, is located in the Bonneuil-sur-Marne port

in order to manage the flow of containers. The barge
then travels 20 kilometres along the Marne river andthen on the Seine, passing through two locks to arrivein Paris at the La Bourdonnais quay. The barge is thenunloaded and each container is put on a lorry incompliance with PIEK standards (a standard thatguarantees noise levels below 60dB). The contents arethen distributed to the 300 Franprix shops in question.
This multimodal logistic chain delivers 45 containers
to Paris every day.

THE>>This river alternative reconciles economic andenvironmental stakes.
>>It offers direct access to city centres, with reliable

delivery times.
>>According to Franprix statistics, the scheme will
eventually reduce road mileage by 450,000
kilometres/year, the equivalent of almost 13,000
circuits of the Paris ring road, with 3,800 fewer
lorries on the roads and avoiding the emissionof nearly 250 tonnes of CO2.

La Petite Reine
La Petite Reine is a home delivery company thatmakes all its deliveries using a 100% green and silent
fleet. It was the first company to launch an ecological delivery service in Paris in 2001. Ten years later,
the Star’s Service group, leader in last-kilometredelivery, has become the first stakeholder in la Petite
Reine.

SchemeTHE>>La Petite Reine also plays a social role. The

company runs a scheme to employ young unemployed and/or unqualified people as delivery
cyclists and maintenance workers. In the company,
30% of staff are employed on fixed-term back-towork contracts and are supported by a team of
support workers and are each assigned a backto-work agent.

PARIS REGION

Optimising URBAN LOGISTICS /// 21

 The 90 electrically assisted delivery tricycles madeby LOVELO, called Cargocycles®, were specificallydesigned to transpor t goods in cities.
They weigh 100kg, have a load capacity of 180kg anddeliver all types of goods that fit into the vehicle’s
volume of 1.5m3.
 The 50 electric refrigerating light utility vehicles
have an autonomy of 80 kilometres and can holdlarger loads (up to 650kg and a volume of 2.5m3).

Management

The organisation relies on the coordinated useof urban logistics platforms and clean vehicles
designed to be compatible with high urban density. Employees can carry out neighbourhooddeliveries using depots located in central Paris.
Delivery by Cargocycles® permits better accessto city centres, including pedestrian zones in city
centres. Ergonomic and taking up little space, thebicycles can be parked near the delivery addresses
and thus reduce traffic jams. The delivery drivers
carry out over 400,000 environmentally-friendly
deliveries per year and cover over 1 million clean
kilometres every year, with no CO2 or particulatematter emissions and no noise pollution.

LOVELO
Created in 2009, thisrange of bicycles andneeds. It is located inare progressively rising,small-to-medium businessrosalies in response to theEure-et-Loir and employs 6

including export sales.

has produced a wide

various urban services

people. Its sales revenues

www.lovelo.com

22 ///

Informing
USERS
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES in the geolocalisation andTHE
MAIN MEASURE

Informationin real timecommunication domain have led to the development of real-time
information tools.

Transport information makes it easier for travellers to plan their journeys and makes the useof public transport a more attractive option.

The m.starbusmetro mobile application
Since October 2012, the Keolis transport company
and the city of Rennes have provided free real-timetransport data (real-time bus schedules, number ofavailable parking spaces etc.) and have made them.starbusmetro mobile application available as acomplement to this system. This application allows
instant access to timetable information in real time
for the Star network (Star: Rennes agglomeration
public transport service - bikes, buses, undergroundand park-and-ride) using a smartphone connected tothe internet.

Scheme

The application provides information in real time on: star bikes (a bike share system), including the number of bikes and spaces available in stations;
 the Star network (the bus service of the agglomeration), with bus times for each stop; the underground line A, including undergroundstation statuses (open/closed) and whether the station lifts are operating; the park-and-ride schemes, including the numberof available spaces in each car park and the status of
the park-and-ride (open/closed).

Management

All stops on the network are referenced and equippedwith specific bar codes (QR). A traveller with a smartphone can read these codes found at every bus stopin the Star network to get real-time bus schedule
information. The information is also available bytyping in the bus stop name. The traveller can thus
immediately receive the exact time the next bus will
arrive. The Star network’s real-time data is alsoavailable as open data. The information is provided
as downloadable files.

RENNES

informing USERS /// 23

THE>>The city of Rennes, in conjunction with Keolis,

was the first French agglomeration to provide
open access data on its transport network. Thispartnership has made it possible to develop
new services such as the Handimap application
to help disabled people obtain urban mobilityor the Isokron application that merges transport
data with that of social networks.
>>The Star network is “NF Service” certified. Thislabel, based on traveller satisfaction, is aquality guarantee of the service provided by
the Star network.

KeolisUrban transport network

data provision with its plat-flow data from different

offer, Open Data Mobilité,

operator and specialist inform, OpenDataSoft. Aimed

sensors which can then be

is used by the city ofoperating and maintaining

at entrepreneurs seeking toreused by developers who

Rennes to provide public

public transport networks,

develop new intelligent ser-are not specialists in trans-

transport data.

Keolis facilitates transport

vices, this platform collects

portation. The product onwww.keolis.com

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Solar-powered traveller information
terminals
The solar simulator, LumiSunX™, launched by
the enterprise Lumiplan is a calculation proceduredeveloped in collaboration with institutional research
centres and academics. It facilitates the installation ofsolar-powered traveller information terminals.

SchemeThe simulator was used in Grand Lyon, on the initiativeof the transport syndicate of the Lyon agglomeration,
where over one hundred solar-powered traveller
information terminals have been installed in the city.

Management

This simulator is capable of measuring the capacity ofa site to operate solar-powered traveller information
terminals (TIT) and provide a solution in the form ofan adapted product in order to guarantee continuousand optimal operation in any weather. The preliminary
stage allows the technical characteristics of the TIT inquestion to be determined in a rational manner. For
this purpose, the solar TIT includes high-performing
components: photovoltaic panels made of monocrystalline technology, chargers equipped with highperforming MPPT (maximum power point tracking)technology, very high storage density batteries, lowconsumption electronic components and liquid
crystal displays.

THE>>Equipment that respects the environment witha near-zero electricity consumption.
>>A traveller information service available 24 hours

a day and 7 days a week.

LumiplanCreated in 1972, Lumiplan

stops. It also offers on-

active in dynamic informa-

euros, works with overTransport designs and in-board security systems

tion provision for local au-

2,000 clients and is com-stalls information systems(video-surveillance andthorities and leisure spaces

mercially active in over 20

for the public transport

rear vision surveillance) as

by offering electronic

countries across the world.

sector: buses, coaches andwell as operating HEURES

screens, pilot software andLumiplan employs 180 staff

trams. The company offers

support software to opti-

mobile applications aimed

members across France

solutions for supplying realmise flows and improveat users.

and internationally.

time information to travel-line management.

Lumiplan has an annual

lers both on-board and at

The Lumiplan group is also

turnover of 30 million

www.lumiplan.com

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FURTHER INFORMATIONTHE ACTORSWorking alongside large companies with international
acclaim, many small and medium-sized companies specialise in the urban traffic management domain. They
make a decisive contribution to innovation. The following
list is not exhaustive; it identifies some of the private

Traffic regulation
Aximumwww.aximum.fr
Capsyswww.capsys.eu
Engie-Ineo
www.engie-ineo.fr
Farecowww.fareco-fayat.com
Gertrude Saem
www.gertrude.fr
LACROIX City
www.lacroix-city.com
Logiroad
www.logiroad.fr
Polyvelec
www.polyvelec.com

actors, across several wide fields of operation.
Other references can be obtained from the road utilities
syndicate, www.ser-info.com and the Atec ITS associationwww.atec-itsfrance.net.

Parkeonwww.parkeon.fr
Qucit
www.qucit.com
Smartgrains
www.smartgrains.com
Mobile applications
to facilitate urban
parking
Coparkwww.copark.co
Drop don’t park
www.dropdontpark.com
ECTOR
www.ectorparking.com
Onepark
www.onepark.fr

SEA signalisationwww.sea-signalisation.fr

OpnGO
www.opngo.com

SPIE
www.spie.com

Parkmatchwww.parkmatch.eu

Thaleswww.thalesgroup.com

Park&Trip
www.parkandtrip.com

Urban parking

Paybyphone
www.paybyphone.fr

Effia
www.effia.fr

Twoonpark
www.twoonpark.com

Indigowww.parkindigo.com

Yespark
www.yespark.fr

Parkingmap
www.parkingmap.fr

Zenpark
www.zenpark.com

Traveller information,
operation assistance systemand ticketing
Actollwww.actoll.com
Cityway
www.cityway.fr
Conduent
www.conduent.com
Ineo Systranswww.navineo.fr
Instant System
www.instant-system.com
Ixxi
www.ixxi-mobility.com
Joul
www.zenbus.fr
Kisio
www.kisio.org
Lumiplan
www.lumiplan.com
Mobigiswww.mobigis.fr
Okina
www.okina.fr
Pysae
www.pysae.com
Ubitransports
www.ubitransports.com

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Urban logistics
La Petite Reine
www.lapetitereine.com
Lovelowww.lovelo.com
Dynamical signalling,
electromagnetic sensors,safety equipment
Automatic systems
row.automatic-systems.com
Franche-Comté signaux (FCS)
www.franche-comte-signaux.fr

Cameras, automated image
processing, accident detection

Public transport network
operators

Citilog

Keolis
www.keolis.com

www.citilog.com
Neaviawww.neavia.com
Survisionwww.survision.fr
Wireless cabling
HiKob
www.hikob.com

Isosignwww.isosign.fr

Engineering

Kerlink
www.kerlink.fr

Artelia
www.arteliagroup.com

Labocomwww.labocom.fr
Magsyswww.magsys.net
SERFIMwww.serfim.com
SES nouvelle
www.ses-signalisation.com
SVMS - Signature
www.groupe-signature.com
Signaux Girod
www.signaux-girod.fr
Sterelawww.sterela.fr
TTS
www.ttsys.fr

BMIA
www.bmia.fr
Carte blanche conseil
www.cbconseil.com
Ceryx
www.ceryx-ts.net
EGIS
www.egis.fr
Ingeropwww.ingerop.fr
Orange business services
www.orange-business.com
Setec ITS
www.its.setec.fr
Sopra Steria
www.soprasteria.com
Systrawww.systra.com
Fédération Syntec
www.syntec.fr

Transdev
www.transdev.com
RATP Dev
www.ratpdev.com
Public actors
Ministry for an ecological and solidarytransitionwww.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr
The French Centre for Studies andExpertise on Hazards, the Environment,
Mobility and Development (Cerema)www.cerema.fr
French Institute of Transport Scienceand Technology, Planning and
Networks (IFSTTAR)
www.ifsttar.fr

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