Expertise in transit system design
Transit system research and planning
Future-oriented analysis. A diagnostic assessment is a pre-requisite for any reorganization plans. The assessment is used to devise a new range of services that is also based on existing urban planning and development projects. It is also important to take urban planning solutions into account. These may include separate facilities, reserved traffic lanes, hubs and transit centers, temporary track and stop arrangements.
In most urban areas, transit systems have been built through successive additions over the years as a result of requests from various parties. They have often become complex, less and less comprehensive for passengers and consequently, less commercially efficient. The addition of individual requests rarely enhances overall efficiency.
Opportunities for the taking. These developments, as well as the regular organization of new bids, represent an opportunity to conduct an in-depth review of these systems and to inject fresh impetus into them.
Advising authorities and planning mobility solutions
Veolia Transport provides a variety of decision-making systems facilitating solutions to these increasingly complex challenges.
Transit system management and operation
CLEAR principles : the principles of a CLEAR network.
Veolia Transport is far more than a simple operator. We are involved early on in the process by advising on and participating in system design and organization. To make the transit system a viable operation, Veolia Transport's technicians and engineers apply CLEAR principles to encourage ridership and make it easy to use for passengers.
Clarity of routes
Rule of one: "1 route, 1 way in and out, 1 number". Limit as far as possible loops and dead-ends that complicate riders' trips.
Levels of Service
Hierarchy of: Routes, Services and Vehicles
Efficiency
Match service levels to demand to attract more riders and maximize return
Accessibility
Access from generator to rail station and bus stops, make transfers between route and rail easy
Readability of schedules
Highest possible frequency of services. Clock face headways at each stop (e.g. 20' headways: at 8:12, 8:32, 8:52).Single schedule