Innovating today
to imagine tomorrow's mobility
We develop smart, sustainable solutions designed to adapt to each region, improve the experience of our travelers, and support all our employees.
The diversity of the issues facing local areas and populations inspires us every day.
We cultivate innovation and forge partnerships to develop transportation solutions tailored to today's needs: making journeys smoother, bringing people closer together, matching supply to demand, promoting greener transportation, and developing mobility solutions for the city of tomorrow.
2025 Innovation Day at Handilab
December 9th 2025
"Today, we are at Handilab for the Transdev 2025 Innovation Day. We are focused on two themes: accessibility for people with disabilities and also the HR function, where the impact of new technologies like AI and demographic shifts mean we must anticipate future needs. We can see that the world is evolving very, very quickly and we must know how to adapt. Public transport is something truly anchored in the local territories, which is especially true for the TADAO system, working with a local authority that aims to be very far ahead. Therefore, we have chosen to place innovation at the very core of our entire transformation system. It is very important. Artificial Intelligence has sparked both high expectations and perhaps some fantasies, but it certainly offers real opportunities. Regarding Artificial Intelligence, what struck me the most were the two testimonials from Air France and APEC about the transformation of professions. From this analysis of work, they say: 'Yes, I can automate this; yes, that makes sense; however, I am keeping human control'. I will obviously support Anne's point regarding the integration of AI across all teams. What I’ve understood, in any case, is that we need to concern ourselves with it now. Otherwise, it will be too late. A large part of the day was dedicated to a marketplace featuring about twenty startups already proven and tested by Transdev. Within the framework of startup solutions today, the real challenge is to understand and adapt them. There is nothing better than meeting and seeing each other in person. We have identified essentially three solutions that we will be able to implement, I think, quite rapidly in Le Havre. ACCEO or EZYMOB—whether for the visually impaired, the deaf, or the hard of hearing—to be able to identify passenger information, and a third called 'Mon Copilote' (My Co-pilot), in order to broaden the spectrum of people and their daily autonomy. And we are going to implement this solution starting tomorrow, meaning from January 2026 in Le Havre. Next, we offered several immersive workshops using technology and VR headsets. Immersive, including a play that engages participants in a reflection on disabilities, and notably invisible disabilities in the workplace. 'Is there something I should know, something you really want to tell me?' 'No'. We must be capable of opening ourselves up to the world around us. That is what we are trying to do today."
Innovating differently: Frugal, sustainable, and accessible solutions
Towards smoother, more responsible, more humane mobility
Faced with the climate challenge and its impacts, Montpellier Metropolitan Area is accelerating eco-friendly mobility with attractive, supportive, and inclusive solutions to reduce CO₂.
We are supporting the energy transition with clean fleets and adapting networks to the effects of global warming, such as cooling stops.
Our ambition: smooth, responsible mobility designed for everyone.
Learning differently: The power of new tools
When technology transforms pedagogy
Training, raising awareness, providing support: these essential tasks are evolving with new digital and immersive tools. At Transdev, we believe that learning should no longer be limited to theory, but should be based on interactive and engaging experiences to reinforce best practices.
These tools transform training into a living experience, where technology serves pedagogy. Role-playing, virtual reality, interactive platforms: these are all levers for learning differently, developing safety reflexes, and promoting inclusion.
Our ambition? To put innovation at the service of human progress, using the power of new tools to support those who experience mobility on a daily basis!
Artificial Intelligence: a driver of innovation for mobility and performance
Responsible AI for safer and more sustainable mobility.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a promise, it has become a reality that is transforming our daily lives—both in our commutes and in our jobs. At Transdev, we place AI at the heart of our innovation strategy to address concrete challenges: improving safety, streamlining mobility, enriching the passenger experience, and optimizing operational performance.
For several years, we have been exploring solutions based on machine learning and deep learning to anticipate needs, prevent risks, and simplify the lives of both travelers and our employees. From computer vision to secure blind spots, to predicting ridership and fraud, to the democratization of voice interfaces, AI permeates all our initiatives.
But our approach is responsible and human-centered: inclusion, transparency, data protection, and digital sobriety guide each of our experiments. AI is not an end in itself, but a lever for creating safer, more accessible, and more sustainable mobility—serving the regions and the people who bring them to life.
Our Partners: Working together to innovate
Innovation is never built alone: it thrives on bold collaborations and shared visions
At Transdev, we believe that innovation is built collectively. To address the mobility challenges of tomorrow, we rely on committed partners who enrich our approach and open new perspectives.
With ZEBOX, the international accelerator founded by the CMA CGM Group, we connect our projects to a global ecosystem of startups and industrial leaders to develop innovative solutions in transport, logistics, decarbonisation, and artificial intelligence. This partnership enables us to explore cross‑sector synergies, co‑develop digital tools, and accelerate the deployment of alternative energies for more sustainable mobility.
Alongside Handilab, the first innovation accelerator dedicated to disability and loss of autonomy, we place inclusion at the heart of our actions. Together, we imagine and test solutions that simplify journeys, strengthen safety, and integrate inclusive technologies to make mobility accessible to all.
Finally, by joining the Paris Innovation Directors Club, we are part of a network of excellence that promotes the sharing of best practices, global insights, and experience feedback among innovation leaders. This community enables us to anticipate trends, nurture our culture of progress, and co‑create inspiring solutions to address major societal challenges.
Our shared ambition with these partners: to build bridges between expertise, creativity, and impact to transform ideas into concrete projects and shape mobility that is sustainable, inclusive, and efficient.
Innovation labs around the world: global inspiration
An international community to accelerate innovation in mobility
Our innovation community connects our countries and businesses to share ideas and expertise.
It is based on a variety of initiatives: an innovation fund in Melbourne (Yarra Trams), structured experiments and an open innovation platform in the Netherlands (OV Connect), an internal program at the Quito metro, co-innovation initiatives with organizing authorities in Sweden, as well as public-private partnerships, hackathons, and the adoption of artificial intelligence tools in Germany.
In France, we are working with local authorities that finance the Lemon program to conduct innovative experiments in their areas and co-develop solutions tailored to local needs.
This dynamic is based on a strategy combining open innovation, internal development, and co-innovation in public transport.
It enables us to roll out concrete projects—AI, energy management, network resilience, immersive training—and capitalize on a shared platform to share feedback, methodologies, and useful data.
Inspire, co-create, deploy: our global dynamic at the service of everyday mobility.
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