Additional hours or night service

Transdev offers autonomous mobility services to supplement traditional networks during off-peak hours or at night. Quiet, safe, and connected, these vehicles provide tailored, real-time service, developed in collaboration with local authorities.

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How can we enable people to travel at night, when traditional transport networks are not operating, or in off-peak periods, when transport services are reduced?

Autonomous vehicle mobility services provide a complementary transport option to the traditional network, filling in the gaps when buses, subways, and trams are not running.

They follow a predetermined route, quietly and safely, including for people in the vicinity.

Connected, they allow passengers to track the vehicle's position and waiting times at stops in real time.

We work with each local authority to co-develop the autonomous mobility solution that meets its needs, complementing existing traditional connections and other modes of transport.

Example: Paris-Saclay

The purpose of the Paris-Saclay Autonomous Lab project is to devise and test different smart, autonomous, electric and shared public and private mobility services to supplement the existing transportation systems in the Paris-Saclay area.

A comprehensive autonomous transportation system comprising autonomous vehicles, a supervision system, connected infrastructure and customer applications will be set up and experiments will be conducted to determine the requirements for scaling up an autonomous mobility service.

Groupe Renault, the Transdev Group, IRT SystemX, VEDECOM and the University of Paris-Saclay initiated the Paris-Saclay Autonomous Lab project. It was launched under the acronym EVAPS with support from the French government’s Investments for the Future program (PIA) entrusted to ADEME; the Établissement Public d’Aménagement Paris-Saclay; the Paris-Saclay urban community; the Essonne Department; and Ile-de-France Mobilités.

Example: Paris-Saclay

2,8 km

covered by autonomous vehicles operated by Transdev between Massy and Palaiseau.

3 years

of trials with the Paris-Saclay Autonomous Lab project to provide in-situ tests of this new service.

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Experienced services The project offers two types of autonomous vehicles: ZOE Cab: An on-demand, electric, shared mobility service that facilitates travel on the Paris-Saclay urban campus during the day [00:14]. i-Cristal: An autonomous, electric, and collective nighttime mobility service providing a link between Massy train station and the Saclay plateau [00:23]. Operation and technology Mobile app: Users can book their trip, track the vehicle's arrival, and pay directly via a dedicated app [00:31]. Autonomy and safety: The vehicles are fully autonomous [00:47]. They are connected to urban infrastructure (traffic lights, intersections) for smooth and safe traffic flow [02:11]. Supervision: A centralized control center allows vehicles to be tracked in real time and remote intervention if necessary [01:50]. Onboard comfort: Passengers have access to services such as Wi-Fi, USB ports, and digital press via an app [01:30]. A collaborative project This experiment is being conducted by a consortium of major partners: the Renault Group, Transdev, Vedecom, SystemX, and Paris-Saclay University [00:01].

The Paris-Saclay Autonomous Lab project provides for:

A night collective transportation service using an autonomous Transdev-Lohr i-Cristal shuttle will serve the Saclay Plateau neighborhoods from the Massy station. The service will be provided outside the normal operating hours of the regular transportation systems and will use the existing dedicated bus lane.
Between half past midnight and 3:00 a.m., an autonomous Transdev-Lohr i-Cristal shuttle will serve four stops (Massy Palaiseau, Palaiseau Ville, La Vallée, Camille Claudel) in both directions, covering a total distance of nearly six kilometers and providing users with transportation between the Massy station and the Saclay Plateau to supplement the existing train, regional express, coach and bus services, etc.
The service is designed to fit in with the existing transportation systems and extend service beyond their scheduled operating times. It will optimize existing road infrastructure and commercial speed by using the public bus rapid transit lanes. It will also use the existing stops located in the main neighborhoods between the Massy station and the Camille Claudel bus stop in Palaiseau.
A daytime on-demand car service using autonomous Renault ZOE Cab prototype vehicles will be provided on the Paris-Saclay urban campus. People travelling to the campus by public transportation can then use it to freely move around the site.