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Optiguide

A single guideline: quality of service

VEOLIA Bus Rapid Transit Seminar

Rouen, October 19th, 2007

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Steering actuator

Steering sensorComputer

Camera

On-board equipment & painted track

How does Optiguide work ?

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Manual driving:

> risk of hovering over the platform, since platform height = 20 cm max.

> varying horizontal gap ~ 10 cm

> high vertical gap > 10 cm

Accessibility & guidance

Poor accessibility

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Automatic guidance:> no risk of collision between vehicle &

platform> platform height = vehicle floor height> vertical gap < 5 cm> horizontal gap < 5 cm

real accessibility for all passengers


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Comfort of access similar to light rail


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Bus : LyonTram : Rouen

Guided bus : Rouen

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Optiguide features Accessibility

accurate docking at every stops

same access for handicapped & valid passengers

Increase of comfort

easy access by level boarding

optimization of trajectories for comfort

Increase of safety no collision between vehicles and platforms better working conditions for the drivers, higher availability

of the driver to watch the environment safety gauge defined for high safety level

Increase of average speed reduced dwell time due to easier boarding no need for ramp maneuver, no ramp failure

Better identity of the bus line enhanced image of the transportation system better respect of the dedicated lane by car users

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Behind another vehicle By night

A proven and robust solution

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Immediate deviation in case of emergency

Flexible and safe operation

Smooth transition between manual and guided mode

Temporary line deviation

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Guidance engineering

> Safety lane width definition, safety file

> Station definition and location

> Insertion studies, trajectories optimization

> Operator training

Guidance onboard equipment

> Camera, computer, 2 sensors, actuator, HMI

> Calibration

Optiguide deployment

Guidance infrastructure

> Specific platform design

> Painted double-dashed lines

> Anti-rutting pavement

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Electronic cabinet

Steering wheel angle encoder

Steering arm angle encoder

Motor

Steering column

Camera

Vehicle CAN network

Electronic cabinet

Steering wheel angle encoder

Steering arm angle encoder

Motor

Steering column

Camera

Vehicle CAN network

Onboard equipment

Straightforward system, easy to fit into most bus architectures

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Optiguide specific infrastructure

High platforms: 30-cm high

Specific design of platforms (kerbs)

Materialization of safety lane width

Guidance performance are subject to a system approach

proper design of lanes, platforms, guidance trajectories

quality of civil works

dog-tracking effect of vehicles, floor height

maintenance of vehicles and infrastructure

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A mature guidance system with good availability and reliability, easy to operate and maintain

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More than 5 years of revenue service

Less than 2 warnings for 10 000 dockings

MTBF = 15 000 hours

Maintenance level 1 and 2 done by one

trained technician for 66 guided vehicles

Very good acceptance by drivers

Benefits of experience

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Benefits of experience

Optimized accessibility performance

Horizontal gap

› Mean value of 3,5 cm

• < 5 cm at 97%

• < 4 cm at 80%

Limite supérieuredans 95% des cas

Moyenne

Limite supérieuredans 80% des cas

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› Platform height at 29 cm

› Mean vertical gap < 3 cm

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Nîmes (France)

› 1st phase:• 4 km of reserved lanes• 10 stations• 8 BHNS vehicles• Commissioning 2009

› 2nd phase• 16 km of reserved lanes• 31 stations• 20 additional vehicles• Commissioning 2011

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Bologna (Italy)

> 16 km of reserved lanes

> 50 stations

> 49 high-end trolleybuses

> Continuous guidance, tram-on-tires

concept

> Implementation 2007-2010

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Castellon (Spain)

› 1st phase:• 3 km of dedicated lanes• 5 stations• 3 12-meter guided

trolleybuses

› Continuous guidance

› Commissioning 1st quarter of 2008

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Markets & Strategy

Main targets

Bus Rapid Transit projects

•Main transportation lines in medium cities, secondary lines in large cities

High-end segment (“Advanced BRT”)

•Projects where quality of service is the main objective (vs. capacity)

•New lines (because specific infrastructure is required), trolleybus lines

Strategy

Promote high quality of service for bus lines, ride the trend for BRT

Partner with many bus manufacturers (at least one in the short term)

Our leitmotiv:

Optiguide is the missing link to BRT so that quality of service is comparable to light rail (accessibility, comfort, safety, image),with investment cost for the system divided by 3 to 5 compared to light rail

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SWOT Analysis

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

Investment cost for a guided system

Flexible operation

Ahead of competition, references and backlog

System approach implies complex marketing towards authorities, operating companies and bus manufacturers;Bus manufacturers are not system orientated

Regulatory constraints (safety)

OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

BRT growing trend, and in particular revival of bus image (design, low emission)

Tramway is not affordable for all cities or lines

Phileas market entry with an ambitious product

BRT without guidance : improved design + better docking capabilities could make guidance less attractive

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Competitors

Main competitor: standard buses

BRT / bus lines with higher quality of service (BHNS in France, high capacity BRT in South America,…)› Curitiba, Brazil› Streetcar in York, UK› Busway in Nantes, France

Guided buses› Mechanical guidance: O Bahn

in Essen, Superbus in Leeds› Magnetic and map matching guidance:

Phileas

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Your contact Optiguide:

Vincent POUYET

E-mail : [email protected]

Tph : +33 (0)1 49 65 74 55

Mobile : +33 (0)6 21 38 12 11

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