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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
Accessibility & guidance
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Comfort of access similar to light rail
Accessibility & guidance
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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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7Robust to markings degradation
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
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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