2021 – Activity and sustainable development report

Meeting the challenges of communities of all sizes

RATP CAP ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, on track with its first results

The creation of RATP CAP Île-de-France aims to provide a competitive response to the opening up to competition of RATP Group’s historic Île-de-France long-standing network. The subsidiary will become the Group’s vehicle for responding to urban and suburban transport tenders, notably on the bus network currently operated by RATP, for which the monopoly will end in 2024.

It already achieved major successes in 2021 with the contract to operate the Plateau de Saclay bus network, to accompany the growth of mobility needs in this very dynamic area, and the public service concession for the Mantois network, including bus, demand‑responsive transport and bicycle parking. The subsidiary has also been entrusted with the operation of tram line T10, the second line to be put out to tender in the Île‑de‑France region, and the surrounding bus routes for the next eight years.

The challenge? To strengthen the transport offer in southern Hauts-de-Seine, to support urban development, but also to reduce the environmental impact of this line which is set to carry 9 million passengers a year. Finally, for 2022 and beyond, RATP CAP Île‑de‑France is preparing to win new bus and rail contracts in a key region for the Group.

MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF COMMUNITIES OF ALL SIZES

In France, RATP Dev aims to consolidate its existing positions, notably through contract renewals as in Boulogne‑sur‑Mer, but also by winning contracts in more cities. To achieve this, it provides effective responses to local authorities’ concerns, notably on energy transition issues.

This is the case with a particularly innovative project in La Roche‑sur‑Yon. On the urban area’s Impulsyon network, operated by RATP Dev, a bus running on green hydrogen, entirely locally produced, came into service in 2021. This totally unprecedented pilot project is based on an ecosystem of local energy production. To help widen the reach of hydrogen technology, RATP Dev is participating in a partnership chair at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam). Its first initiative was to recruit an apprentice engineer in electrical engineering and smart grids to analyse and model the behaviour of bus electrical systems. Elected officials also pay great attention to the diversity of the transport offer they can provide for those they represent. Hence, the contract to operate the bus routes serving the western part of the Grand Paris Seine‑et‑Oise urban community and the Portes de l’Île‑de‑France community of municipalities, awarded in 2021 for eight years and managed by RATP CAP Île‑de‑France, includes not only conventional bus routes, but also a demand-responsive transport service, a fleet of bicycles and parking facilities.