INNOVATION MEANS DEVELOPMENT
The Group also has a positive impact through its ability to join forces with partners for innovative projects on a regional scale. This is the case with a project on new forms of air mobility launched with ADP, the Île‑de‑France region and Choose Paris Region. In a context of continuous growth in mobility needs, an entire ecosystem and economic sector are being structured, bringing together manufacturers, researchers, transport operators and public bodies. This initiative should make it possible to define the place of this new form of urban mobility, complementary to existing modes. Following the inauguration of a test area dedicated to new forms of urban and sustainable air mobility at the Pontoise - Cormeilles‑en‑Vexin airfield at the end of 2021, trials of electric vertical take‑off and landing aircraft in real operating conditions may now begin.
In a more forward‑looking approach, the Group also takes an interest in emerging subjects such as smart curbs. The goal is to help cities continue their future development by regulating urban space, where various forms of mobility (cars, bikes, public transport, kick scooters) and uses (logistics, café terraces, urban farming, etc.) are currently in competition.
A FOUNDATION rooted in regions
The RATP Group Foundation targets initiatives that have a strong impact on regions and are aimed at vulnerable groups: people outside the employment market, women migrants and young people from disadvantaged areas.
In partnership with Adie for ten years, it committed in 2021 to supporting 26 project developers in Boulogne‑sur‑Mer, Vannes and Aix‑les‑Bains, three cities where subsidiary RATP Dev operates transport networks.
Another 2021 initiative supports students made vulnerable by the health crisis, with the renewal of its partnership with the Fondation Mines Télécom to offer 6 Future Journeys (Trajets d’Avenir) scholarships to engineering students.
In the Hauts-de-France region, in partnership with the Louvre‑Lens museum and the Denain local mission, the Foundation supports young adults in their social and vocational integration.
(1) Centre for training apprentices in Sustainable Urban Mobility.
