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LYON'S URBAN DEVELOPMENT 16 | Mass Transit | MassTransitmag.com | NOVEMBER 2014 314 right decisions. When you're responsible for the safety and security of an urban public transport system involving hundreds of stations, the amount of incidents to detect, evaluate and act on every day is staggering. That's why we've made sure our network video solutions can handle it all. So you can make the right decision. For every incident. Get the details at www.axis.com/stations One day . 314 incidents . W h e n y o u ' r e r e s y s t e m i n v o l a n d a c t s o l u t i O n 3 1 4 i For more information, visit www.MassTransitmag.com/10066180 transport should be a social glue and as such, SYTRAL provides a one-price ticket across the system. With single-ticket pricing for the entire area and all modes, people living in any area are able to travel the entire system with one ticket. About 40 percent of passen- gers have a concessionary price, including students, income support recipients, large families, the elderly and non-tax payers. In France there is a transport tax which contributes more than a third of SYTRAL's budget and is paid for by public and pri- vate sector companies. In Lyon, everyone thinks that the tax is a great development driver, Rivalta said. When they have a de- velopment plan with more than a billion dollars' worth of work, money is spent providing work for hundreds of people and dozens of companies. "Today, no one contests the transport tax because local companies realize that development based on public transport is in their interest. "Tis tax is a big part of a virtuous cycle; money is taken from companies, but re- turned to them through works and through the quality of public transport provision in the metropolitan area," Rivalta said. An example of the relationship between the economy and public transportation is their work on the Eurexpo Exposition Center, extending the T5 tramway, Rivalta cited. It's a major metropolitan business venue and they carry many people during each congress and show. "Without this extension, we would probably have lost Politeck, a European — or even world- class — show which other cities were competing for." The TCL Network Public transporta- tion is more than its rolling stock, Rivalta said. It's ongoing research and it's advanced technologies and he said he wants to remain as advanced as possible. TCL is the largest system in France, outside of TCL Passengers Per Day Metro 655,600 Tram 209,400 Bus 498,800 Funiculars 11,800 TBM FOR the Metro B extension. SYTRAL