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LYON'S URBAN DEVELOPMENT 18 | Mass Transit | MassTransitmag.com | NOVEMBER 2014 P.O. Box 117 · Villa Rica, Georgia 30180 · USA Phone (800) 241-1144 · Fax (770) 459 - 0957 International Corporation www.gmt-international.com RESILIENT COMPONENTS FOR RAIL VEHICLES For more information, visit www.MassTransitmag.com/10065132 In 2007 SYTRAL and Keolis Lyon began a survey of the complete bus network, looking at service quality and potential of the system. Te two-year project, the Atoubus Project, had a goal of generating 8 percent more bus trips by the end of 2012, so about one in three urban trips was being made by use of public trans- portation in the metro area. Te system was frst created before World War II, with gradual changes over time, which created a makeshif network that was complex and difcult. Te initial survey involved identifying strengths and weaknesses of the network and compared that against demographic, economic, ur- ban and social developments. Tere was a large outreach campaign to communicate with the general public and politicians within the service area. Te results of the survey and outreach revealed an efcient network with room for improvement — to adapt to new lifestyles and to a changing conurbation. Lyon no longer had a city center, but two central hubs, the Presqu'ile and Part-Dieu districts. Stage 2 of the project was to defne the plans of the reorganization and develop- ment of service re-deployment scenarios. Tey organized the network hierarchy, simplifed the lines and improved the bus connections with the other public transportation modes. Between October 2009 and July 2010 the plan was presented to the mayors in the service area and they were given six months in which to submit comments about the proposed plan. Te fnal plan was approved December 2010. Te project was implemented between spring and August of 2011. Part of the project involved purchasing 79 new artic- ulated vehicles to run on the new network. It was about $38 million for the 79 articu- lated buses purchased in 2011 and about $8 million was spend for 16 buses in 2009. Te reorganization of the entire system included 230 additional stops and nearly an extra 2 million miles per year. Te frequency was increased on the 26 major lines to a bus every 10 minutes between 5 a.m. and Midnight, including on holidays. Te new network includes more cross links to shorten distances between neighborhoods along with the addition of more intermodal links. SYTRAL recently launched its Ur- ban Mobility Plan, which it intends to be adopted in 2017. Te plan will set the priorities for future infrastructure and 95 percent of the actions recommended CROSSING THE Raymond Barre Bridge. SYTRAL