Transdev

Overview

  • Canadian section will be led by Arthur Nicolet

Other names

Unifor Employers:

  1. First Canada UCL

    1. Kamloops (Local 114-90)
    2. Vernon (Local 114-34)
    3. Langley (Local 114-127)
    4. New Westminster (Local 114-127)
  2. HandyDart (Owned by First Canada UCL), BC Transit, Local 333BC

Other:

  1. Valley Line
  2. Limocar
  3. Quebec buses, school buses and coaches

    • Saint-Jean-sur-Richelie public transit
    • CIUSSS of the Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec
  4. Voyago
  5. Priority Patient Transport Services
  6. Ontario line Connect 6ix consortium
  7. Mobilinx consortium

    • Hurontario light rail in Toronto
  8. Operating in privatized public transit, paratransit, student transport, medical transport across the country.

Ownership

  • Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (66%)

    • French government sovereign wealth fund.
  • Rethmann Group (34%)

    • German private capital fund/holding company
    • Owns logistics company Rhenus
    • Agricultural product SARIA

Technology

Transdev is investing in many automation and transition to green technologies:

  • France: co-driving assistance system ACTIA
  • Driver assist: SMART Drive
  • Connexxion Group performance monitoring (confidentiality of individual performance somehow guaranteed)
  • WAVE induction charging
  • Conductive opportunity charging (Arcaida, LA)
  • Rapid charge stations (Sweden)
  • Hydrogen fuel cells (Eindhoven only)
  • Electric 40-50% increased cost over diesel (France)
  • Autonomous battery buses (Finish T.ebus)