Transport File
Table of Contents
1. Transdev
- Transdev has purchased First Transit from First Group.
- The purchase does not include First Student.
- Canadian section will be led by Arthur Nicolet
1.1. Other names
Unifor Employers:
- First Canada UCL
- Kamloops (Local 114-90)
- Vernon (Local 114-34)
- Langley (Local 114-127)
- New Westminster (Local 114-127)
- HandyDart (Owned by First Canada UCL), BC Transit, Local 333BC
Other:
- Valley Line
- Limocar
- Quebec buses, school buses and coaches
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelie public transit
- CIUSSS of the Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec
- Voyago
- Priority Patient Transport Services
- Ontario line Connect 6ix consortium
- Mobilinx consortium
- Hurontario light rail in Toronto
- Operating in privatized public transit, paratransit, student transport, medical transport across the country.
1.2. 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
1.3. 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)