Case Study
How Marseille adapts its public transport service to match demand
AS THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATOR IN MARSEILLE AND ITS URBAN AREA, THE RTM RELIES ON AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTING TO ADJUST THE TRANSPORT SERVICE TO THE CUSTOMERS’ NEEDS. The RTM, being in charge of public transport for the Marseille urban area, devotes 2/3 of its budget to operations – rolling stock, drivers. As it is responsible for ensuring that its resources are used properly, the operator must offer service – arrival frequency, vehicle capacity – scaled as close to customer needs as possible. Vehicle travel time and load To adjust its offer, the RTM requires two essential pieces of information: the travel time and vehicle load (number of passengers aboard). The first comes from the operational support system (OSS). To get the second, the RTM deployed an Acore