Alsace: welcome to the transport of the future

Two companies Alsatian public transport, CTS * and CTBR ** use the Orange solutions for M2M for very varied and original applications, regulation buses with automatic watering lawns along the rails tram.

CTBR: Ticketing and regulation of bus "Network 67"
The " Network 67 "brand of public transport of the Lower Rhine, is a must in the department. With 46 lines serving as many as 260 communes, it carries each year nearly one million people in one of the 210 buses of the network. To be worthy of this affluence and meet the expectations of its users, the CTBR just renewed for two more years his contract with Orange for M2M connectivity. 236 Orange SIM cards are well distributed throughout the network to improve the performance in terms of ticketing and traffic control. 
- ticketing and M2M : Machine to Machine technology replaces the WiFi on the buses to communicate with the system central during validation of a ticket. In addition to the ticket control , the machine can always know the attendance line for CTBR can adapt accordingly. 

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- M2M and traffic control : The Orange M2M SIM cards are used to geolocate the bus Network 67. Thanks to them, the users of lines can know exactly how much time the next bus will arrive. By October 2014, the tables also will warn users of the traffic. 
For Xavier Kraft, responsible for IT and ticketing CTBR, Orange made ​​the difference with its competitors through the " readability of its offerings . " More structured and tailored to the needs of its clients, they do not have to rely only on the excellence of the Orange network coverage (bus services in urban areas).

CTS: M2M and automatic watering
 The CTS , the Strasbourg transport company, is the company that manages the operation of public transport for the urban community of Strasbourg. Founded in 1877, the company now controls including 6 lines tram plying both sides of the capital of the Alsace region. 
Accountable lawn along these lines, the CTS uses the Company Is Arro , specializing in automatic watering private and public green spaces. It uses Orange M2M cards to equip sensors placed in the grass. Connected to the pump triggers watering these cases send information such as temperature and humidity to avoid maximum water wastage and present ever more green herbs.