Lyon’s TCL: A Model for Effective Public Transit Systems

Stegehuis, Eric; Zaman, Shafath; Mobley, Maxwell; Boutin, Madison; Cutler, Alden

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Lyon’s TCL: A Model for Effective Public Transit Systems

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Public transit can provide significant value to communities by promoting accessible and efficient transportation, increasing commerce, and encouraging physical fitness. The goal of this project was to analyze the successes and challenges of the Transports en Commun Lyonnais (TCL), Lyon’s public transit system. We analyzed the TCL’s mobility, accessibility, and usability while also considering social, political, economic, and environmental influences. To accomplish this, our team performed archival research to develop background knowledge on urban transportation, gathered quantitative data on Lyon’s system via data scraping, conducted semi-structured interviews to synthesize expert opinions, and collected ethnographic data while using the TCL. The data from these sources was combined in a mixed analysis to understand the TCL’s organization, user experience, and benefits to its riders. We found some room for improvement in the TCL, such as the lack of a ticketing app for iOS or the lack of integration with regional train lines. However, the TCL demonstrated many characteristics found in other well-developed transit systems, showcasing usability and user-focused design, providing excellent mobility and accessibility, and offering significant reductions in carbon emissions. As such, the TCL provides significant value to its riders and Lyon as a whole, making it a satisfactory model for other similarly sized cities looking to implement or improve their public transit.

This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

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