Transdev North America

Transdev North America

Transdev North America, formerly Veolia Transportation until August/September 2014, is the North American business unit of Transdev. It operates a number of public transport services across the United States and Canada.

Other North American operations inherited from the old Transdev (Limocar) were never part of Veolia Transportation and therefore are not part of Transdev North America.

On 26 October 2022, Transdev has signed an agreement to acquire First Transit, Inc. On 7 March 2023, Transdev completed the acquisition of First Transit, all current First Transit contracts are now operating under the Transdev brand.

Transdev Canada

Transdev Canada is the Transdev subsidiary in Canada and it has the following operations:

• York BRT Services L.P: A subsidiary of Transdev Canada in York Region, Ontario, it runs the York Region Transit's Vaughan routes. It also formerly operated the Viva Rapid Transit (Purple, Orange, Green, Pink and Blue) routes since April 2005 until they were taken over in June 2015 by Tok Transit, who won the contract in April 2014.
• Valley light rail line in Edmonton, Alberta: Transdev will operate the Valley Line as part of the TransEd consortium. It is scheduled for completion in 2023.
• Limocar: A coach operator in Quebec
• Quebec: Transdev operates buses, school buses and coaches in the province of Quebec, including the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu public transit.
• Voyago: Operates school buses, special needs buses, charters, and patient transfer vehicles.
• Hurontario LRT: recently renamed as Hazel McCallion Line, connecting Mississauga and Brampton in the Greater Toronto Area. It is scheduled to be completed in 2024.
• Ontario Line: a fully automated heavy metro line in Toronto. It is scheduled to be completed in 2031
• British Columbia: Transdev operates various routes for both BC Transit and TransLink, alongside their respective HandyDART services.

Transdev Canada announced its acquisition of Voyago on 8 April 2019. Voyago is a Canadian-owned group of transportation companies with a fleet of 970 vehicles, operating services including patient transfer services and student transport services.

Transdev United States

Transdev North America US' operations include:

• Arcadia, California: Approximately half of Foothill Transit's services since 5 October 2014 (contract awarded in July 2014)
• Butte County, California: Butte Regional Transit
• Capital Area Transportation Authority: Spec-Tran
• Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority
• Concord, North Carolina: Concord Kannapolis Area Transit
• Denver, Colorado: Regional Transportation District (RTD) routes throughout the metro-wide District. The contract has been renewed for a three-year term from 2014 with two (one-year) options.
• Detroit Department of Transportation: MetroLift
• Fairfax County, Virginia: Fairfax Connector
• Georgia Regional Transportation Authority: Xpress which services 12 counties in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area
• Gwinnett County, Georgia: Gwinnett County Transit
• Hinesville, Georgia: Liberty Transit
• Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: Jefferson Transit
• Kansas City Area Transportation Authority: RideKC Freedom
• Las Vegas: Paratransit service under contract to Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) since early August 2014
• M-1 Rail: QLine since opening in 2017. Transdev operations ended 2021.
• Mesa County, Colorado: Grand Valley Transit
• Miami: Tri-Rail, a train system (contact won in 2007 by Veolia Transportation) in the Miami metropolitan area of Florida
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Hop
• Napa County, California: Vine Transit
• Nassau County, New York: Nassau Inter-County Express (formerly MTA Long Island Bus) since 1 January 2012
• New Orleans, Louisiana: New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
• North Carolina State University: Wolfline
• Phoenix, Arizona: Valley Metro Bus
• Prince George's County, Maryland: TheBus
• Raleigh, North Carolina: GoRaleigh
• Redding, California: Redding Area Bus Authority. The contract has been extended for another two years from 1 July 2014.
• Rockland County, New York: Transport of Rockland
• Rutgers Campus Buses
• San Diego: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System bus routes and the SPRINTER DMU light rail system
• San Francisco: Manages 20 independent providers to operate paratransit services on behalf of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).
• Snohomish County: Community Transit communter bus routes and some CT operated Sound Transit Express routes.
• Solano County, California: Vacaville City Coach
• Solano County, California: SolTrans
• Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority: Cincinnati Bell Connector
• Texas State University: Bobcat Shuttle
• Yolo County, California: Yolobus

Transdev Former Operations

• Boston: Veolia Transportation operated the MBTA's regional commuter rail operations in conjunction with Bombardier Transportation and Alternate Concepts, Inc. as the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad (MBCR) until 30 June 2014. MBCR lost the bid for the contract in 2013 and Keolis, the successful bidder for the contract, took over operations on 1 July 2014.
• SuperShuttle: The shared-van service SuperShuttle operated in Canada, the United States of America, and Mexico, but it was sold to an affiliate of Blackstreet Capital Management in September 2019, after which it ceased service at the end of 2019 citing that Uber and market changes led to its demise. In the spring of 2020, the former president of SuperShuttle, Dave Bird, partnered with the owners of rideshare company zTrip, to acquire the SuperShuttle and ExecuCar (shared executive limousine) brands and made plans to relaunch service in several markets by the end of 2021.
• Taxi: Veolia sold its American taxi operations to WHC in 2019.
• Orlando, Florida: Operated buses for the Disney College Program. These buses would transport College Program participates from their apartment complexes to their work locations at the Walt Disney World Resort. After the restart of College Program due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contract was given to a new bus company.
• New Jersey Transit: Transdev operated all Monmouth County Routes until October 1, 2023, when Transdev terminated its contract and New Jersey Transit began operating Monmouth County services through a subsidiary.
• Los Angeles County, California: Los Angeles Metro. Operated 31 foot buses on specific local routes. Failed to maintain service and maintenance, causing Transdev to lose this contract. Routes were taken over by both LA Metro and other private companies.
• University of Buffalo shuttle. WeDriveU is currently operating and Transdev lost this contract in June 2024.

Transdev Overview

Transdev Industry: Public Transport
Transdev Predecessor:
Transdev
Veolia Transport
Transdev Founded: 3 March 2011 (as Veolia Transdev)
Transdev Headquarters: 3 allée de Grenelle, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Transdev Key People: Thierry Mallet (Chairman and CEO)
Transdev Services:
Bus
Tram
Metro
Train
Coach
Ferry
Cable car
Transdev Revenue: €7.707 billion (2022)
Transdev Operating Income: 512,400,000 Euro (2022)
Transdev Net Income: 22,200,000 Euro (2022)
Transdev Total Assets: 5,939,000,000 Euro (2022)
Transdev Owner: Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (66%)
Rethmann Group (34%)
Transdev Number of Employees: 85,000 (2020)
Transdev Divisions:
Transdev Australasia
Transdev Germany
Connexxion
Transdev Blazefield