KEOLIS AWARDED $40 MILLION CONTRACT TO PROVIDE PARKING MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN NORTHWESTERN FRANCE
Through EFFIA subsidiary, Keolis to implement innovative parking technologies and upgrades, doubling capacity and implementing new customer care center for city of Saint-Malo
PARIS – January 6, 2017 – Keolis, a global provider of multi-modal public transportation solutions, announced today that its parking facility management subsidiary has been awarded the contract valued at $40 million to manage parking for the city of Saint-Malo in northwestern France.
Under the terms of the 12-year agreement, Keolis’ EFFIA subsidiary will implement a wide range of upgrades to the system, including doubling the number of paying spaces, creating three new parking facilities, and opening a new customer care center to improve the overall parking experience.
The company will also be helping the city to address a range of issues, including adding parking to public spaces, simplifying access to local shops and municipal services and improving traffic flow to accommodate seasonal tourism which can increase the historic city’s population by as much as 30%.
EFFIA will also develop an innovative “Parking Pathway” that uses dynamic signage to display customer information, while installing nearly 200 next generation parking meters capable of accepting payment via cash, credit, contactless payment, mobile apps and multi-modal travel passes.
EFFIA is the leader in providing parking to train stations in France and is the country’s second largest car park operator, managing 360 locations in 170 towns and cities. As the first parking facility operator to receive ISO 9001 certification, EFFIA is widely recognized for its expertise in refurbishing and designing new parking facilities, parking 22 million vehicles each year.
About Keolis
For more than a century Keolis has been a global leader in managing passenger transportation systems throughout the world, transporting 3 billion passengers a year via trains, buses, shuttles and taxis, while providing parking facility management, fleet management and maintenance, logistics and routing services. Learn more about how Keolis and our 60,000 employees are always “Thinking Like A Passenger” at www.keolisnorthamerica.com.
