Discover now on PRIM, how our teams have organized themselves for the smooth running of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (OPG)!
Important issues
For the first time in their history, the competition venues of the Olympic and Paralympic Games were 100% accessible by public transport (RER, metro, tram, bus) as well as by soft mobility. This bet by the organisers of the event and Île-de-France Mobilités has brought its share of major challenges for the management of passenger flows on the network. Digital passenger information has been able to meet these challenges and has been a major factor in the success of these Games.
Managing the flow of passengers
A specific system has been set up for the calculation of routes. It is also a first in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games that the algorithms for calculating routes are adapted to the needs of managing spectator flows.
Usually, a route calculation seeks to propose to connect points A and B in the fastest way possible. However, for the Olympic Games, Île-de-France Mobilités has adopted a different approach by taking into account the forecasts of public transport ridership. The aim was to offer routes that would allow for an optimal distribution of passengers according to the capacities of the transport network.
The results of the adapted route search from the Île-de-France Mobilités calculator were distributed on PRIM before and during the games via the API Calculator Ile-de-France Mobilités - Generic access JOP and Calculator Ile-de-France Mobilités - Generic access (v2).
Games preparation work: coordination with other Passenger Information Broadcasters
In order to guarantee consistency in the information disseminated to passengers regardless of the public transport platform used by them; synchronization with the main passenger information platforms (RATP, SNCF, GOOGLE, CITYMAPPER, MOOVIT, APPLE, TRANSIT) as well as PRIM's various data reusers was crucial.
These platforms received the same requests and input data during the preparatory phase of the Games. This made it possible to guarantee homogeneous results from one platform to another, and in particular route proposals similar to those of the " Paris 2024 Public Transport" application dedicated to the Olympic Games, developed by Île-de-France Mobilités. PRIM was at the center of this collaboration.
The daily relationship during the games : real-time and adapted information on travel assistance platforms
The implementation of an adapted organization between the dedicated teams of Île-de-France Mobilités and the various public transport platforms operating in Île-de-France as well as all the reusers of passenger information data required a reinforcement of PRIM's operational system with a team dedicated 7 days a week to extended hours.
The teams supported two types of platforms during these games :
The first type of player disseminating passenger information is that of transport operators (Bonjour RATP and SNCF Connect). For the Olympic Games, they used the same computer technology as Île-de-France Mobilités, thus offering the same results as the IDFM remote media.
The second type of player disseminating passenger information is that of digital companies (Google, Citymapper, Apple, etc.) that have their own route calculation technology. For the latter, it was necessary to provide local support in real time and continuously from the IDFM and Paris 2024 teams.
The success observed in public transport in Île-de-France throughout the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games can be explained by :
- The state-of-the-art technical routing solutions implemented by public transport platforms .
- The good responsiveness and availability of the technical and operational teams with on-call duty similar to those of Île-de-France Mobilités put in place.
- The quality of the data transmitted by transport operators and their responsiveness during the Games.
Some key figures:
End of games : what happens to the JOP data broadcast on PRIM ?
With the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games over, the data exclusively dedicated to the Olympic Games on PRIM will be gradually decommissioned.
In a1st phase, the Ile-de-France Mobilités Calculator API - JOP Generic access has been decommissioned because the data that feeds this API is no longer updated, unlike the Ile-de-France Mobilités Calculator API - Generic access (v2) which benefits from a better data freshness.
In a2nd phase, the JOP datasets will remain available a little longer on PRIM to allow reusers to continue to exploit and historize the data dedicated to the JOP, in particular for feedback analysis purposes. These JOP datasets will be released by the end of 2024.
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