The "HoloStop" device is currently deployed in five buses -

RATP Dev

  • Called "HoloStop", holographic stop buttons are tested from this Monday in five buses of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines network.

  • This process should make it possible to fight against the transmission of viruses in public transport.

  • "This project is the perfect illustration of our philosophy in terms of innovation: to put technology at the service of a useful and pragmatic use", explains Sophie Hassan, Marketing Director Ile-de-France for RATP Dev.

RATP continues to project itself into the future.

After unveiling, last October, with several partners, the face of future flying taxis, the RATP presented holographic stop buttons on Monday for the bus network.

In charge: RATP Dev, a subsidiary of the RATP group.

For the time being, this is an experiment.

Based on the know-how of the French company MZ Technologie and baptized "HoloStop", the project is being tested from this Monday in five buses of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines network.

The goal: to request a shutdown without having contact with a button, thus responding to a health constraint.

Reduce the risk of virus transmission

At the origin of the deployment of this technology "are the preventive health measures of Covid-19 and the concern for their pragmatic implementation by RATP Dev", welcomes the RATP.

"By removing the contact surfaces, this" HoloStop "device reduces the risk of virus transmission", notes one within the group.

Since the start of the health crisis, RATP has made cleaning vehicles a priority.

Thanks to nebulization disinfection processes, the company has been promising for several months that public transport is "safe spaces for users".

"The metro has never been so disinfected, so cleaned", affirmed in early September, Valérie Pécresse, president of the Ile-de-France and Ile-de-France Mobilities region.

And with nebulization, a bus is currently disinfected in two minutes and 40 seconds and an entire subway train in less than 5 minutes.

But the deployment of contactless stop buttons "represents a further step".

Concretely how does it work?

The new holographic devices take the place of the classic stop buttons.

The traveler just needs to run their finger over the virtual button for it to register the stop request, like a traditional button.

The device emits a short sound and briefly changes color to inform that the action has been taken into account.

"The holographic buttons are a feat"

“This project is the perfect illustration of our philosophy in terms of innovation: to put technology at the service of useful and pragmatic use.

The holographic buttons are a feat, but their use is simple, their cost controlled and their purpose brings a real "plus" to the safety of all, "said Sophie Hassan, Marketing Director Ile-de-France for RATP Dev.

Initially used to equip elevators, this holographic process has been adapted to meet the constraints specific to public transport.

“The adaptation of our solution to make it compatible with the specific environment of public transport vehicles was done very quickly.

This demonstrates both the robustness of our product, but also its great adaptability.

In the context of the health crisis we are going through, these two characteristics are essential, ”notes Marc Zerad, founder of MZ Technology.

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