--- title: Innovation url: "https://www.systra.com/en/our-vision/innovation/" type: page date_published: 2020-09-24 date_modified: 2026-05-06 schema: @type: WebPage language: en-US word_count: 992 reading_time: 5 min canonical: "https://www.systra.com/en/our-vision/innovation/" featured_image: "https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/innovation_1.jpg" --- # Innovation ![Innovation](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/innovation_1.jpg) ## TOMORROW IS SHAPED TODAY **SYSTRA’s teams are committed to a proactive innovation policy aimed at supporting mobility solutions adapted to tomorrow’s world. The vision of our experts is based on our approach in the field, proximity to our clients and our monitoring of socioeconomic issues and new technologies.** Each day, we develop new services to accompany our clients in their digital, ecological and energy transition. ### INNOVATION: THE FRUIT OF BOLD LEADERSHIP AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE ![hands-people-woman-working](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/hands-people-woman-working-1024x683.jpg) **EMPLOYEES AT THE HEART OF OUR INNOVATION STRATEGY THROUGH THE SPARK CHALLENGE** The Group values the ideas and encourages the initiatives of its employees throughout the world. We are convinced that the company’s potential for innovation comes from them. In 2020, SYSTRA launched the SPARK Challenge, an international intrapreneurship programme in which 600 employees have already taken part and which has incubated around fifteen teams to think up sustainable solutions that create value for our clients. All SYSTRA employees can submit their ideas, concepts or innovative projects to invent the mobility of tomorrow.   ![logo_spark](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/logo_spark.jpg) [See more](https://www.systra.com/en/spark-challenge/) **A DYNAMIC AND VARIED ECOSYSTEM** Collective intelligence is also the result of our interactions with the actors of our ecosystem: universities, researchers, start-ups… We work in a spirit of open innovation on research or experimentation projects. #### ACADEMIC: ![ntu_master_colorjpg](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ntu_master_colorjpg-1024x369.jpg) ![system-x-logo2](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/system-x-logo2-1024x461.jpg) ![logo_university_of_huddersfield2](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/logo_university_of_huddersfield2-1024x567.jpg) #### INDUSTRIAL: ![alstom_logo](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/alstom_logo-1024x238.jpg) ![airbus_logo3](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/airbus_logo3-1024x207.jpg) ![logo_continental](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/logo_continental-1024x278.jpg) #### START-UP: ![logos-easy-mile](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/logos-easy-mile-1024x576.jpg) ![junglebus_logo](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/junglebus_logo-1024x540.jpg) #### OPEN INNOVATION: ![logo_usineo](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/logo_usineo-1024x220.jpg) ![logo_village_ca](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/logo_village_ca-1024x488.jpg) ![mvrdv_logo](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mvrdv_logo-1024x575.jpg) ### PROMOTING FRUGAL INNOVATION Innovation also means knowing how to question traditional design methods, aiming to reduce and optimise the use of resources over the entire lifecycle, at all scales. Virtuous and innovative value loops are thus sought to: - Consider by using, - Always preserve resources in quantity and quality (materials, energy), - Anticipate market opportunities and logistics, - Integrate the soil (land/property) in considerations, avoid artificialisation, - Think in terms of versatility, the evolutionary nature of the structures created. ### OUR OBJECTIVES: TO ENSURE INNOVATION AT THE SERVICE OF PROGRESS **The latest technological developments have revolutionised the world of mobility, with the emergence of new modes of transport, new uses and new players. At SYSTRA, we are analyse the interest and feasibility of deploying these new technologies on both historical and new disruptive modes of transport. 4 questions guide our thinking and analysis.** ![img_inno1](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_inno1.jpg) #### #1 Are mobility systems becoming safer? With the  technological research institute SystemX and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore, we are participating in **the development of a test system based on simulation, evaluation and validation of the performance and functional safety of the autonomous vehicle** around the ASV research project.  As part of its project management assistance  assignment, SYSTRA was involved in the Lusail tramway as **cybersecurity** consultant.   #### #2 How does innovation respond to environmental challenges? On the High Speed 2 project in the UK, a high speed network, our aim is to **reduce the carbon footprint by 50% **compared with its preliminary design. In Montreal, we are carrying out a project to **electrify a bus transport centre** with the objective of sizing the right infrastructure according to the right transport need.  We define the need, analyse the socioeconomic aspects of disruptive transportation systems such as **Hyperloop**, to establish the best economic equation and validate the business model. Once this step has been validated, we look at the technical feasibility of the solution. ![img_inno2](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_inno2.jpg) ![img_inno3](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_inno3.jpg) #### #3 How does innovation improve network performance? We have been working since 2017 with SNCF, ALSTOM and SYSTEM X on a **prototype autonomous train** as part of the TAS (autonomous transport safety programme). For Greater Lyon, we are designing a **data hypervisor** to facilitate decision making through better understanding and operation. We design new **Digital Asset Management **services to optimise preventive and predictive maintenance solutions. We design **Digital Twins** for example to simulate CO2 emissions in metro infrastructures. #### #4 How does innovation serve social and territorial cohesion? With the Navigogo project, the first **web-app** experiment in the United Kingdom, we are optimising routes among several mobility solutions and encouraging virtuous mobility. In the metropolis of Abidjan, SYSTRA has carried out a **mapping of the city’s buses and informal transport** with the start-up Jungle Bus.    We are studying the feasibility of developing **drone taxis** (Urban Air Mobility) for various cities such as Los Angeles, Jakarta and São Paulo. ![img_inno4](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_inno4.jpg) ## SEE ALSO ![238534472-chili-extension-de-la-ligne-2-du-metro-de-santiago-1024x681](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/238534472-chili-extension-de-la-ligne-2-du-metro-de-santiago-1024x681-1-1024x681.jpg) _Our projects Read more sur Our projects_ ![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pour-history-scaled50-1024x683.jpg) _History Read more sur History_ ![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/header-spark-challenge-p1230634-1024x769.jpg) _Spark Challenge Read more sur Spark Challenge_