A number of Dutch cities are currently investigating the costs, benefits and hurdles of offering residents a smart card that can be used within the city for a wide range of public and private services. A web-based interface would enable the card holder to select applications from a large portfolio.

Rapp Trans provided business case modelling and advice on functional and technical specifications.

The City of Paris wished to regain control over the management of parking by tourist coaches in the centre of Paris.

Rapp Trans associated office in Paris was entrusted with the design, the development and the operating of the central ticketing system, access control and accounting systems of this public service for the reserved on- and off-street coach parking spaces managed by concessionaries and the Municipality. Smart cards are used for identifying monthly subscribers. The system, managed by the Rapp Trans associated office in Paris, operates 24/7 and has administered the parking of more than 450 coaches a day in 12 sites since 2003.

The Finnish Vehicle Administration (AKE) commissioned Rapp Trans and a Finnish partner to evaluate AKE's role and the need to develop electronic vehicle identification (EVI) in Finland.

The study evaluated several EVI-pilots in Europe, the emerging technology of RFID as well as the current progress of European standardisation.

The result of the study was that there is, from the traffic and traffic enforcement perspective, little need to actively promote or implement EVI in Finland. However, the international development of RFID technology and its use for EVI should be followed for possible future applications.

Basel, as a centre of a tri-national agglomeration with half a million inhabitants, pursues a restrictive private and commercial vehicle parking space policy for the whole urban area.

Rapp Trans has been commissioned to develop the service concept, based on the adopted parking policy, for the management of the 30,000 parking slots for residents, business, commuters and visitors. The study also includes the elaboration of technology options, including RFID based parking permits, and the assessment of the operational registration and enforcement processes.

The study will form the basis for the subsequent implementation of the on street parking management scheme.