Innovation Lab: Keolis Bordeaux Métropole Mobilités launches the TBMOUV! Mobilities Lab with Bordeaux Métropole

Keolis Bordeaux Métropole Mobilités launches an open innovation process together with local stakeholders  

To its ambition of becoming a vanguard metropolitan area in global mobility within the next eight years, Bordeaux Métropole established an innovation fund for the exceptional sum of €10 million for the full duration of the contract (or €1.25 million per year).  

As the public transit authority contracted by the metropolitan area for the period of 2023-2030, Keolis Bordeaux Métropole Mobilités was tasked with co-constructing and co-managing, in partnership with the metropolitan area, an open innovation approach responding to four contractual themes:

- optimizing service quality for users; 

- contributing to the efficiency and productivity of urban transit and sustainable mobility services; 

- enhancing safety and security for users and operating staff; 

- meeting the challenges of sustainable development. 

The TBMOUV! Lab: an ecosystem of local players working on the mobility challenges of the future  

This agile Innovation Lab is already making it possible to bring together the region’s key economic players from various fields (including startups, SMEs and midcaps) and connect them with institutional partners (such as Bordeaux Métropole and Université de Bordeaux) to develop effective solutions for the future of mobility.

Pragmatism, experimentation and iteration form the foundation of the Lab, where each project benefits from a "test & learn" approach. The approach and its processes are firmly rooted in the real world, with a strong focus on efficiency. 

An Innovation Lab that paves the way for rolling out new mobility solutions  

On April 28, the TBMOUV ! Lab was officially opened on the premises of Technowest, the Mérignac startup incubator, with teams from Bordeaux Métropole, the Keolis Group and its subsidiary in Bordeaux.  

Its first workshop focused on: 

- the Lab’s identity (name + logo); 

- its purpose; 

- its governance; 

- its global strategy.