{"id":13344,"date":"2026-06-25T03:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/?p=13344"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:18:45","slug":"sotra-abidjan-public-transport-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/sotra-abidjan-public-transport-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Million Passengers. 1,950 Buses. 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As one of West Africa\u2019s largest urban transit networks, SOTRA manages transport services for more than one million daily passengers. This case study explores how Trapeze,\u00a0powered by ebblo, helped SOTRA modernise operations, integrate fleet management, and improve service delivery across multiple cities through a single intelligent transport management platform.<\/p>\n<p>SOTRA runs West Africa\u2019s largest urban bus network and needed to transform it without stopping it. Here\u2019s how Abidjan unified five cities, two generations of fleet, and a million daily commuters under a single intelligent transport control system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seamless integration of 450 new Scania and 1,500 existing buses into one unified ITCS platform<\/li>\n<li>Real-time passenger information, live fleet tracking and automated scheduling deployed across 5 cities<\/li>\n<li>The first integrated AVLC, Passenger Information and Automatic Passenger Counter installation on the African continent<\/li>\n<li>Full rollout completed with zero disruption to daily operations serving over 1 million passengers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                \n                \t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"txt-textfield-btns pt-2 text-left \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn  btn-primary \" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Trapeze-Group-Case-Study-Sotra_Powered-by-ebblo_Eng_18-6-26.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Download the case study now!<\/a>\n                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                \n\t\t\t\t\t            <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div> \t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t  \n \n \n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sotra-quotes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sotra-quotes.jpg 823w, https:\/\/ebblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sotra-quotes-600x370.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ebblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sotra-quotes-768x474.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-testimonial-slider-block_3c86bdbbc4dc72923c40a6cdd96e89d4\" class=\"res-block res-testimonial alignfull style-standard layout01 py-3  Brand-Color wp-block-hidden-desktop wp-block-hidden-mobile wp-block-hidden-tablet\" style=\"\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n\t  \n\t  \t<style>\n\t\t@media only screen and (min-width: 970px) {\t\n\t\t   #testimonial-slider-res-testimonial-slider-block_3c86bdbbc4dc72923c40a6cdd96e89d4.carousel { margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%;}\t\t   #testimonial-slider-res-testimonial-slider-block_3c86bdbbc4dc72923c40a6cdd96e89d4 .referenzBox { min-height: 250px;} \t\t}\n\t\t@media only screen and (max-width: 970px) {\t\n\t\t #testimonial-slider-res-testimonial-slider-block_3c86bdbbc4dc72923c40a6cdd96e89d4.carousel { margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%;} \t\t #testimonial-slider-res-testimonial-slider-block_3c86bdbbc4dc72923c40a6cdd96e89d4 .referenzBox { min-height: 250px;} \t\t}\n\t\t #testimonial-slider-res-testimonial-slider-block_3c86bdbbc4dc72923c40a6cdd96e89d4 .referenz-image img { max-width: 110px}\t\t\t\n\t  <\/style> \n\t  \n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"testimonial-slider-res-testimonial-slider-block_3c86bdbbc4dc72923c40a6cdd96e89d4\" class=\"carousel slide layout01\" data-ride=\"\" data-interval=\"5000\" data-pause=\"hover\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"carousel-inner testimonial_slide \">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item testimonial-img-no\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"carousel-caption position-relative postContent referenzBox text-center d-flex align-content-center flex-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"referenzBox-vcenter d-flex flex-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"referenz-text position-relative  \"><blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Trapeze supports SOTRA in the digitalisation of its activities by implementing a complete ITS solution, including a passenger information system. This deployment has significantly improved service quality by providing real-time travel information, particularly for daily commuting. Furthermore, as part of Abidjan&#8217;s broader multi-modal mobility strategy, Trapeze has strengthened SOTRA&#8217;s readiness for integration into the wider transport ecosystem in preparation for major structural projects such as the Metro and the BRT. In summary, Trapeze has helped SOTRA significantly enhance urban mobility for the Ivorian population.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"referenz-person pt-1 \"><p>Mr. Meit\u00e9 Bouake, Director General, SOTRA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-study"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13344"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13434,"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13344\/revisions\/13434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebblo.com\/en-intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}