Whether it is for the total or partial renewal of the bus fleet assigned to the existing routes, the needs related to the opening of new services or improvements to the offer on all or part of the network, the vehicle acquisition project will involve and gather together institutional stakeholders, transport operators (public, private and informal depending on the case) as well as technical stakeholders (maintenance of vehicles) and financial stakeholders (financial backers, banks, companies insurance, etc.). Such a project cannot be undertaken without an in-depth assessment of the following points:
• The stakeholders, their respective prerogatives and roles, their interactions,
• The transport offer and its outlook;
• The existing fleet: inventory;
• The features of the local context (physical environment) that can influence the choice of vehicles.
