View original post.Fleetondemand’s CEO and Founder, Justin Whitston, was announced winner of the Inflexion Entrepreneur of the Year award at the prestigious 2020 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards, which took place during a glittering online ceremony on 10th November. Focusing on the contribution of a dynamic, creative and visionary leader, the Award recognises an enterprising individual who has achieved sustained levels …

View original post. Integrated and digitised public transport systems have the potential to ease traffic gridlock and cut journey times Public transport authorities are increasingly looking to embrace innovative technology to meet user expectations and enable travellers to personalise their journeys. Since the Oyster travel card was launched in 2003 by Transport for London, contactless bank cards, smartphones and smartwatches are now …

View original post. Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a proposed solution to ongoing transportation issues that can positively impact urban centers in pretty significant ways. Many travelers in metropolitan areas are currently using more than one mode of transportation during their daily commute. No surprise there. As just one example, commuters may take a bus to the train station before catching the …

View original post. I think everyone would agree when it comes to using transport, the daily decisions that we make matter. The di¬fferent modes of transport that we choose play a significant role in providing overall connectivity, shaping our urban areas, impacting travel safety, space allocation, respiratory health and much more. Opting for walking, cycling and collective modes of transport …

View original post. A global manifesto has been launched ahead of European Mobility Week by Ito World to demonstrate how Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) has the power to unlock a greater number of opportunities for populations in cities across the world. ‘The MaaS Manifesto: Accessing your city’s potential’ shares the expert views of Ito World’s CEO Johan Herrlin and insight from academics and European government …

View original post. An introduction to VMC GO — The perfect marketplace for human mobility In this post we explain how our infrastructure enables these rights for both users and providers of Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Whereas several private and centralized attempts to unlock these rights have failed, a decentralized approach won’t. Mobility is a public service as much as …

View original post. Mobility is changing. In the future, the private car should become increasingly unimportant, instead new services should make passenger and freight transport cheaper, more environmentally friendly and faster. The private car is a discontinued model, the goods car is replaced by the service “promotion”. “Mobility as a Service (MaaS)” is the name of this vision of the near future …

London, 10 May 2018 – The overall carsharing vehicle parc is expected to expand from 983k in 2017 to 1237k in 2018, driven by motorists’ desire to use alternative modes of transport, the rise in employee mobility options and environmental concerns. Existing providers of recent mobility solutions like carsharing, ridesharing, ridehailing, on-demand responsive shuttles, and integrated mobility are already scaling …

View original post. Futuristic developments in the transport sector are transforming travel, improving journey times, passenger comfort and safety as well as safeguarding the environment 01 Hyperloop The Hyperloop concept was introduced by prolific inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk in 2012, when he announced engineers from his Tesla and SpaceX companies would begin work on a demonstrator. This promising, high-speed innovation is comprised …

View original post. New mobility models have to provide an irresistible vision, not just a practical alternative, to lure drivers away from private cars. By Jonathan Manning Mobility as a Service (MaaS) providers need to exceed both the practical and emotional elements of car ownership if they are to woo customers, according to a leading advocate of new mobility options. …