View original post. “You press a button. In a very short period of time, a car shows up.” On a recent podcast, Chris Ballinger, CFO and Director of Mobility Services for the Toyota Research Institute, said: “You press a button. In a very short period of time, a car shows up. Takes you where you want to go, drops you off. The negotiation of …

View original post. BMW has acquired Parkmobile, an app that provides guidance and services for those looking for parking in North America, including on-street and garage parking payments and spot reservation. BMW has acquired Parkmobile, an app that provides guidance and services for those looking for parking in North America, including on-street and garage parking payments and spot reservation. BMW …

View original post. Development of Europe’s Mobility as a Service (MaaS) market will rely on access to open data, open APIs and more flexible transport and mobility regulations, a new White Paper published by the MaaS Alliance says. The Alliance is a public-private partnership which is hosted by ERTICO – ITS Europe and includes ITS (UK). Its new paper titled …

View original post. Kaj Pyyhtiä, co-founder of MaaS Global, talks to Keith Barrow. NEW legislation comes into effect in Finland this month, which sets an international precedent for the availability of data on transport services. Through its Act on Transport Services, the government seeks to provide a legal basis for digitalisation and new business models in the transport sector by …

View original post. Hate gridlock? Can’t find parking? Want cleaner alternatives? Mobility-as-a-service programs—with pilots in select locations already—may be coming soon to a city near you. Their potential? To solve urban density problems and make getting around easier and more efficient. If Netflix’s business model were applied to urban transportation, how might that change the way city dwellers get around? …

View original post. Photo by RonanGlon / Digital Trends One of the biggest decisions motorists need to make when shopping for a new car is whether to buy or lease. Volvo is throwing a third option into the ring, one it describes as a subscription model. The 2019 XC40, the brand’s newest and smallest SUV, will inaugurate the Care by Volvo …

View original post. ITS (UK) responds to parliamentary inquiry ITS (UK)’s ‘Mobility as a Service’ Interest Group has responded to the Transport Select Committee’s MaaS inquiry agreeing that there is significant global and UK interest in the concept, but warning that, unless done right, it could actually risk moving people from public transport to on-demand cars. The group, led by …

View original post. Photo by Bigstock Hiring new employees onto your enterprise staff is a costly process, and these costs and challenges don’t end when a candidate accepts your offer. Employee onboarding is a necessary evil that can sap the resources of any organization. According to Undercover Recruiter, the average company spends $1,200 per employee for training yearly, and the …

View original post. In 2018, Cisco says it will be the ability to analyze the data from transit systems, road sensors, and mobile network that will drive transportation change. The future of transportation relies on cities connecting infrastructures to the Internet of Things (IoT), allowing them to share real-time data with autonomous vehicles, mass transit systems, smartphone applications, and other …

View original post. The sharing economy, the access economy, the on-demand economy – terms used interchangeably, though not always fully understood. They are used to define the recent socio-economic shift that reinvented how and what we consume. Although each of the terms is nuanced in its precise meaning, they all describe a world in which consumer demand, rather than any …