Mobility as a Service – How to make it happen for fleet operators, cities and passengers View original post. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is seen as one of the Next Big Things in transportation, allowing people to seamlessly plan and pay for door-to-door multi-modal journeys. The well-publicised Lisbon Study predicted how the introduction of a fleet of shared vehicles into the city would affect traffic. It discovered that by replacing all car and bus journeys with ride-sharing …Read More
ITS Australia to harness the benefits of Mobility as a Service View original post. Intelligent Transport Systems Australia (ITS Australia) undertakes to work with government and industry to shape opportunities in Australia that will promote the efficient movement of people and goods to improve safety, reduce congestion and environmental impacts. ITS Australia has published and released its research and report into Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Australia. “MaaS is built …Read More
Open ecosystem for MaaS to be created in new partnership View original post. Transformative technologies and MaaS innovations will continue to develop with the TravelSpirit and MaaS Alliance partnership. TravelSpirit Foundation and MaaS Alliance have formed a partnership to undertake collaborative work with technologists, operators and innovators to develop an open ecosystem for Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). According to the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), TravelSpirit and MaaS Alliance will share knowledge and best practices …Read More
10 Objectives for Assessing Mobility as a Service View original post. The concept of Mobility as a Service (or MaaS) is well known in the transit industry. Generally understood as a vision of transportation that involves the integration of various forms and modes of transit, MaaS has been the subject of a heated debate for the last few years. Some industry leaders see it as a fad – …Read More
Share or not share the data? That is the question for MaaS! View original post. Why does a transport operator want to join a MaaS platform? What lessons can we draw from such thinking in order to develop MaaS platforms? This article provides answers to these questions by questioning coopetition issues via data sharing in these platforms. Mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) has become the new Grail of the mobility sector. If the race for MaaS today mobilizes a wide …Read More
Lyft will offer discounts to people who use bikes and scooters to connect to transit View original post. The mobility wars between Uber and Lyft are heating up Fresh off its purchase of the largest bike-share operator in the US, Lyft says it’s adding incentives and discounts to encourage more people to use bikes and scooters, especially to and from mass transit hubs. The goal is to get more people to abandon their personal cars …Read More
Tackling urban mobility challenges by technology-driven disruption View original post. From ride sharing to connected vehicles, the technology-led transformation of the urban mobility has the potential to deliver a revolutionary impact to tackle challenges ranging from rising congestion to parking difficulties, from increased demand for public transit to long commutes. With more than half of the world’s population residing in urban areas presently, the urban population is …Read More
What’s driving the transportation revolution? View original post. We are at the beginning of the next big revolution in transportation. Just look around. New car and bike-sharing businesses are entering the market at an incredible pace, while the anticipated arrival of autonomous vehicles will greatly impact the provisioning of transport services. In short, transport is undergoing a huge transformation as a result of a new …Read More
How the Next Generation of Mobility will Affect Cities View original post. In 1913 the first mass-produced automobiles went down the Ford assembly line in Highland Park, Michigan. The large-scale introduction of motor vehicles triggered changes in a large and complex system that ultimately transformed not just transportation, but our sense of geography, the urban, and ultimately suburban, landscapes, manufacturing, agriculture, medicine, politics, education, and most other elements of …Read More
Government backs off interfering in data-share debate on mobility View original post. The Government says it will not intervene in the provision of mobility services, in response to being warned it must show political leadership if mobility is to succeed in the UK. Instead, it wants to allow mobility markets to develop before deciding whether it needs to legislate, with the private sector and local transport providers taking the …Read More
Waze brings its ride-sharing app to Washington state View original post. Waze’s Carpool app, which connects those who need a ride with …