View original post. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a new business model that is gaining traction in the transport sector—it has the potential to change how we travel. Blockchain could provide the underpinnings for a future integrated transport system, without the need for large and costly centralised control mechanisms, according to a new paper from Sheffield University Management School …

View original post. Blockchain and autonomous vehicles is a perfect match. The combination of both concepts facilitate monetary transactions and mitigate the risks of hacking. Self-driving vehicles, which once appeared in the sci-fi movies only, are now becoming an everyday reality. We see a sudden hype in the concept of autonomous cars, as industry leaders are on their way to …

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 …

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 …

View original post. Blockchain could underpin a future integrated transport system – without the need for large, costly, centralised control mechanisms, according to a new UK research paper from the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) and the University of Sheffield. A new decentralised, trusted, peer-to-peer model could emerge and shift ride-hailing and other on-demand transport services away from cut-throat competition and …

View original post. Life isn’t going to get any less busy, so time will be an even more precious commodity. And that might mean paying to take a slower train. Since we spend roughly one-third of our lifetimes working, exploring how we make the most of our time ‘at work’ is a ripe area for innovation. In the last few …

View original post. Arup and MaRS Discovery District recently collaborated to define the value proposition associated with Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) from the perspectives of service vendors, consumers, transit agencies and governments – with a specific focus on the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Building on an emerging body of research, the team identified both common and diverging themes expressed by various …

View original post. The Government must show political leadership when it comes to the availability of data if new mobility services are to succeed in the UK, experts have warned. Public transport operators, taxi companies, car clubs, bike share services and even carmakers, should make their data accessible to mobility service providers. Furthermore, that open data must include a payment …

Data is transforming the way we move around cities, from family car journeys to the daily train commute. Gone are the days when travelling from A to B meant remembering your AA map and having to ask for directions at regular intervals. If you were trying to navigate London as a tourist a mere decade ago, it required interpreting an …

View original post. Mobility as a Service platforms like Mobilleo are game changing technology providers to businesses as they can help identify the total cost of mobility. For too long, the total and true cost of business mobility has been an arduous task to calculate – collating receipts, expenses and emails across an entire organisation is a soulless task. Too often, businesses only …