View original post.If developed properly, Mobility as a Service can offer the answer to the mobility problems of tomorrow, from air pollution to traffic congestion. To deploy its full potential, the parameters should be set right from the beginning. One of those parameters is the creation of closed versus open ecosystems. User-centric In its analyses, MaaS Alliance, the public-private partnership …

View original post.Business travel company Corporate Travel Management (CTM) has confirmed it has made an offer for the travel arm of business process outsourcing company Capita Plc. Following media speculation, Capita confirmed to investors earlier this week that it had received an unsolicited offer for its travel business from CTM. “Given the stage of discussions, which are ongoing, there is …

View original post. Editor’s note: the author is the founder of Hart Solutions LLC;, and was previously Acting Chairman and Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (2014-2017). On August 30, 2017, I published an article in TheDrive about lessons that the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry could learn from decades of automation experience in aviation. In that article, I note …

View original post.Have you ever wondered what impact your business air travel has on the environment? Each time you fly, harmful greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are released into the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. The fastest way to travel is very damaging to the environment. Fortunately, there are ways to reduce the carbon footprint you leave on the world, …

View original post.With effective travel programs becoming an increasingly critical element of business strategies, travel management companies are facing mounting pressure from a diverse group of customer stakeholders seeking guidance on balancing cost, compliance, traveler satisfaction and security. Simultaneously, shifts in the preferences of modern business travelers and travel managers have sparked a need for personalized products and consumer technologies …

View original post.Smart cities using data captured by the Internet of Things (IoT) devices and processed with artificial intelligence (AI) are all the rage today among cities.  Promoters tout the benefits these data-driven utopias, but as an urban planner, I tend to be sceptical of marketing hype. In the past, urban innovations painted visions that masked their real intentions and …

View original post.This post is in association with moovel moovel’s vision is “a world without traffic jams”. Its solutions and apps are helping to simplify urban mobility and encourage people to switch to shared modes of transport in cities including Stuttgart, Los Angeles and Karlsruhe. Leon Rizzi, Chief Sales Officer, moovel, shares his insights on Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). SCW: Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) …

View original post. Research finds that programming driverless cars ahead of time inspires a person to move away from egocentric decision-making. There has been much speculation about how the coming wave of self-driving cars will change our lives. New research offers a welcome possibility: This new technology may prompt us to shift our thinking away from our own desires, and …

View original post. A new National Car Rental survey finds that while millennials like mixing business trips with leisure trips, in part to save money, they aren’t so excited to mention that detail to the boss—even if their supervisor does the same thing. When millennials decide to mix business and leisure travel while on the road, they’re not exactly looking …

View original post. Despite all the advancement in technology, business travel is still an integral part of a business. Globalization has further fueled this trend. If your business expands beyond your country, you might have to travel for corporate purposes. With more women and millennials joining the workforce every year, we are seeing companies change their travel policies to cater …