View original post.From driverless cars to supersonic jets and flying taxis Main image: Lilium is planning an air taxi service using aircraft that can take off and land vertially. Image credit: Lilium For the majority of us, travel – whether that be a daily commute, visiting friends and family, or going on vacation – generally involves sitting in gridlocked traffic, …

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. If you are growing up in a Western society, your family and your friends’ family most probably owned a car. Particularly ‘dads’ were extremely proud of the car they possessed. It was even common that some families had two cars, so one of the parents could take the children to school or sports practice. Over the years, …

View original post. If you’ve ever had the unpleasant experience of navigating city streets during rush hour–and we’re betting you have–you know that movement in our cities isn’t exactly rational or orderly. Drivers don’t take the most optimal route to their destination; traffic laws are broken; red lights are taken with a grain of salt. And even public buses, trams, taxis, …

View original post. By Sampo Hietanen, CEO and Founder of MaaS Global The biggest question in the world of transportation at the moment is: ‘What is the solution that will seriously rival and eventually replace the private car?” The extreme and the obvious – and therefore quite uninteresting – answers are: 1) nothing ever will or 2) public transport, of …

View original post. We hear many bold claims coming from tech companies these days, boasting about how safe their autonomous cars will be and how much they will save us from those dreadful traffic jams. So many PR statements and so little common sense. It’s not that I do not trust autonomous cars, computer manufacturers or robots, those will work …

View original post. Making sense of MaaS, MOD, IoM, and how we got here. In 2018 it seems that every conference involving transportation, smart cities, parking, the Internet of Things, and technology as a whole has included at least one session on Mobility as a Service or “MaaS”. This is a relatively new and poorly understood concept here in North America, …

View original post. MaaS initiatives are moving fast, and they’re here to stay Mobility as a service, also known as MaaS, refers to the move away from personally owned modes of transport towards efficient, shared travel options. This important trend is shaping the transportation industry, inspiring a flurry of activity on the part of long established firms and startups. But …

View original post. Is it possible that a technological solution to one specific transportation problem will result in another, different problem being created? How does Waze and other GPS tools contribute to traffic congestion and what does it say about the autonomous cars? Until about twenty years ago, it was thought that the city traffic conjunctions could be solved by …

View original post. We are in the midst of an urban revolution, nothing less. It’s challenging for us to observe it and define it as such, being only human. With our short lifespans and even shorter-term memories. The signs of a revolution are already here. Scarce, subtle and slow as they may be. The city is primarily a product of …