View original post. Mobility-as-a-Service (Maas) is one of the hot topics of the moment – so here’s the first of a couple of ‘deep-dives’ into the topic. What is Maas? First, we should define what we mean by MaaS – as the label seems to be used quite liberally by many people trying to make their product seem a bit …

View original post. Most people writing about MaaS (Mobility as a Service) are either trying to attract investors, promote their product, or demonstrate their personal foresight and innovative potential. Therefore, it’s not surprising that most articles focus on the positives and the opportunity of an imminent personal mobility revolution. Instead, for this article I thought I’d try to focus on some …

View original post.Intelligent Transport Systems Australia (ITS Australia) has released its research and report Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Australia: Customer Insights and Opportunities. There’s much discussion these days about once-in-a-generation change: digital disruption, major demographic and societal shifts, and mega-projects offering improvements unimagined by our grandparents or sometimes even parents. What has not been seen before though is the kind …

Here is a rundown of the top 10 most read articles on Mobility as a Service during July… 1. What’s driving the transportation revolution? 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 …

View original post.AUTONOMOUS vehicles that will outperform buses, cost less than Uber and travel faster than cars stuck in traffic today are two years away. Or 10. Or 30. But visions of the future they’ll bring have already crept into City Council meetings, political campaigns, state legislation and decisions about what cities should build today. That unnerves some transportation planners …

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 – …

Here is a rundown of the top 10 most read articles on Mobility as a Service during June… 1. MaaS Catalonia kicks off and launches the MaaS Manifesto Great attention and interest have been focused on MaaS in recent years, at European (notably, with the leading MaaS Alliance) and some national levels, but this has not yet replicated locally, in …

View original post. TO THOSE who have to squeeze onto the number 25 bus in London, or the A train in New York, the change might not be noticeable. But public transport is becoming less busy in those cities, and in others besides. Passenger numbers are flat or falling in almost every American metropolis, and in some Canadian and European …

View original post. Public and private sector collaboration is helping to shape the transport of tomorrow, says Brian Wong of Burges Salmon. Embedded into the government’s industrial strategy and key to its implementation are four ‘grand challenges’ – artificial intelligence and data, ageing society, clean growth and the future of mobility. These reflect seismic global trends and meeting these challenges is crucial …

View original post. This gives new meaning to ‘living out of your car.’ At the June 4 Radical Innovation briefing, real estate developer and compeition founder John Hardy unveiled two exciting new hotel concepts purposely designed for a future in which folks drive long distance travel in driverless cars. Now on its thirteenth year, the global competition seeks radical but plausible proposals for new …