Alliance News
MaaS Summit highlights the role of MaaS in sustainable and resilient transport system
The 6th MaaS Summit was virtually held on 29 September as a part of the Urban Mobility Days 2020 with the participation of nearly 100 mobility leaders. The Summit, jointly organised by the MaaS Alliance, the European Commission and the Finnish Ministry Transport and...
Discussing sustainable and smart mobility with Commissioner Valean
The MaaS Alliance, supported by its Board Members, is taking an active role in discussing policy with prominent EU officials. Earlier this month, representatives from the Board virtually met with the Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager and the...
Join the MOD/MaaS Alliance virtual workshop
If, at its core, MOD/MaaS treats transportation supply and demand as commodities, blending both public and private sector entities in a more singular customer-driven mobility service – is it possible for our public and private road and mobility operators to achieve a...
Future MaaS podcast – New business opportunities for insurance innovations
In this episode of the “Future MaaS” podcast series by the MaaS Alliance, we continue the discussion on insurance and MaaS. While the previous episode highlighted why Mobility as a Service needs insurance, in the new podcast we talk about the insurance implications on...
MaaS – What, Why, When, How, Who?
Blog post by Piia Karjalainen, MaaS Alliance's Secretary General Lately I’ve been captivated by the active discussion on business model viability and chances to make money with MaaS. It was all initiated by David Zipper with his article at Bloomberg and then...
MaaS Alliance suggests legislative and financial measures towards digital and green mobility
The mobility sector has been strongly hit by the COVID-19 crisis with a wide societal and economic impact. During the lockdown period the transport demand in almost all affected countries went drastically down. Later, in the phase of gradual de-confinement, cities and...
PODCAST “Insuring MaaS – Different perspectives”
In this fifth podcast of the “Future MaaS” series by the MaaS Alliance, Ruta Mikiskaite (Head of Client Solutions at SwissRe), Ed Axon (SVP of Business Development at TROV), and Justas Petronis (B2B and B2G Product Marketing at Trafi) discuss the role of insurance in...
Maas Alliance looks ahead with newly elected Board of Directors and new strategy
The MaaS Alliance announces the appointment of the new Board of Directors, headed by President Jacob Bangsgaard, CEO of ERTICO – ITS Europe. "It is a great honour to be re-appointed on the Board and continue serving as President of the MaaS Alliance," said Mr...
Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy
The European Green Deal includes a target to reduce transport-related greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050.The Commission intends to adopt a comprehensive strategy to meet this target and ensure that the EU transport sector is fit for a clean, digital and modern...
Key takeaways from “MaaS for All: Creating a User-centric, Inclusive MaaS Ecosystem”
What can we do in order to ensure an inclusive future for all users of transport and mobility? What has the research up to this point showed us, and are there any existing case studies we can learn from? These are some of the questions that last week’s virtual...
MaaS Alliance response to EC Data Strategy
The EU Data Strategy set out to make Europe an agile data economy and to enable society to make better decisions both in private and public sector. Creating new guidelines for the European data economy is a welcome development which can create the foundation for...
European Green Deal call
The Green Deal call will mobilise research and innovation to foster a just and sustainable societal transition aiming at ‘leaving nobody behind’. Projects are expected to deliver tangible and visible results relatively quickly and show how research and innovation can...
MaaS of the Month: RouteRANK
Technology company routeRANK (established in 2006) provides mobility portals as an IT service. They address the entire door-to-door route by integrating all relevant modes of transport such as air, rail (high speed, national and regional), coach, public transport,...
Webinar – Market update: what’s the current state of play in developing sustainable MaaS?
On 13 May (14:00 BST), experts from a range of European, international and North American organisations detail how various cities, regions and countries are progressing with MaaS concepts, featuring presentations from MaaS Alliance, BVG and MOD Alliance. A panel of...
Finnish companies highlight the importance of public funding to survive the COVID-19 crisis
Intelligent Transportation Society of Finland (ITS Finland ry) carried out a survey to identify the effects of the coronavirus for the corporate members of the Society. The survey was conducted during the period of 14 April to 17 April 2020. Members of ITS Factory, a...
What role must Public Authorities take for MaaS to succeed?
In this fourth podcast from the MaaS Alliance, Ben Foulser of KPMG, Scott Shepard from IoMob and Vasco Mora of the City of Lisbon discuss the role of public authorities in this new ecosystem, and what they need to do to support it and make it sustainable, viable and...
MaaS Monitor: The role of mobility data in successful collaboration between micromobility operators and cities
Growing urban population and environmental urgency brings challenges in terms of transport for cities. Micromobility vehicles (bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters etc.) such as those offered by companies to be shared and rented in the public space, can provide solutions to...
Time to define the New Normal
We have seen many articles and analyses on the impacts of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis to various sectors, including the mobility. So why writing one more? With this post, more than to analyse the impacts of Covid-19 on mobility and MaaS, we wanted to take the...
