Over the past years, many observers have often indicated carsharing and Mobility as a Service (MaaS), or, more generally, the provision of mobility services to the customer, as possible ways to reduce the dealer's dependency from the vehicle sales' weak margins. An...

The recently launched Mobility on Demand (MOD) Alliance, an initiative of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), has outlined its 2019 plans to coordinate and develop seamless mobility in the USA. Unveiled at last year’s ITS World Congress in...

A common standard for designing digital transport services is being considered by three EU-funded projects working on improving the mobility of EU citizens with the help of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). MyCorridor, MaaS4EU and IMOVE agreed to explore the options put...

Interest in the seven Mobility as a Service (MaaS) pilots of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is considerable. 41 parties have registered for the umbrella framework agreement. After the assessment 24 parties were admitted, who can now register for...

The Transport Committee within the House of Commons has agreed to publish its Eighth Report of Session 2017–19 regarding Mobility as a Service (MaaS) on 19 December 2018. The Transport Committee is charged by the House of Commons with scrutiny of the Department for...

A Challenge from Sweden, an initiative by the Swedish Energy Agency promoting challenge-driven innovation in public and private organisations, has launched a global innovation competition within the area of sustainable mobility services. This newly launched...

A research conducted by MACRON has been published on 4 December 2018, analysing the development of shared and autonomous zero-emission mobility around the world and the lessons learned thus far. It assesses circumstances where shared and autonomous fleets present...

Mobility as a Service took centre stage once again, this time in Paris, as ERTICO – ITS Europe highlighted its MaaS initiatives during the recent Urban Mobility Summit, attended by Europe’s most influential leaders, policymakers and innovators in the field of urban...

The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications and the MaaS Alliance, together with the European Commission, hosted the fourth annual high-level event on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Copenhagen on 17 September, in conjunction with the 25th ITS...

We know that MaaS will impact the future of mobility and its development significantly. But what are the other ambitions and how much will our ways of getting around really change in the future? Will it simply be optimised or will we see a rise in completely new modes...

TravelSpirit Foundation and MaaS Alliance have formed a partnership to undertake collaborative work of technologists, operators, and innovators to develop an open ecosystem for Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed recently,...

By Jim Beveridge, ERTICO - ITS Europe (written on 20 June 2018) The International Transport Forum 2018 Summit took place during a warm, sunny week in Leipzig. Under this years’ theme “Transport Safety and Security” ERTICO and its innovation platform MaaS Alliance...

MaaS Alliance members gathered in Brussels yesterday, 7 June, for the MaaS Alliance General Assembly. The agenda included a series of important topics - the adoption of the accounts from the previous year, the review of the activities carried out since the beginning...