SkedGo secures three MaaS projects addressing mobility insecurity in the US
Lincoln, US – 6 December 2021: Global Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) technology company SkedGo announced winning contracts for three new MaaS projects from Feonix – Mobility Rising for the states of Nevada, Michigan, and Minnesota in the US. Feonix – Mobility Rising works with transit authorities, community-based organizations, and major corporations to bring mobility services to solve transportation barriers […]
MaaS Alliance publishes White Paper on Interoperability for Mobility, Data Models, and API
[PRESS RELEASE] Brussels, Thursday, 25 November 2021. The MaaS Alliance announces the launch of the White Paper on Interoperability for Mobility, Data Models, and API: Building a common, connected, and interoperable ground for the future of mobility. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provides a new approach to travel as an all-inclusive experience: it opens several […]
Connecting Europe Facility: Transport Call for Proposals
CINEA has launched a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport funding instrument, which makes €7 billion available for projects aiming to build, upgrade and improve European transport infrastructure. Two types of applicants can submit their proposal: One or more Member States With the agreement of the Member State(s) concerned, international organisations, joint undertakings, or public […]
If MaaS isn’t accessible our industry has failed, says SkedGo
London, UK, 24 November 2021: Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform developer SkedGo calls out the industry to take a stronger lead in making technology accessible to all user groups. According to the MaaS Alliance, MaaS promises transport users to provide “the best value proposition by helping them meet their mobility needs and solve the inconvenient parts of […]
Sharing the Thoughts on Accessible Mobility-as-a-Service
Transport planning over the past 50 years has offered some ground-breaking innovations often linked with ICT (Information and Communications Technology) advancements but has also exacerbated the exclusion of certain users from these innovations increasing the so-called ‘digital divide’ with an undesirable and even negative impact on their accessibility and overall transport sustainability. As Dr Karel […]
Commission presents its plan for green, smart and affordable mobility
The European Commission presented its ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy’ together with an Action Plan of 82 initiatives that will guide our work for the next four years. This strategy lays the foundation for how the EU transport system can achieve its green and digital transformation and become more resilient to future crises. As outlined in the European […]
COP26 Take-Away on Sustainable Transport
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) took place in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021. Under the UK presidency, the COP26 summit brought parties together to accelerate the measures towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This year, the COP26 declaration on zero-emission cars and vans […]
From vision to reality: Report from the 7th MaaS Summit
The MaaS community gathered on 11 October for the 7th MaaS Summit, hosted by the MaaS Alliance together with the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications. After a long period of holding conferences by video link due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the MaaS Summit took place as a fully physical event in Hamburg in connection […]
Iomob’s supercharging public transit apps with multimodal mobility
As public transit agencies around the globe explore how to sustain and rejuvenate ridership post-Covid, they are also taking a serious look at rethinking the benefits of enabling multimodal connectivity with sustainable shared mobility services, especially DRT and micromobility. Transit agencies have been grappling with the Mobility as a Service “conundrum” for years now. Should […]
Arriva’s journey to decarbonisation
With the world’s eyes on COP26 and the decarbonisation agenda, the role of public transport can’t be overstated if we are to reach European targets. The transport sector represents almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions and is the main cause of air pollution in cities. The sector has not seen the same gradual […]