MaaS Alliance Working Group ‘Governance and Business Models’ publishes Active Mobility Pagers
The MaaS Alliance Working Group, Governance and Business Models operates from a bottom-up perspective and explores the ‘trusted network’ concept within Mobility as a Service (MaaS). To further extend the opportunities and explore the different business models, the working group have developed a series of three two-pagers on three specific topics that reflect the members’ […]
SkedGo expands MaaS algorithm coverage
The MaaS Alliance member, SkedGo, a global Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, has expanded its algorithm coverage across Germany to enable governments, corporations and start-ups to access countrywide transportation solutions. Organizations in Germany can now compare and combine multiple transportation options by integrating with SkedGo’s API, SDK and white label products. By incorporating data from more than […]
7th MaaS Summit: Building Together Green and Sustainable MaaS
On Monday 11th of October 2021, the 7th MaaS Summit ‘Building Together Green and Sustainable MaaS’, organised with the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, brought together leading mobility industry leaders from all continents. Moderator Liselotte Lyngso welcomed everyone to the 7th MaaS Summit by introducing the speakers and emphasising the fantastic feeling of finally […]
AESIN Publishes Systems Engineering Approach to MaaS White Paper
“Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)” has come to prominence as a leading strand to the future mobility needs of an expanding world, based upon fleets of connected, highly automated vehicles. MaaS systems already exist that integrate the current communication, data, and location-aware services of conventional, multimodal transport systems. Many roadmaps predict the automotive sector incrementally evolving from a […]
Commission calls for feedback on multimodal digital mobility services
Planning and buying tickets for journeys that combine different modes of transport can be cumbersome for travellers in the EU. To compare different options, many use digital services such as route planners and ticket vendors. This initiative addresses challenges for these services and implements Action 37 of the sustainable and smart mobility strategy. It aims […]
Federal Office of Transport facilitates multimodal mobility
The Confederation wants to make it easier for people to combine different means of transport. For businesses to develop services to this end – for instance, mobile apps – they require access to data from various mobility and service providers. To make this exchange of information easier, the Confederation intends to offer a new public […]
MEPs debate the impact of AI on transport and mobility
The Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) committees discussed the impact of AI on transport modes and mobility, and how to prepare for AI, in a public hearing. The hearing started with an exchange of views on the impact of AI on transport […]
EU Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
The European Commission recently launched five new EU missions, an innovative way to work together and improve the lives of people in Europe and beyond. EU missions aim to tackle big challenges in health, climate and the environment, and to achieve ambitious and inspiring goals in these areas. One of which is the key global challenge: […]
Uber launches a new category, Taxi Green, in Hamburg
Hamburg, October 13, 2021 – Uber, the switching platform for mobility, is introducing the new Taxi Green product category in Hamburg in October 2021, with which users will be able to arrange trips in fully electric taxis in the future. The new option is a result of the Hamburg funding project “ Zukunfts-Taxi ” of the authority for traffic and mobility […]
New Guide on Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
Sustainable urban mobility planning requires a degree of adaptability because what works in a big city may not work in a small town. In a new topic guide from Eltis, smaller cities and towns are provided with valuable insight to support the implementation of a sustainable urban mobility plan. The specific mobility challenges of these […]