Iomob’s door-to-door travel collaboration
The new collaboration aims to address the common goal of door-to-door travel with a lower environmental impact together with Brightline Trains. Brightline Trains, the only privately funded high-speed passenger rail system in the United States, has appointed software company Iomob to supercharge Brightline’s app with journey planning capabilities. As part of Iomob’s strategic plan to grow within […]
IKA of RWTH Aachen University Coordinates a New Project: A corridor for new mobility
New facility for anonymous traffic data collection at the Melaten Campus: Work on the ACCorD project: Corridor for new mobility Aachen – Düsseldorf is progressing Last week, the hardware installation of intelligent infrastructure sensors took place on the Melaten campus, which is part of the Aachen test environment for automated and connected driving. As part […]
Arval’s view on sustainable mobility transition
Mobility solutions are climbing up the corporate agenda at a pace, a fact underlined by the recently-published, latest edition of the Arval Mobility Observatory Barometer. It shows that internationally, more than seven out of 10 companies surveyed have already implemented mobility solutions, including the use of public transport (35%), ride-sharing between employees (34%) and corporate […]
Skedgo: Green economy – an opportunity for MaaS
“A green economy is defined as low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive.”– UN Environment Programme Across the globe, nations are heavily committed to make our economy greener. With 80% of the world’s energy coming from fossil fuels (source: OECD), the move to a low carbon economy needs governments to work together on robust climate policies. This […]
Continental and Siemens Mobility collaborate on electric charging
Continental’s development and production service provider, Continental Engineering Services (CES), and Siemens Mobility will collaborate in the development and production of current collectors for trucks, so-called pantographs. The aim is to electrify key sections of the highway network with an overhead line system and thus significantly reduce CO2 emissions from trucks, in line with EU regulation […]
Arval’s Autonomous Shuttle: Emissions-free public transport revolution
Arval is leading an important sustainable mobility project to appraise the viability of autonomous shuttles. Marie Chambat, Product Manager at Arval France with responsibility for the scheme, explains why the trial could prove to be of great significance… We’re witnessing the start of an emissions-free public transport revolution – and the simplification of the ‘last kilometre’ of […]
The concept of e-Mobility as a Service
The emergence of mobility concepts Before the digital revolution and user-centric approach, the concept of accessible, new forms of transportation was the future vision of what life could be like. With the rapid growth of technology, mobile devices, enhanced battery capacities, wide Internet connection, investments in new unexplored forms of service delivery, and quick social […]
Arriva Slovakia: 10-year contract in Trnava
As of 1 July, Arriva Slovakia started a new 10-year contract in Trnava. The aim is to provide public transport services in the western Slovakian city, 47 km northeast of Bratislava. The contract win follows a competitive tender for a contract currently operated by Arriva Slovakia. As part of the contract, Arriva intends to modernize […]
Most Global Transit Leaders Believe Mobility as a Service is the Solution to Road Congestion
New research from Cubic Transportation Systems identified data sharing and privacy as the main challenges to MaaS deployment, with secondary concerns about deployment costs. As global road congestion is steeply rising with people returning to work, a new study announced today by Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) business division revealed that transportation leaders believe Mobility on […]
€30 billion for infrastructure projects connecting EU
The European Parliament adopted the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme by releasing new funds for cross-border transport, energy and digital projects for 2021-2027 worth €30 billion. The aim is to ensure that essential Trans-European Networks (TEN-T) projects, alternative fuels charging infrastructure and the roll-out of 5G coverage to important transport axes are finished on schedule […]