One-year MaaS trial in Turin, Italy
Earlier this month, the City of Turin started accepting applications from residents who would like to try out the new Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platform that the municipal government is seeking to introduce. Successful candidates will be provided with ‘mobility vouchers’, which represent different packages combining various modes of transportation – an alternative to […]
Horizon Europe Cluster: Funding for Mobility projects
Last month, the European Commission launched its first calls for projects under Horizon Europe’s Work Programme for 2021-2022. The projects are selected in a single-stage evaluation with an EU funding of € 1.216,3 million in total, now available for Climate, Energy and Mobility topics. Horizon Europe is the new EU framework programme for research and innovation, which succeeds […]
SkedGo and AI Base Technology launch commercial partnership to accelerate MaaS in Japan
Global Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) tech enabler SkedGo has partnered with AI Base Technology to accelerate seamless mobility development across Japan. The new collaboratively built platform ‘Fukurou GO’ will predominantly target municipalities, prefectures, and transit agencies in Japan. SkedGo delivers the MaaS front end and tailored routing technology. AI Base’s behavioural analytics capabilities, based on machine learning […]
EU commits to deliver an environmentally performant and safe transport network
The EU is doubling down on its commitment to delivering a transport network that is environmentally performant, safe for its users, and driven by smart solutions by supporting €242.2 million 68 project proposals for studies that will lead to future infrastructure improvements. Once finalised, the projects will help to build missing transport links across the […]
Registrations Open for the 6th Fluidtime MaaS Symposium
This year’s edition focuses on the importance of ecosystems under the motto “The ecosystem play”. The 6th Fluidtime MaaS Symposium will take place on September 16-17, 2021 in the heart of Vienna at Palais Niederösterreich in the first district. This event brings together all the ideas and concepts that want to make our lives and […]
MaaS Alliance hosts General Assembly
On 17 June, MaaS Alliance hosted the annual General Assembly as a virtual meeting due to the current health restrictions. The event was a fantastic opportunity to reflect on the past year and to look ahead presenting future activities. MaaS Alliance was pleased to welcome Daniel Mes, Member of the Cabinet of Executive VP Frans […]
Key takeaways from the Virtual Workshop: Can MaaS achieve behaviour change?
Decreasing carbon emissions is one of the principal objectives behind sustainable urban mobility and transportation. While other industries are rapidly applying innovative solutions to reduce their carbon footprints, mobility has struggled to see the same levels of progress. One of the key reasons behind this is the fact that people are moving more than ever […]
Bartle holds “Month of Mobility”
Last July, Bartle noted the initial impacts of the health crisis on the transport sector and expressed the hope that a new balance of mobility solutions would be achieved in the post-crisis period, which would be more favourable to travellers, citizens and the environment. Today, as the horizon of the end of the crisis begins […]
Talking technology and standards with Ferdinand Burgersdijk
MaaS Alliance thrives on its members’ will to collaborate on new ideas to achieve a flourishing MaaS ecosystem in Europe and worldwide. In doing so, three Working Groups (WGs), each focusing on a dedicated topic, are currently running thanks to the dedication of our Working Group leaders. In this blog, Ferdinand Burgersdijk, leader of the […]
‘Mobility as a Service’ concept promises to Revolutionize Transport Accessibility
Not everybody may have heard of the term ‘Mobility as a Service’ or MaaS, as it is referred to in the transport sector but if you’ve taken an Uber of late or even a regular taxi, there may be some familiarity with the basic concept. However, MaaS involves a lot more than just app-based ridesharing. It […]