Join the MOD/MaaS Alliance virtual workshop
Hosted by ITS America, ERTICO – ITS Europe and ITS Asia-Pacific Curated by MOD Alliance and MaaS Alliance If, at its core, MOD/MaaS treats transportation supply and demand as commodities, blending both public and private sector entities in a more singular customer-driven mobility service – is it possible for our public and private road and […]
Uber releases SPARK! Report on electrification in Europe
Cutting harmful transport emissions is one of the most pressing challenges of our era. Yet transport lags behind any other EU sector when it comes to decreasing its environmental impact. Ambitious policies targeting greenhouse gas emission reductions like the EU Commission’s Green Deal are crucial to pave the way towards change across the European economy. […]
Future MaaS podcast – New business opportunities for insurance innovations
In this episode of the “Future MaaS” podcast series by the MaaS Alliance, we continue the discussion on insurance and MaaS. While the previous episode highlighted why Mobility as a Service needs insurance, in the new podcast we talk about the insurance implications on MaaS services; how fast the MaaS insurance market may mature and […]
MaaS – What, Why, When, How, Who?
Blog post by Piia Karjalainen, MaaS Alliance’s Secretary General Lately I’ve been captivated by the active discussion on business model viability and chances to make money with MaaS. It was all initiated by David Zipper with his article at Bloomberg and then contributed by Sampo Hietanen, Boyd Cohen, Aurelien Cottet, Andy Taylor, Crissy Ditmore, Krista Huhtala-Jenks and […]
MaaS Alliance suggests legislative and financial measures towards digital and green mobility
The mobility sector has been strongly hit by the COVID-19 crisis with a wide societal and economic impact. During the lockdown period the transport demand in almost all affected countries went drastically down. Later, in the phase of gradual de-confinement, cities and transport operators face challenges in matching demand, capacity and space needs while trying […]
Kyyti partners with Masabi to deliver best-of-breed Mobility-as-a-Service Apps
Masabi, the company bringing Fare Payments-as-a-Service to public transport and Kyyti, a leading innovator in the area of demand responsive services and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), today announced that they have formed a partnership to provide best-of-breed Mobility-as-a-Service applications to transport authorities, agencies and operators around the globe. The two companies will deliver seamless first/last mile journeys […]
PODCAST “Insuring MaaS – Different perspectives”
In this fifth podcast of the “Future MaaS” series by the MaaS Alliance, Ruta Mikiskaite (Head of Client Solutions at SwissRe), Ed Axon (SVP of Business Development at TROV), and Justas Petronis (B2B and B2G Product Marketing at Trafi) discuss the role of insurance in the MaaS ecosystem and why MaaS providers need the insurance […]
PTV Group supports in the description of the effects of decarbonization measures
A new database of policy measures to reduce transport CO2 emissions is online now: The Transport Climate Action Directory (TCAD) is publicly available and helps decision-makers with a range of options that can deliver concrete decarbonization outcomes for transport in their specific national context, helping them to translate their ambitions into actions. Technology provider PTV […]
Cargo bike industry survey expects over 50% market growth in 2020
Today, the EU-funded CityChangerCargoBike project released key results of the first European Cargo Bike Industry Survey. These results are based on anonymised sales data provided by 38 cargo bike brands. After selling 17,800 cargo bikes in 2018 and 28,500 in 2019 the 38 survey participants expect to sell 43,600 cargo bikes across Europe in 2020. […]
Maas Alliance looks ahead with newly elected Board of Directors and new strategy
The MaaS Alliance announces the appointment of the new Board of Directors, headed by President Jacob Bangsgaard, CEO of ERTICO – ITS Europe. “It is a great honour to be re-appointed on the Board and continue serving as President of the MaaS Alliance,” said Mr Bangsgaard. “I am incredibly proud of our accomplishments over the […]