Facilitating seamless EU wide multimodal ticketing and payment
On 13 September, MaaS Alliance participated in the 6th Florence Intermodal Forum-Towards EU-wide Multimodal Ticketing and Payment Systems. At the event, Piia Karjalainen presented how MaaS is contributing to the multimodal revolution. This forum gathered European- and national-regulators, public transport operators, industry representatives, and academics for a discussion on the challenges and enablers to delivering […]
MaaS of the Month | CityTrips
The MaaS of the Month series showcases success stories in the world of MaaS to inspire, educate, and help develop successful MaaS implementations worldwide. This month, we present CityTrips, the leading MaaS aggregator in Spain, launched in 2018 by RACC. CityTrips is currently operating in major Spanish cities, accounting for 100% of the available supply […]
Contra Costa Transportation Authority wins grant for Automated Driving Systems Pilot Program
The Contra Costa Transportation Authority, a Maas Alliance member, has been awarded a $7.5 million grant from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) to support a four-year Automated Driving System (ADS) pilot program for three “real-world” demonstration projects. The program was designed in collaboration with the American Automobile Association of Northern California, Nevada and Utah […]
World’s first unified MaaS-market to be created in the Nordics
Smartphone apps already allow you to plan travel chains, book trips and purchase tickets. Until now, however, smart mobility services have been fragmented and technology companies have not significantly collaborated on a national scale, much less across borders. The Nordic Mobility Innovation Platform (NMIP) project, announced today at the European Commission’s Digital Excellence Forum in […]
MaaS Global is hiring
MaaS Global is looking for a Policy and Government Affairs Manager to join their team in Helsinki. The company’s operational model, vision and values are strongly rooted in the open ecosystem approach. Therefore MaaS Global always work closely with the public sector, to move closer to sustainable urban mobility where both the cities and the […]
ALD Automotive launches group’s first MaaS solution
MaaS Alliance’s member ALD Automotive is launching ALD Move, the company’s first Mobility-as-a-Service app, in the Netherlands. Aimed at fostering a holistic, flexible approach to travel, ALD Move provides a combination of real time travel insight and advice and a range of mobility offerings to improve efficiency and encourage responsible mobility behaviour. Designed as a […]
Announcing Uber’s Mobility Research Funding Pilot
Since its inception, Uber’s Policy Research team has partnered with the academic community to rigorously examine challenging topics like surge pricing, labor markets, gender and earnings, and many others. We’ve shared aggregated data and/or collaborated as co-authors on published academic papers, but ultimately the conclusions and framing of the results have been driven by the academics themselves. […]
MaaS of the Month | National MaaS programme in the Netherlands
The new MaaS of the Month series showcases success stories in the world of MaaS to inspire, educate, and help develop successful MaaS implementations worldwide. This month we look at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management which secured a framework agreement to launch seven regional MaaS-pilots that can eventually be scaled to a […]
MaaS of the Month | S’hail
The new MaaS of the Month series showcases success stories in the world of MaaS. They aim to inspire, educate, and help develop successful MaaS implementations worldwide. This is the second story in the series, following from June’s article on Whim. The S’hail mobility app, and the Dubai Integrated Mobility Platform (DIMP) is the first […]
Optimising the Mobility System via MaaS – New Letter to Dutch Parliament on MaaS
In this third letter to parliament on MaaS, the Dutch State Secretary and Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management inform the Dutch parliament on the latest developments concerning MaaS. The main topics they report on, are: Orchestration of MaaS through policy priorities. Examples of which are: new elaboration of concession (public service obligations) requirements for […]