How about MaaS in rural areas?
We need a change in the way we are thinking about transport. It is not necessary to own a car even in sparsely populated areas if we can organise transport in a new way. The climate will be grateful for more effective use of vehicles that are already travelling in an area. The vitality of […]
Career opportunities at MaaS Global
Our friends at MaaS Global are on the lookout for talent! A member of the MaaS Alliance, MaaS Global has invented an open, mobility-as-a-service ecosystem supported with a proprietary digital platform for enabling anyone to travel anywhere via any method using one easy-to-use mobile app. They are now geared up to enter the markets with a first […]
Report from the MaaS Alliance & TravelSpirit Open Mobility Conference
The Open Mobility Conference 2019 held in Brussels on 11 April was an opportunity for speakers and participants to discuss a future where a single transport account could allow users to use busses, trains, or a self-driving pod, book travel insurance or any other added value services, a future marked by Mobility as a Service […]
Car dealers thrive in the MaaS ecosystem
Over the past years, many observers have often indicated carsharing and Mobility as a Service (MaaS), or, more generally, the provision of mobility services to the customer, as possible ways to reduce the dealer’s dependency from the vehicle sales’ weak margins. An article penned by Giuseppe Marotta sheds light on a recent study showing how […]
USA’s new Mobility on Demand Alliance announces 2019 activities
The recently launched Mobility on Demand (MOD) Alliance, an initiative of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), has outlined its 2019 plans to coordinate and develop seamless mobility in the USA. Unveiled at last year’s ITS World Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, ITS America created the MOD Alliance to help determine what the future […]
Uber’s transit offering launched in Denver
Uber Transit has just been launched in Denver allowing Uber users to get real-time transit information, choose fastest routes and opt from public transport, bike, scooter and Uber ride. In partnership with cities and transit agencies, Uber intends to make public transit more accessible and easier to use while reducing private car ownership. General information about […]
EU projects explore common standard for digital mobility services
A common standard for designing digital transport services is being considered by three EU-funded projects working on improving the mobility of EU citizens with the help of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). MyCorridor, MaaS4EU and IMOVE agreed to explore the options put forward by the MaaS API (Application Programming Interface) aiming to streamline the currently cumbersome and time-consuming […]
Why we need to commit to Open Data
Open data is critical to the success of Mobility as a Service (MaaS). If we’re to provide a true alternative to the private car then it has to be convenient, cost-effective and above all, sustainable. Whether it’s governments, companies or citizens themselves, we all need easy access to high-quality data to make this work. Facing […]
To Happen, Change Must Be Desirable
During my life as a traffic engineer, and then an NGO leader and an entrepreneur in the mobility sphere, I have seen plenty of services built around a wish. Sometimes the wish is that people would use more public transportation or make other environmentally sound choices, sometimes the wish is to protect the local or […]
Market Parties in the Netherlands Keen to Participate in Mobility as a Service
Interest in the seven Mobility as a Service (MaaS) pilots of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is considerable. 41 parties have registered for the umbrella framework agreement. After the assessment 24 parties were admitted, who can now register for the regional pilots. The goal of the MaaS project is that passengers will plan, […]