MaaS Alliance Helps Redefine Mobility on the Other Side of the Atlantic
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.93″ background_layout=”light”] As interest in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) grows, the MaaS Alliance continues to spread the word and promote MaaS at various events. Recently, on 29th March, MaaS Alliance Senior Manager Piia Karjalainen spoke at the Redefining Mobility Summit in Contra Costa, California. Organised by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority […]
Corridor as a Service Streamlines Goods Logistics
The goal of Corridor as a Service is to improve goods logistics through digital services so that Finland can become a logistics hub for improving and expanding international commerce. At the moment, a preliminary assessment is being carried out to support the development of the CaaS concept. This assessment seeks to map out the operators […]
Workshop Report | The Paramount Importance of Trust in the Success of MaaS
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.93″ background_layout=”light”] Just a hop, skip, and jump – or, as in the world of MaaS, a bus, flight, and train ride – away from its Brussels’ headquarters, the MaaS Alliance arrived in Hamburg on 14 March. In anticipation of the day when this kind of journeys can be booked on a single […]
Public Consultations on CARTRE Thematic Areas
[Several MaaS Alliance members are direct or associated partners in the CARTRE project.] With the aim to progress on the strategic development of connected automated driving, the CARTRE initiative has opened a series of public consultations on the different CARTRE thematic areas. The results of the consultations will be compiled in the position papers of […]
ITS Australia Announces Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Research Project
Intelligent Transport Systems Australia (ITS Australia), the peak body for the intelligent transport systems industry in Australia, together with the iMOVE CRC, has today announced a project to better understand what Mobility as a Service means for Australia and, importantly, what Australians think. […] ITS Australia, through the iMOVE CRC, are partnering with the Institute […]
Cubic: Mobility as a Service – Putting Transit Front and Center
The concept of “Mobility as a Service” or “MaaS” is central to the idea of change in transportation. Generally understood as a vision of future mobility where travel happens through a combination of public, private and shared transportation modes, it remains an ambiguous term, originated from the private sector and often misunderstood, which complicates discussions […]
MaaS Alliance and Members Discuss Ways to Enable MaaS at IT-TRANS
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.93″ background_layout=”light”] Last week, MaaS Alliance’s Senior Manager Piia Karjalainen moderated the session “Enabling New Mobility Services and MaaS” at the bi-annual IT-TRANS conference in Karlsruhe. Together with MaaS Alliance members Siemens (represented by Dr Filippo Logi) and PTV Group (Ralf Frisch), in addition to representatives from Giro Inc, Daimler, Cityway, and […]
Public Inquiry on MaaS at UK House of Commons
A riveting exchange of experiences and opinions on Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) took place this week in Westminster. MaaS Alliance Senior Manager Piia Karjalainen attended a public inquiry at the UK’s House of Commons Transport Committee at Westminster, along with other knowledgable MaaS experts: Paul Campion (Chief Executive Officer, Transport Systems Catapult), Simon Ho (Chair of Executive […]
Mobility of the Future: Mapping the Way Forward
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.93″ background_layout=”light”] How will mobility change in the future and how will society at large react to this change? This was just one of the many questions that the Mobility of the Future event attempted to answer. Organised by Junction, the three-day event featured a hackathon, a professional day, and a student […]
Women in Shared Mobility: MaaS Insights
[Interview with MaaS Alliance Senior Manager Piia Karjalainen.] What is the biggest benefit of MaaS? MaaS is basically providing you a better everyday mobility with several options based on your own preferences – without any hassle or confusion. I truly believe that it also makes our mobility much more sustainable by increasing the use of […]