MaaS Alliance at MaaS Market Europe
The annual MaaS Market Europe event took place this year on 20th and 21st February 2018 in London. MaaS Market Europe is renowned for its focus on alternative forms of mobility, Mobility as a Service, and, in general, discussing new ways of getting people from point A to point B. Topics this year included changes […]
MaaS Global and Whim Win European StartUp Prize
[MaaS Alliance congratulates MaaS Global, a member of the MaaS Alliance, on this award.] The European Startup Prize for Mobility is the largest European contest for startups that specialize in mobility that incorporates sustainable development. MaaS Global’s Whim mobility app was selected as one of the four winners from ten finalists and from almost 500 […]
Workshop: Public Transportation and MaaS – Business & Governance Models
The MaaS Alliance and IMOVE project cordially invites their members, partners and interested stakeholders to this one day workshop on the integration of public transport into MaaS Services. Registration is now open and available on Eventbrite here. Focus & expected outcomes of this workshop: how to promote and assist MaaS developments in urban settings? how […]
The Bus that Catches the Passenger: PTV Group’s Role in the MaaS Alliance
Does owning a car still equal the ultimate freedom to go everywhere – of being independently mobile? The latest report conducted by MaaSLab in London confirms that people’s attitudes are changing and that the time for Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is now: 36% of the non-car-owning participants of the study said they would delay […]
MyCorridor London Workshop Identifies Trust as Key to MaaS Success
[IRU, a MaaS Alliance member, is actively involved in the MyCorridor project and leads the project’s work on communication and events.] Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is an integration of various modes of transport services into a single mobility service, accessible on demand. The EU-funded MyCorridor project expands on MaaS by building a system that […]
5 Minutes With… Piia Karjalainen, Senior Manager at MaaS Alliance
[Last week MaaS Alliance senior manager Piia Karjalainen gave an interview to SmartRail World, ahead of the SmartRail Rail Technology Congress, where Piia will be speaking on 18th April.] Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is the integration of different forms of transport into a single mobility service accessible on demand, and is seen by many […]
EMBERS Open Call: € 30.000 to the Most Innovative Idea for Smart Cities
[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”] The Open Call Challenge, with a submission deadline on 16th February, aims to look for Smart City solutions, based on Open Data technology, that solve real-world challenges. About EMBERS EMBERS is an EU-funded project under the Horizon 2020 program. At the core of the project is the preparation of a […]
FISITA Advances into the World of Mobility as a Service
FISITA, the international membership organisation for the automotive and mobility engineering profession, is embracing the concept of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) through a new Strategic Partnership with the MaaS Alliance. Jacob Bangsgaard, President of the MaaS Alliance, said: “Our partnership with FISITA will be an invaluable asset as we strive to bring together the Mobility as a […]
Blog: MaaS – From Modes to Movement
By Piia Karjalainen, MaaS Alliance (written on 29 January 2018) MaaS is here, MaaS is there, MaaS is everywhere. MaaS, Mobility as a Service, has been a real buzzword in transport already for a few years and the fascination only seems to grow. Now this prominent new mobility solution also increasingly caught interest among the […]
Creating an Ecosystem of Integrated Mobility Services
[Piia Karjalainen, Senior Manager at the MaaS Alliance, talks to TaaS Technology Magazine about how we create an ecosystem of integrated mobility services.] The Mobility as a Service (MaaS) sector is expected to grow to a business worth over one trillion euro by 2030. All over Europe, MaaS initiatives are planned or starting up and […]