MaaS to be the Focus Point of the First MyCorridor Project Workshop
[IRU, a MaaS Alliance member, is actively involved in the MyCorridor project and leads the project’s work on communication and events.] MyCorridor is a 3-year project, funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. The project’s objective is to facilitate sustainable travel in urban and interurban areas and across borders. The MyCorridor project is part of […]
Smart Mobility Discussed at the Connected Smart Cities Conference 2018
[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 annual Connected Smart Cities Conference (CSCC) took place this year on 11 January, bringing together representatives of cities, international institutions, academia and industry to discuss this year’s theme “Cities Driving the Digital Transition”. The conference was structured in two sets of parallel discussion panels, one in the morning and […]
Six Future Technologies That Will Supercharge Your Commute
Global smartphone use is set to pass the five billion mark by 2019. For the first time in history, we’ll be entering an era where the majority of people will have a GPS on them at all times. We’ll no longer have to worry about following maps — interconnected navigation systems will make it possible for our […]
New Transport Paradigm
Written by MaaS Alliance Senior Manager Piia Karjalainen for TrafficInfraTech Magzine (first published on 12 December 2017) Changes in the personal mobility market present great opportunities for urban mobility players to attract new customers. Car manufacturers and automotive leasing and rental industries are increasingly positioning themselves as providers of mobility services, e.g. by extending their […]
High-Level International Forum Explored Steps Towards Globally Interoperable Mobility Services
On 29th November, forty high-level experts and professionals met in Tampere, Finland, to discuss steps to foster interoperability and roaming in the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) ecosystem. In the context of MaaS, roaming is defined as the ability of a MaaS customer to access mobility services in markets other than his/her own, regardless of […]
MaaS Summit Gathers Top-Level Transport Experts to Tampere
The Ministry of Transport and Communications, together with the MaaS Alliance, organised the third high-level round table discussion on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Tampere on 29 November. The event focused on the roaming of MaaS services across national and urban borders. The White Paper published by the MaaS Alliance in September cited seamless […]
Guest Blog: Getting Behind the MaaS Movement
By Marius Macku, Uber (written on 17 November 2017) Getting around town should be seamless. It’s one of the reasons why Uber was founded in the first place, so that you could push a button and get a ride from A to B. Over time we realised that this could have the added benefit of […]
Open Transport Joins MaaS Alliance
Open Transport is proud to announce it has joined the MaaS Alliance as a member. The co-operation’s goal is to provide efficient and sustainable solutions that will transform the mobility landscape. United by a shared vision for the future of mobility, the MaaS Alliance and Open Transport will work on finding ways to overcome current […]
New Legislation Adopted in Finland to Enable MaaS
[The MaaS Alliance commends the efforts of Finland in adopting this ground-breaking legislation and sees it as a great step towards creating a true mobility-as-a-service. Read the full press release from the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications below.] The Act on Transport Services brings together transport market legislation and creates the preconditions for digitalisation […]
Meet the MaaS Alliance at Events in November
Throughout November, the MaaS Alliance President Mr Jacob Bangsgaard and Senior Manager Ms Piia Karjalainen will be on the road and actively attending a series of events across Europe. If you find yourself at any of the events listed below, do not hesitate to approach us for a chat. We will be happy to answer […]