MaaS Alliance President Participates in Discussions on MaaS at AUTONOMY

MaaS Alliance partnered with the 2nd edition of Autonomy & the Urban Mobility Summit held in Paris last week. MaaS Alliance President Mr Jacob Bangsgaard attended the roundtable discussion on Mobility as a Service on Thursday, 21st October, together with Nathalie Rodriguez (Hamburger Hochbahn, MaaS Alliance member), Delphine Asseraf (Allianz France) and Johan Herrlin (Ito World). […]

Guest Blog: How to Make MaaS (Mobility as a Service) Reality?

By Marko Javornik, COMTRADE (written on 23 October 2017) I’m just on my way from Berlin, where I had the privilege to give a keynote speech at the Wocomoco conference. Wocomoco – as it can be seen by its name – is not just a usual conference on mobility services, but really tries to bring new, innovative […]

MaaS Alliance Partners with Uber to Support Shared Mobility

The MaaS Alliance is proud to announce Uber as a member of the Alliance and its Board of Directors. The aim of the co-operation is to provide an alternative to private car usage that is efficient and sustainable to help tackle congestion and other local mobility issues. Supporting Shared Mobility MaaS Alliance was created to […]

Traffic Management as a Service Project Financed by the EU

Traffic​ ​Management​ ​as​ ​a​ ​Service​ ​(TMaaS.eu),​ ​an​ ​urban​ ​mobility​ ​project​ ​driven​ ​by the​ ​​City​ ​of​ ​Ghent,​ ​has​ ​been​ ​selected​ ​by​ ​EU​ ​initiative Urban​ ​Innovative​ ​Actions​ ​(UIA)​ ​to​ ​receive​ ​financing.​ ​The​ ​Traffic​ ​Management​ ​as​ ​a Service-platform​ ​is​ ​a​ ​new​ ​and​ ​revolutionary​ ​traffic​ ​centre-concept​ ​for​ ​small​ ​and medium-sized​ ​cities.​ ​The​ ​European​ ​Commission​ ​will​ ​financially​ ​support​ ​the development​ […]

MaaS Alliance Partnership with Autonomy & The Urban Mobility Summit

The MaaS Alliance is proud to announce its partnership with Autonomy & The Urban Mobility Summit, the annual international event on the future of urban mobility, taking place this year from 19th to 21st October in Paris. Autonomy was created as a space for the urban mobility disruption to grow and thrive. It is the […]

Flexible Traveling in Tampere: The Mobility as a Service Pilot Project Being Launched

Tampere is a pioneer in digitalization services. The city has a major role in supporting the three-year Mobility as a Service (MaaS) ecosystem project, which is being implemented in cooperation with Siemens and Tuomi Logistiikka. This is the first time publicly supported rides are a part of the MaaS project. The objective of the Maas […]

BMaaS: Top 10 Mobility as a Service Influencers

As Mobility-as-a-Service starts to become more common in the fleet and automotive industry’s vocabulary, BMaaS (Business Mobility-as-a-Service) has taken a look at some of the people who are shaping what MaaS actually means. The top 10 Mobility-as-a-Service influencers come from all over the world and have unique specialisms in how MaaS is implemented e.g. MaaS […]

Guest Blog: MaaS Alliance Welcomes POLIS MaaS Discussion Paper

By Piia Karjalainen (written on 14th September 2017) I was glad to read the POLIS discussion paper on MaaS, exploring the opportunities and risks of MaaS from cities’ perspective. It goes without saying that a particularly important role in the development of the MaaS ecosystem needs to be assumed by the public administration, both at […]

Finnish Company MaaS Global Completes Funding Round, Raising €14.2 Million

In its recently completed funding round, MaaS Global managed to raise €14.2 million. Significant additional investments were made by Transdev, Veho and Karsan, who are among the Finnish company’s older shareholders. New investors include the Japanese company DENSO and the Turkish company Swiftcom, as well as Toyota Financial Services and Aioi Nissay Dowa, whose investments […]