Arriva Group has been awarded a new contract in Hungary
Arriva’s Hungarian business has signed a new contract with the Budapest Passenger Transport Authority (Budaprest Közlekedési Központ) to operate services across the city. The passenger transport company already operates a significant part of the public bus services in Budapest, and following a competitive tender, the company will continue with a ten-year awarded contract with the […]
MOIA shares charging infrastructure with Hamburg’s electric taxis
Earlier this summer, on the 11th of July, the ridepooling service MOIA and the taxi agency Hansa-Taxi have launched a cooperation for shared charging infrastructure, creating synergies for a successful traffic turnaround. During a four-month pilot project, ten electric taxis from different members of Hansa-Taxi can use MOIA’s charging infrastructure at the hub in Horn. […]
Lime e-scooters available on Whim in Helsinki
Shared electric vehicle company Lime and mobility app Whim’s collaboration continues as Lime’s white and green e-scooters are added to the app in Helsinki. Earlier this summer they were launched on Whim in Antwerp, Belgium. Today you can find all Lime e-scooters on the streets of Helsinki in Whim in addition to the many other modes […]
Introducing WheelCoin: Leveraging crypto, NFTs and gamification to incentivize green, multimodal mobility in our cities
While Covid drastically reduced urban and intercity journeys for a period of time, travel (especially air travel!) has come roaring back in recent months. While this has been good for the travel industry, which had been really hit hard, it has not been great for our collective ambitions to reduce carbon emissions from travel and […]
Alstrom: Getting onboard the virtual train
What are the main needs of customers when it comes to driving simulators? Alstom has developed virtual reality (VR) technologies mainly to allow drivers and crew to be trained on how to drive a new rolling stock product, either on an existing, modified or entirely new transport system. One of the challenges for customers and […]
Commission adopts decision on Call for applications for a New Expert Group on Urban Mobility
On 28 July 2022, the European Commission adopted the decision needed to set up a reformed Expert Group on Urban Mobility (EGUM). The new EU Urban Mobility Framework, adopted on 14 December 2021 as part of the Efficient and Green Mobility Package, states that a reinforced platform for dialogue and the co-creation of actions to implement […]
5T launches its first MaaS Trial in the Piemonte Region, Italy
5T recently launched the first MaaS trial together with a regional administration in Italy. This is the pilot of the BIPforMaaS project, funded by the Piemonte Region, which believes in digital and on-demand mobility, close to the needs and requirements of citizens. And it does so together with its other two partners, the City of Torino and […]
Transport infrastructure: EU invests EUR 5.4 billion to support key projects across the continent
MaaS Alliance signs MoU with the European Parking Association e.V.
The MaaS Alliance and the European Parking Association e.V. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Strategic Partnership to support knowledge-sharing and collaboration to create momentum and scalability for sustainable mobility services and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and wide use of data in the mobility ecosystem. With overlapping interests within the field of smart and […]
New rules to improve road safety and enable fully driverless vehicles in the EU
As the coming into force of the General Safety Regulation empowers the Commission to complete the legal framework for automated and connected vehicles, the Commission will deliver this summer technical rules for the approval of fully driverless vehicles, making the EU a pioneer in the field. These will help to increase public trust, boost innovation […]