How Our Company is Bringing the Private and Public Sectors Together to Make MaaS Happen

By Christophe Arnaud, CEO, Blue Systems
The Business of Mobility is an Urban Mobility Company series highlighting some of the most successful new businesses in the mobility sector. Featuring a closer look at the way in which companies stand out, CEOs, Directors and other c-level executives elaborate on what it takes to turn a great idea into a great company.

Christophe Arnaud of the Bolloré company Blue Systems explains how smart mobility platforms will help cities improve compliance and lay the foundations for MaaS. (MORE)

Iomob Delivers Mobility on Demand, Taking MaaS to a Whole New Level

…These days, it seems like we’re seeing the emergence of a new kind of players in this field coming up with solutions previously unheard of. A trailblazer in this new world is Iomob, a Barcelona-based startup that is soon to announce arguably the world’s largest multi-city and multi-national MaaS project for a major UK rail operator. (MORE)

The Transactional Data Specification: A Building Block for Equitable Mobility-as-a-Service

A simple, but integral technological advancement holds the promise of creating a stronger, more equitable transportation system. In the fall of 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board took a small but meaningful step towards addressing access inequality when it published the transactional data specification (TDS) for demand-responsive transportation (DRT). This seemingly mundane step is vital to facilitating the integration of human services transportation with emerging Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platforms—where all the ways one can travel about the community become available at the click of a button on one’s smartphone. But this new world of mobility, where ridehailing businesses like Uber grow in popularity, threatens to be inaccessible to a large swath of people who currently depend on paratransit buses unless MaaS developers embrace a common format for data sharing. (MORE)

Mobility-as-a-Service: Can It Be the Swiss Army Knife for Personal Mobility in Rural Areas?

by Sandra Phillips

Imagine opening an app on your smartphone showing you all the different options of getting from A to B.

You can see all the bus routes in one place no matter if they’re your own community’s or the neighboring one. You can easily identify whether a taxi, an Uber or a volunteer driver could pick you up fastest. You could even book a carshare vehicle if you had to do a large grocery run or a shared bike if you feel athletic. On top of that, you have access to a customer service program that backs whatever ride you just booked with a guarantee – 24/7! (MORE)

Private, public, or both? The future of the MaaS revolution

For Intelligent Transport , Amy Ford, Vice President, Policy Programs and Mobility on Demand at ITS America and the Mobility on Demand Alliance, assesses the next steps for the complete integration of mobility services, payment, and information delivery across the mobility landscape. (MORE)

Japan : Summary of press releases related to MaaS app EMot

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The Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Mobility has just published its Must-Read report “MaaS – Mobility-as-a-Service : Mobility as a Service (MaaS): A digital roadmap for public transport authorities”
Authors : Yves Crozet and Jean Coldefy
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Why Can’t Anyone Build a Thriving and Sustainable MaaS Business?

By Andy Boenau, Founder, Speakeasy Media
If Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is such a great idea, how come it’s not a thriving business model yet? There are two types of transport technology professionals: those who have asked that question, and those who don’t admit they’ve asked that question. (MORE)

Transport Scotland continues MaaS funding programme

Scotland’s national transport authority is dishing out £1 million in funding in order to promote MaaS solutions in the country. (MORE)

Payments as the main enabler for Mobility as a Service: five essential takeaways from the round-table discussion

On December 16, 2020, as part of Transport Ticketing Digital, over 20 leading Public Transport Operators and Authorities from across the world attended a fascinating virtual round-table discussion exploring whether payments are the main enabler for Mobility as a Service (MaaS). (MORE)