It is the end of the year and fortune tellers have their high season. I am one of them. And here is my outlook into the future of Mobility-as-a-Service. I am curious how far off it will be looking back
Uber Bikes JUMP to Europe
As announced by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi at the NOAH Conference in Berlin in June 2018, Uber has kept their word and launched their bike sharing service JUMP in Europe before end of the year. Uber currently tests their bikes
MaaS for Mega Cities? Impressions from Delhi.
Delhi shares the same problems as most of the mega cities in developing countries and emerging markets do: ~25 million people in the metropolitan area with massive urbanization and a fast growing middle class claiming motorized private transport and big
Bike Sharing User Communication
How Smart Bikes can Improve Bike Sharing Does your bicycle talk to you? No? Although it has so much to tell … It is surprising that almost none of the bike sharing companies offers any kind of on-bike-communication during the
Bike Sharing and the City – Love or Hate?
Creating a Win-Win Situation for Municipalities and Bike Sharing Schemes Who hasn’t seen the images of massive shared bike graveyards in China fueling concerns about other cities’ streets getting clogged with rental bikes? Looking at these pictures and hearing news about
Corporate Carpooling / Ride Sharing Systems Compared
Corporate Carpools Many companies, universities and organizations support closed carpools as a member benefit. By limiting the carpool to a closed group, lack of trust is usually not an issue anymore – and communication between participants is intended. In case
MaaSP – Mobility as a Service Protocol
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is the seamless combination of transport modes for a customer’s mobility needs – almost like code sharing of different airlines for one trip. MaaS trips could comprise own vehicles, public transit, bike share, car share,
Mobility Fingerprint – The Transportation DNA
Matching mobility demand and supply does not only require to have full visibility on the offered mobility services – but also on a complete and machine-readable description of a travelers demand. This post adds some thoughts to the discussion about
Bike Sharing Compared
Bike Sharing as Part of Mobility as a Service Traffic engineers know that only mass transit systems can efficiently provide the traffic density needed to serve mega cities, well illustrated in an image from downtown Seattle comparing the space needed
Together4Climate: major cities commit to shared mobility
Paris: Delegates of more than 90 major cities were meeting at the first-ever Together4Climate event in an effort to make communities cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable, while simultaneously growing the green economy and promoting innovation. The majors of London, Paris,