MaaS: Are we finally going to catch the bus?
What’s the block on mobility as a service in the UK? The problem is buses. But the solution may just have been published.
The changing world of Mobility as a Service (and how to keep up)
The Annual Survey of Mobility as a Service is now in its third year. Whatever your work in transport, either as a planner, providing public transport, bike share, car hire, leasing, payments, operational support, TRANStech please complete the survey to gauge how MaaS – and our hopes and fears for it – are developing.
Narrative and new mobility
I’ve watched the ebbing fortunes of the ‘bike share unicorns’ - notably ofo and Mobike - with concern over the past year. Their cheery growth, rapidly scattering thousands of orange and yellow bikes across UK cities seemed like a magic solution to get more people cycling without costing cities a fortune. But their equally rapid retraction holds lessons for all sorts of new mobility.
Comments on the Transport for the North Strategic Transport Plan
Whilst the desire to upgrade and enhance the rail offer for the North is welcome and not before time, along with an emphasis on simplified and best value ticketing, I fear that insufficient attention has been paid to the potential for behaviour change, active travel, transport data and novel forms of transport to make an impact on the plans for the road network, which potentially renders them inappropriate or irrelevant.