Mobility as a Service

Venture capital investment start-ups growth money © Krisana Antharith | Dreamstime.com
May 20, 2024
Sowing the seeds: venture capital and ITS
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February 24, 2020
Left to right: Henri Coron (Navya chief business development officer), Atsushi Sato (Macnica president),  Masahiro Hashimoto (Sakai Mayor), Yuki SAJI - SB Drive (president). Source: Navya
Navya to operate autonomous shuttles in Japan 
Navya is to deploy autonomous electric shuttles in the Japanese city of Sakai in April.
February 20, 2020
Bird acquires Circ (© Tobias Arhelger | Dreamstime.com)
Bird buys European e-scooter firm Circ 
Bird has acquired Europe-based shared electric scooter company Circ.
February 19, 2020
Commuters in Singapore can earn cash for commuting to work via bus (Source: © Jerome Quek | Dreamstime.com)
Singapore rail commuters get bus-switch rewards
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has introduced an initiative to help distribute peak hour transport demand by encouraging commuters to…
February 19, 2020
Imran Cronk, founder of Ride Health (Source: Ride Health)
Uber joins Ride Health for patient transport
Uber Health has joined forces with Ride Health to provide more options for patients in the US to get to and from medical appointments. 
February 19, 2020
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ITS Global Innovation Competition - first stop, Brisbane
An international awards scheme for start-ups in the ITS industry has been launched.
February 17, 2020
Bird reckons its e-scooters can reduce a 25-minute car journey in London to around 10 minutes (Source: © Tobias Arhelger | Dreamstime.com)
Bird: e-scooters will ‘replace short car trips in London’
More than half of car trips in the city of London are less than three miles with an average occupancy of just over one person, says Bird. 
February 17, 2020
Joby Aviation's aircraft in Santa Cruz, CA (Source: Joby Aviation)
Joby raises $590m to develop eVTOL aircraft 
Joby Aviation has raised $590 million in a funding round led by Toyota Motor to further develop urban air mobility. 
February 14, 2020
Source: Lyft
Lyft boss: ‘There has to be another way of doing things’ 
Adding roads and vehicles is not enough to improve mobility, according to Raj Kapoor, chief strategy officer and head of business at Lyft.
February 13, 2020
Harriet Tiemens from Arnhem-Nijmegen signing the declaration (Source: Frédéric Remouchamps)
EU cities back Polis declaration for safer streets
European cities expressed support for ‘The New Paradigm for Safe City Streets’ declaration at the annual Polis Conference in Brussels.
February 12, 2020
European Start-up Mobility prize ID 169815611 COPYRIGHT Sasun Bughdaryan DreamstimeDOTcom
2020 European mobility start-up prize to launch
The third edition of the European Startup Prize for Mobility (EUSP) will be launched in Berlin on 20 February.
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