Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is one of, if not the, biggest changes in the transport sector for many decades and ITS International’s stand is the place find out everything there is to know about MaaS - from concept to delivery. Having already run two successful MaaS Market conferences in London, the company is at Intertraffic highlighting its first US conference which is being run with the support of City of Atlanta and Georgia’s State Road & Tollway Authority. The US conference will take place in Atlanta
March 19, 2018
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Conference director Colin Sowman
Mobility as a Service (8356 MaaS) is one of, if not the, biggest changes in the transport sector for many decades and ITS International’s stand is the place find out everything there is to know about MaaS - from concept to delivery. Having already run two successful MaaS Market conferences in London, the company is at Intertraffic highlighting its first US conference which is being run with the support of City of Atlanta and Georgia’s State Road & Tollway Authority.
The US conference will take place in Atlanta, Georgia at the Loudermilk Convention Center on 9-10 May.
Conference director Colin Sowman is responsible for putting the conference programme together, and has been encouraged with the uptake so far. “Our MaaS Market Conferences in London have received excellent feedback. There clearly is a great demand from the public sector to gain a better insight into Mobility as a Service, as it has the very real potential to revolutionise the way in which urban communities address their future transport needs.
ITS International’s role is really to act as a catalyst, bringing together those who have the broadest knowledge of MaaS, with those who wish to acquire a greater understanding of how MaaS can be implemented within their own areas of responsibility.”
City authorities worldwide need to work more closely together to
shape the future of on-demand transportation services. Such co-operation could help reduce congestion and pollution, and improve the lives of citizens - that is the view of leading international experts who will be addressing MaaS Market – Concept to Delivery – the third Mobility as a Service (MaaS) conference to be run by ITS International.
Technology now provides transport operators and authorities with an opportunity to compete with car ownership in the minds of consumers, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) inventor Sampo Hietanen will tell the forthcoming MaaS Market Conference in Atlanta.
“Cities worldwide are facing increasing congestion and pollution, putting additional pressure on their transport systems. Technology now has the potential to change the way people travel and MaaS brings all travel options together in one seamless on-demand
Finland’s revolutionary attempts to change how public transport is provided, funded and managed will be top of the agenda at a ground-breaking mobility as a service (MaaS) conference in London on 22 and 23 March.
The MaaS Market – Concept to Reality conference will feature keynote presentations from Anne Berner, Finland’s forward-thinking Minister of Transport, and Sampo Hietanen, CEO of MaaS Global.
MaaS exploits developing technologies to allow populations to plan and buy all-inclusive transportat
