Eloísa Macedo, João Teixeira, Jorge M. Bandeira
Project Coordinator – University of Aveiro
Prioritizing low carbon mobility
services for improving
accessibility of citizens
MaaS
A European PerspectiveJune 22, 2021
Opening a World of
Possibilities for Low-Carbon MaaS
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Mobility as a Service
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Low-carbon Mobility as a Service
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PriMaaS Project
VISION
To promote the integration of traditional collective transport modes with
personal and innovative ones by creating equitable mobility services truly
focused on citizens' needs.
Objectives
To create a knowledge hub to support regions fostering the Mobility as a Service
(MaaS) concept ensuring:
i) mobility solutions focused on citizens' needs;
ii) low-carbon mobility solutions are good options from the citizen’s perspective in
terms of comfort and price.
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University of Aveiro (LP)
Intermunicipal Community of the Coimbra Region
TTS Italia
Liguria Region
Intelligent Transport Systems Romania
Timisoara Municipality
University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
eGovlab - Stockholm University (AP)
Council of Tampere Region
SESTran
PriMaaS Partnership
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6 Policy
Instruments
PI5: OP 2020 for ERDF of Liguria
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for
the Timisoara Growth PoleIntegrated Strategy for Territorial
Development of Coimbra
Region2014-2020 (ISTD)
OP Thüringen 2014-2020
Finland’s SFP Sustainable
Growth and Work 2020
Regional Transport Strategy
2015 - 2025
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1st phase
Exchange of experience
Working group
Thematic Conference
Capacity Building Workshop
Staff Exchange
Regional Stakeholder meetings
Baseline Assessment Report
Technical papers, policy briefings
Good practices database
Increase workers professional capacity
Action plans developmentPolicy learning events
2nd phase
Monitor Implementation
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Good Practice Example
DRIVE SWEDEN
• Sustainable mobility solutions
and services for the future
• Ecosystem of ~160 partners
• Cross-sectoral collaboration
• Established platform for
policy development
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Good Practice Example
Finnish Act on Transport Services to enable MaaS
• Define transport market legislation
and create preconditions for
digitalisation of transport and new
business models
• Focus on openness of data,
provision of customer-oriented
transport services and
collaboration of public and private
transport market players
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Good Practice Example
On Demand Bus in Thuringia Region
• Focus on the user needs
• Empty runs can be avoided
• Bookings can be made by phone
or through the transport company
website
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State of play of PriMaaS Partnership
Sochor et al., A topological approach to Mobility as a Service:
A proposed tool for understanding requirements and effects,
and for aiding the integration of societal goals,
Research in Transportation Business & Management 27, 2018
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Multidimensional Indicator
of MaaS systems Performance
Bandeira et al., Multidimensional Indicator of MaaS systems Performance,
EWGT 2021
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State of play of PriMaaS Partnership
MaaS level 1 3 3
SMTUC
0 3
City-centric ✓ ✓ ✓
Metropolitan Area ✓
National level ✓
Integration of transport modes level 3 4 4 1 4
Functionality integration level 3 5 5 1 5
Data sharing ✓
Promoting disability independence ✓
Improving the accessibility of low-density areas ✓
Discounts for selected groups ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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Support Introduction of MaaS
Contribute to low-carbon transport social inclusion and accessibility
Ensure digital disruption occurs to our advantage
Regional
Policy
Instruments
