Transporting urban mobility into the future

There’s a lot of excitement around MaaS at the moment, but what is it and what’s in it for government?

Imagine having a smorgasboard of transport options – from Uber to cabs, e-scooters, autonomous vehicles, buses, trains and more – available for commuters to access and pay for on a single platform, allowing them to tailor their trips seamlessly; taking cars of the roads and emissions out of the air.

That’s the promise of what many are hailing as the brave new frontier in urban transport known as Mobility as a Service.

Professor Hensher is director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) in The University of Sydney and one of Australia’s leading experts on MaaS

He describes MaaS as both an ecosystem and a packaging strategy that has the potential to change behaviour in a way that will bring benefits to communities, the environment and public service providers.