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Mobility as a Service (MaaS): A digital roadmap for public transport authorities
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Mobility as a Service (MaaS): A digital roadmap for public transport authorities

  • 14 January 2021
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This new CERRE Mobility report, with its core themes of decarbonisation and digitalisation, explains that the use of new technology alone will not be enough to achieve the Commission’s decarbonisation and digitalisation goals and that adopting broad new regulations will be necessary.

On 9 December 2020, the European Commission issued a communication for “a strategy towards sustainable and smart mobility”, which foresees a 90% cut in emissions by 2050 as a result of smart and sustainable mobility in Europe. Mobility for those in urban areas is important, both from the perspective of the climate neutrality target and in the context of the digital revolution.

Authors Yves Crozet and Jean Coldefy argue that MaaS sits at the crossroads of the digital revolution and the transition to carbon neutrality. The report provides a digital roadmap for organising mobility authorities (OMAs). Specifically, it recommends that OMAs would be well positioned to help build a mobility sector capable of achieving the Commission’s objectives if they:

  • Establish clear rules for fair competition,
  • Adopt a broad approach to regulation, and
  • Leverage digitalisation and data.

“As transport undergoes dramatic transformation, the role of organising mobility authorities is expanding beyond overseeing only traditional modes of public transport and into the realms of climate change and digitalisation,” says Lara Natale, CERRE’s Tech, Media, Telecom and Mobility Director. “Unless we take resolute action, our environmental commitments will not be met and the opportunities presented by transport’s digital transition will be missed.”   

Clear rules for fair competition 

Commuters must be able to benefit from innovative technology, products and services offered by new companies – including digital ticketing, which means that the provision of information and ticket sales should not remain a monopoly, but that at the same time OMAs should establish a clear set of rules to ensure fair competition and position themselves at the heart of data sharing management.

“OMAs must acquire new skills and position themselves as a trusted third party, one which can incorporate all data into a public platform available to all stakeholders, while ensuring equal rights and obligations for all parties,” says Yves Crozet, co-author of the report and CERRE Research Fellow. 

A broad approach to regulation 

Ensuring that transportation systems further the EU’s climate change commitments requires more than just new technology: it also requires a significant change in how urban transportation is regulated.

The report suggests using regulation to help develop multimodal mobility in urban and suburban areas, where individual car travel remains the favoured mode of transport.

“The main challenge for the decarbonisation of mobility will be addressing the links between peripheries and main city centres, where jobs are concentrated. MaaS is a tool facilitating multimodality, decreasing costs to commuters, and a potential way to increase overall mobility funding.  OMAs should thus be in charge of public space management – including access to public transport hubs – park and ride, bicycle parks, cycling lanes – and data management.” says Jean Coldefy, co-author of the report.

Leveraging the power of digitalisation and data

The report notes that digitalisation presents a unique chance for OMAs to introduce intelligent pricing into transportation systems. Pricing incentivises users to behave in a more virtuous and sustainable manner, such as reducing rush hour travel and limiting the use of personal vehicles, therefore, the overall price of mobility – including the use of cars – must be considered. Crucially, implementing such intelligent pricing systems first requires OMAs to be able to leverage the power of data.

“For the digital revolution to be fully exploited and fulfil its true potential, MaaS must be seen as a way of managing the common good through the creation of another common good, namely, a public data platform. By combining public transport supply and data, OMAs will be able to successfully develop and implement multimodal solutions that will further the EU’s climate and digitalisation goals, conclude the authors. 

This report is available to download in both English and French below.

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REPORT - English | Mobility as a Service (MaaS): A digital roadmap for public transport authorities
REPORT - Français | Mobility as a Service (MaaS): Une feuille de route digitale pour les autorités organisatrices
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Yves Crozet
Yves Crozet
CERRE Research Fellow
Sciences Po Lyon

Yves Crozet is a researcher associated with CERRE and is emeritus professor at Sciences Po in Lyon.

An economist specialising in the transport economy, he is a member of the Laboratory of Urban Planning, Transport, Economics (LAET) at Lyon University, where he was director from 1997 to 2007.

From 2010 to 2015, he was Secretary General of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR).

Since 2009, he has been President of the think tank French Road Union (URF). He is also a member of the quality control committee for the transport services of Ile-de-France and is a member of the CITEPA administrative council and the Conseil National Routier (CNR).

In 2016, he published a book in Editions Economica titled “Hyper-mobility and public policy: a new era?”

Jean Coldefy
Jean Coldefy
Director of the programme ‘Mobility 3.0’
ATEC ITS France

Jean Coldefy is an independent expert, Director of the programme ‘Mobility 3.0’, by ATEC ITS France.

From 2010-16, he was Deputy Director of Mobility for the Grand Lyon Métropole. In this position, he supervised the development of large-scale projects such as Optimod’Lyon (winner of the World ITS Prize in 2013) and OptiCities.

More recently, he was heavily involved in the planning of the Mobility Orientation Law (LOM) in France, alongside the Ministry of Transport and the cabinet of the Transport Minister.

He is a graduate of the Central School of Lille, where he obtained a Master’s degree in business management and computer science.

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