#makecitieswork – OptiMaaS

OptiMaaS presented at All-Energy 2019 Conference in Glasgow, UK

admin — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 09:32:31 +0000

Our research project OptiMaaS has been presented by Flora Strohmeier (Upstream) at the panel Smart Urban Mobility Solutions (SUMS) at the All-Energy conference in Glasgow, UK.

The session was organized on the 16^th of May, titled “ULEV uptake – buses, cars and fleets + MaaS” and included the presentation slots as well as a Q&A with the audience, moderated by Joanna Coleman from Shell UK.

More about the sessions: https://www.all-energy.co.uk/en/Conference/2019-conference-programme/?rpp=12&d=102505|152_488817#

In the presentation, the project motivation, challenges and methodology were explained, as well as outcomes from the second Work Package and next steps regarding the development of an IT solution, the OnDemand service.

OptiMaaS at JPI Urban Europe Kick Off Event

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:11:11 +0000

JPI Urban Europe invited all projects funded in the “Making Cities Work” call to a kick-off meeting in Brussels on 13th of February 2019.

The OptiMaaS idea and the progress achieved by the consortium within this international MaaS project since the kick-off in Autumn 2018 was represented by Renata Pereira de Souza from tbw research GesmbH as Coordinator.

With the participation of partners from the 6 projects funded by JPI Urban Europe within the call “Making Cities Work”, the event enabled lively discussions about common challenges, sharing ideas and inspirational experiences and a good understanding about support and structure of the JPI Urban Europe community.

Information on the event: Event-Webseite (English)

More information on the project: Factsheet (English)

1st International Expert Panel Workshop

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:03:40 +0000

On 10th December, 2018, the 1^st International Expert Panel (IEP) Workshop within the Project “OptiMaaS” took place in Vienna. Doris Wiederwald (AustriaTech), Gregor Stratil-Sauer (City of Vienna MA 18) and Martin Schreiner (City of Munich) were the expert team.

Martin Schreiner presented an overview of the MaaS situation in Munich and showed MaaS initiatives, projects and implementations running. The current level of MaaS offers integration has been discussed and best practices have been shared. Also challenges for Maas in Munich were pointed out and the consortium was able to find specific examples about OptiMaaS-related implementation.

After the input from Martin Schreiner, a workshop session with three main questions has been held in the setting of a “World Café”. At three different tables, the following topics were treated simultaneously in rotating order and the results were saved:

“Legal questions and policy making” – Which development of MaaS (public, private market, or public-private) do you believe is most likely to take the lead in your country or city and why?
“Urban and traffic plan policies” – How can inhabitants of peripheral urban areas benefit from MaaS-offers?
“Data policies / data management” – The role of data in MaaS – which data is / can / should be available for public interest (e.g. research organizations, MaaS operators)?