Mobility as a Service: Opportunities and Challenges for the Sustainable Mobility

Dear Colleagues,

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a global mobility concept that involves the integration of multiple public and private transport services accessible thanks to a single digital channel. Through "digital intermediation platforms", which combine various functions and guarantee different travel alternatives-from public transport to car sharing, from bike sharing to taxis-users can plan, book and pay for more services based on their needs.

The essence of the MaaS model lies in the transition from the concept of mobility as a movement to be organized personally by managing each step individually to an all-inclusive service to be used as needed and paid with a subscription or based on actual use (pay per use).

This Special Issue seeks novel theoretical or applied research on designing, developing, integrating, testing, and evaluating models and applications for technology and infrastructure capable of guaranteeing effective interaction between the various sector operators, strenghting of the digital dimension of public transport for the diffusion of MaaS to push towards a more sustaibale mobility according to the sustainable development goals (SDGs; Agenda 2030). In particular, we invite work supporting applcations of MaaS, open platforms, as “Data Sharing and Service Repository Facilities - DS&SRF, digital payment services, user information systems and travel booking services. Such work could be supported by AI approaches, and interdisciplinary research.

Dr. Francis Cirianni
Prof. Dr. Antonio Comi
Guest Editors

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• transport
• mobility
• sustainability
• information technology
• sustainable mobility