Intelligent Transport Issue 1 2019
In this issue: ticketing development from cross border to open loop, how car-sharing can complement public transport, and the e-mobility plan for the Spanish city of Valladolid
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In this issue: ticketing development from cross border to open loop, how car-sharing can complement public transport, and the e-mobility plan for the Spanish city of Valladolid
To conclude our Ticketing & Payments Series, Daljit Kalirai, Sales Director at National Express West Midlands, details how after less than a year of operating a contactless system on National Express West Midlands, a quarter of all its bus revenue now comes from contactless.
With new details now emerging about the BMW/Daimler mobility services merger, Dr. Tom Voege - independent transport policy expert and Intelligent Transport Advisory Board member - puts it into perspective, both from a business and competition point of view, as well as with regards to historical developments of the private…
Philippe Vappereau, from RATP's General Director for Services, Marketing and Customer Experience and President of Calypso Networks Association, and Joël Eppe, SNCF's Ticketing Director, explain why these two entities actively support the development of a new project in the field of ticketing.
To conclude our Control Room Operations In‑Depth Focus, we asked a number of experts about the relationship between control room operations and technology.
Marcus Jones, Service Delivery Director at KeolisAmey Docklands, argues that the future of control room technology relies on the integration of control room and passenger.
Matthew Lale, Passenger Transport Manager at Hertfordshire County Council, kicks off our Ticketing & Payments Series by detailing why operators must use modern technology to help them better plan their services and tailor their customer offerings, or run the risk of not satisfactorily meeting customer demands.
In the summer of 2018, 11 Russian cities played host to the FIFA World Cup. For Intelligent Transport, Konstantin Trofimenko of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow reflects on the process of organising transport and management centres for the event, and the subsequent consequences for the…
Professor Sidharta Gautama (Ghent University) has been shaping intelligent systems and smart towns for years. Alongside his ‘living labs’ research with i-KNOW, and together with the Ghent TMaaS (Traffic Management as a Service) project, Professor Gautama is working on the construction of an innovative system that will enable government authorities…
At MOVE 2019, Editor of Intelligent Transport, Luke Antoniou, spoke with Nir Erez, co-Founder and CEO of Moovit, to find out how the Mobility-as-a-Service provider’s new partnership with Microsoft and TomTom has been achieved and what the future holds.
The Coastal Highway Route E39-project is the largest infrastructure project in modern Norwegian history, and quite possibly the largest on-going road project worldwide, says Arianna Minoretti, Chief Engineer at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
Is there strong evidence that ride-sharing is to blame for declining public transport use, or is it just a coincidence? What is the best move for the future?
MTR Crossrail is one firm which has chosen to engage with its workforce to develop a strategic approach to the issue and rollout a range of preventative measures and support mechanisms to ensure its employees’ health is protected, and the effects on its business minimised. MTR Crossrail Senior HR Business…
Dr. Jang Ping Thia, Principal Economist in the Strategy, Policy and Budget Department of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), tells Intelligent Transport about the investments AIIB is making in transport infrastructure across Asia, and discusses the differences between public and private sector infrastructure projects.
Safa Alkateb, CEO at Autocab, details how when the right tools are connecting technologies, such as a strong 5G network, many will gain from the rich source of information that taxis are currently providing.