Abstract
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is the new approach in transportation systems that allows users to use different transport services as a single option, by using digital platforms and with integrated design. In MaaS many actors can be identified: MaaS operators, MaaS companies, MaaS users, citizens, system manager/planner. In order to be able to design the system in an integrated way, it is necessary to identify comprehensive methodologies that make it possible to reach sustainability targets in a context where the decisions to be taken are shared between several operators and affect users and citizens. In this paper, the methods to be adopted for the design of an integrated transport service system have been studied. The main aim of this paper concerns the specification of transport system models for estimating the effects of decision-makers’ actions on MaaS. The consolidated design methodologies of transport networks have been extended in the context of the MaaS. The paper reports a methodology that can be used and describes the main models to be used, which derive from consolidated specifications in the field of transport systems engineering. The methodologies have to be integrated into Intelligent and Communication Technology systems to build the Intelligent Transport System in the MaaS environment.
Highlights
There is a large corpus of literature on technologies, methods and models aimed to increase sustainable mobility
In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [1,2], sustainable mobility is one of the pillars to consider for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a recent concept that is spreading inside the transport sector, mainly due to a couple of general trends
Summary
There is a large corpus of literature on technologies, methods and models aimed to increase sustainable mobility. The transport system design, and more in general, the transportation planning process aims to find transport solutions, in terms of infrastructure and services, that allows people and business to realise main ordinary activities, such as jobs, education, leisure [3]. TSMs and ICTs and constitute the main elements of an Intelligent Transport System (ITS). This is one of the main characteristics of the Mobility as a Service (MaaS), that allows users to use different transport services as a single option, by using digital platforms with the transport services designed with an integrated method and considered as an unicum. MaaS cannot be considered a mere integration of ICT platforms and single optimized transport services, or a new alternative service offered to transport users. One of the main problems of MaaS platforms is related to modelling users’ behaviour as well as effects of decision-makers’ actions (e.g., transport services characteristics) [5]
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