Why mobility as a service is important?

MaaS may prove to be a viable way to reduce people's reliance on car ownership, which could curb emissions, congestion and transportation costs in cities. For Stoffel of Zoox, one of the most significant benefits of mobility as a service is convenience.



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MaaS is a framework that serves to help progress wider societal goals – from making mobility accessible to everyone to encouraging more sustainable travel.

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MaaS platforms typically include a wide range of transportation options, such as buses, trains, ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft, peer-to-peer rental services like Turo and Getaround, and micromobility options such as electric scooters and bicycles.

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The main components of MaaS are services, mobility solutions, and integration. Services refer to the availability of routing, transportation, and payment options. Mobility solutions encompass a variety of transport choices, from public transport to micromobility.

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Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) describes a shift away from personally-owned modes of transportation and towards mobility solutions that are consumed as a service.

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Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Industry Segmentation It allows a variety of transportation services access, including public transport, ride-share, and rental.

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Four different models of MaaS are presented: reseller, integrator, public transport operator and public private partnership (PPP). These settings are based on who holds control over the integration of mobility services.

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Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Mobility on Demand (MOD) are sometimes used interchangeably, however, they are different. While both involved the integration of different transportation modes, MaaS creates a “single mobility service”, while MOD establishes “an integrated and connected multi-modal network of options”.

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MaaS is considered to be a service that can reduce emissions and even alleviate other negative externalities, such as congestion, air pollution, social exclusion, and the excess consumption of space (Hensher, 2018, Jittrapirom et al., 2017).

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