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PUBLIC TRANSPORT

MaaS –

Seamless and on-demand Visual Source: Siemens Press

The webinar held recently on Mobility as a Service – Integrating Various Modes of
Transport into a Seamless, On-Demand Service – addressed the challenges and
opportunities of implementation of MaaS in different regions. Put together by ITS
India jointly with Trafficinfratech, the experts Stacy Ryan, Policy and Strategy -
ITS Australia, Anil Chikkara, Ex-Transport Commissioner – Delhi and Akhilesh
Srivastava, President - ITS India, looked at how public transport could be made
more commuter friendly with the help of technology and improved Infrastructure.

ith over 400 million and manage fleets successfully. the help of technology which
travellers using bus However, there is no regulation can improve communication,
services every year, in place to support them to move signages and provide user-friendly
which is almost three to the next level of operations by apps. The UPI payment platform
times the railways and the establishment of bus depots, created by the government has
Wfour times air services, terminals and other amenities. revolutionized the financial sector.
India has the maximum scope for The sector remains unorganized, Similarly, technology can aid in
development of infrastructure for unlike the highways, metros and ticket booking, communicating
bus mobility. After independence, railways. bus arrival and departure times
buses were purchased by the While there are buses and and recommending routes.
road transport corporations but people willing to use them, MaaS represents a
post 2022, private operators what is lacking is good, overall transformational approach to urban
have shown greater potential commuter experience. This transport. It gives a 360-degree view
and buying power to procure problem can be solved with about mobility integrating various

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