Future mobility – Page 2

Introducing Mobility-as-a-Service at the 4th NEST Conference in Lisbon, Portugal

Posted on 08/05/2019 Emma CassarPosted in Events, Future mobility

Emma Cassar, a PhD Researcher, has recently attended the 4th Annual NEST Conference (#4thNEST) organised by the Network of Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Transitions (NEST). Emma presented her work in progress on the potential of Mobility-as-a-Service in Birmingham, UK. The adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by the Millennial and post-Millennial generation is considered […]

West Midlands on track for driverless vehicle trials

Posted on 25/11/2018 Hazel Pettifor1 CommentPosted in Future mobility, News, Topics

The Government’s goal to have autonomous vehicles in use by 2021 is moving towards reality. Mobile network operator O2 has signed up to provide what is expected to be Europe’s largest ‘smart road’ to support trials in the West Midlands. It is due to be launched in 2020. This will enable smart vehicle monitoring, data […]

Car sharing early adopters are young, well off males who are open and drawn to novelty

Posted on 05/10/201805/10/2018 Emma CassarPosted in Future mobility, Resources, Topics

Post written by Renae Sze Ming Loh When we consider who the early adopters are, we tend to think of their age, education, income and so on. Surely we are defined by more than that! What about our personality? Are certain types of people more inclined to adopt innovations? In this exploratory study Renae Sze Ming […]

Celebrating European Mobility Week in the European Green Capital for 2018

Posted on 21/09/201826/09/2018 Laurie KerrPosted in Events, Future mobility, Topics

The 16th – 22nd September 2018 marks the annual European Mobility Week. The Dutch city of Nijmegen, which is the 2018 European Green Capital, will hold a week of events promoting sustainable mobility. The week will culminate in a public ‘innovation festival’, presenting mobility innovations and exploring the future of zero-emission mobility. SILCI’s Laurie Kerr got to experience the opening festival. This took place on what is […]

Can free public transportation encourage people to leave their cars at home?

Posted on 11/06/2018 Emma CassarPosted in Future mobility, Topics

As from 1st July 2018, every country in Estonia has the option to implement free public transport for its residents all hours every day. However, a 2016 analysis of the Tallin scheme found that one year into the experiment, the scheme did not encourage people to leave their cars at home. Instead, the study found […]

Solutions for Society, the Economy and the Environment

Posted on 27/05/201828/05/2018 Emma CassarPosted in Future mobility, News, Topics

Emma Cassar has been featured in an article written by Justin Camilleri, a freelance journalist on The Malta Independent. The article gives an overview of the 4 day Transport Research Arena Conference that took place in Vienna between the 16th and 19th April 2018. The main theme of the conference was on digitalization in the transport […]

Participating in workshops and conferences by remote using tele-robots

Posted on 27/05/201827/05/2018 Charlie WilsonPosted in Future mobility, News, Topics

Invited to Future Earth’s Exponential Climate Action for Cities (X-CAC) workshop in Stockholm, I faced a dilemma common to many researchers working on climate change: travel, participate but add to CO2 emissions … or stay at home, miss out, but avoid contributing to climate change? So when Future Earth offered me the possibility of participating […]

Flying Uber

Posted on 14/04/2018 Emma CassarPosted in Future mobility, News, Topics

Residents of Dallas, Dubai and Los Angeles are to possibly experience Ubers first flying taxi service in 2020. Uber Elevate uses vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and is said to already started evaluating the barriers to overcome and make this a reality. Preparing for the arrival of air taxis is developer Dan Kodsi in Miami at Paramount Miami Worldcenter. The developer is modifying the rooftop’s […]

Is Public Transport being replaced by private companies?

Posted on 09/04/2018 Emma CassarPosted in Future mobility, Topics, Useful Links

Smart ride by Citymapper and Chariot by Ford are ride hailing services currently running in London. This article discusses how private companies such as Uber and Citymapper are challenging or taking over mass transit. The Transport sector is moving towards public private partnerships and mobility as a service is one of them. To convince people to give up their cars […]

On sceptics and enthusiasts: What are the expectations towards self-driving cars?

Posted on 26/03/201826/03/2018 Hazel PettiforPosted in Future mobility, Topics, Useful Links

An online survey of over 3,000 people living in Denmark reveals self-driving vehicles have most appeal to young, highly educated men living in cities. This study published in Transport Policy identifies a small cluster of people who are excited and fascinated about self-driving cars. For the full analysis and segmentation see the article here.