Past Projects

NewCities has helped shape the urban narrative since 2010. Browse through an archive of our past work, press, and network of contributors. 

MaaS Understanding

Nov 27, 2018

Reminiscing back to the summer, we took a family trip to Aquazilla – an obstacle course on the water just off of the main Montréal island. With my two sons we walked 10 minutes to the local metro station to get a train direct to the water park; then hired a Bixi bike (North America’s…

Car-Free Cities in the Future?

Nov 27, 2018

Future mobility won’t mean flying cars or hypersonic trains. But, it will mean a new mode of consumption. A new model for society. New practices. The transport sector is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. And individual cars are largely responsible for that. 75 percent of people use their own personal cars to get…

MaaS Is About Sharing Customers (Not Just Data)

Nov 21, 2018

Warning: This text will focus on the challenges of implementing MaaS. Yes, there are clear positive effects for both citizens and cities if we can offer something more convenient than owning a car, but there are a lot of devils and details in doing it, challenges that are not understood by looking at powerpoints. Trust…

Mobility as a Service

Nov 21, 2018

Cities are seeing an unprecedented shift away from individually-owned transport towards mobility solutions consumed as a service – Mobility as a Service (MaaS). NewCities has partnered with our Global Strategic Partner Transdev to present a feature editorial on MaaS – looking at the benefits, challenges and how it is shaping cities around the world. Presented…

MaaS – Matching Individual Needs with Sound Societal Values

Nov 20, 2018

Back in 2014, when we at ERTICO started working with our public and private partners to establish a dedicated Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platform, the MaaS Alliance, we knew the concept would have a disruptive impact on traditional mobility models, not only for the automotive and Intelligent Transport System (ITS) sectors butfor the transport…

Intelligent Mobility: Moving People, Data and Freight

Nov 20, 2018

I love being a Dad. I suspect most dads share that sentiment, so it’s not exactly a news flash. I particularly love being a Dad on Halloween. We have two daughters, 5 and 3, and we all dress up for trick or treating, a favorite American pastime. This was our first Halloween in Washington, DC.…

MaaS: The Challenge Isn’t the Technology – It’s the People

Nov 20, 2018

It feels like we are all mad for MaaS right now – and it appears that the excitement is well-founded, given the benefits that we expect to create. New technology is delivering new travel options like never before, options that promise to be faster, cheaper, more convenient … but we need the smarts in order…

Choked on Traffic Congestion? MaaS Platforms are the Antidote

Nov 20, 2018

In a divided society, there is one thing we can all agree on: traffic gridlock and transit congestion make a daily commute infuriating. Add to it pollution and transit safety and you have a perfect storm of discontent. And it will only get worse – unless cities take a holistic approach to managing their infrastructure.…

The Business of Bundling Mobility

Nov 20, 2018

You can play things against each other, get people all worked up, and get attention. Or you can try to solve a need, which often means integrating what’s available into a whole that works better than any of its parts. This can be said about politics, nutrition, healthcare and many other things that easily stir…

Mobility as a Service: Will It Give Greater Sustainability to Our Cities?

Nov 20, 2018

Cities are the powerhouses of nations delivering agglomeration economies that boost productivity. As cities grow and become more spatially dispersed, travel becomes a necessity which, if left unchecked, leads to congestion which eventually weakens the benefits of agglomeration (Graham, 2007). The cycle of growth – congestion – dealing with congestion, is unlikely to be cured…

India’s Emerging Mobility-as-a-Service Landscape

Nov 19, 2018

Led by the emergence of mega-trends (electrification, shared and connectivity), India is undergoing a massive transformation in mobility. Enabled through disruptive technologies, new business models/solutions have started to emerge across automotive value chain – opening up ample opportunities to explore in Mobility as a Service (MaaS). With increasing internet access and smartphone penetration in India,…