Sampo Hietanen

Whim: despite MaaS Global bankruptcy, the future of…

The bankruptcy of MaaS Global, known for the mobility app Whim, is a crucial turn for the mobility sector. The Finnish company Maas Global, known for the Whim app, has filed for bankruptcy, as…

umob

Breakthrough in urban transport: umob offers key to 50.000…

Mobility platform umob is the first Mobility-as-a-Service platform (MaaS) to fully integrate all Dutch scooter sharing providers. The Dutch mobility landscape is undergoing a revolutionary change with the integration of all scooter sharing providers in one app, thanks to the innovative…

Future TOMP-API is at the crossroads of technology and…

Future TOMP-API is at the crossroads of technology and…

The National Mobility Data Access Point (NTM) has taken the lead in exploring five scenarios for the future management of the TOMP API. The future of the TOMP API, a crucial technical…

Royal Dutch Transport launches KNV Connected Mobility

Royal Dutch Transport launches KNV Connected Mobility

With the launch of KNV Connected Mobility, the trade association is proposing a new course. After the farewell to Sonila Metushi and the subsequent silence around the MaaS lab, Royal Dutch…

Travel reimagined: MaaS makes city trips more efficient

Travel reimagined: MaaS makes city trips more efficient

In a nutshell, mobility solutions in European cities are diverse and numerous. From trains and metros to bicycles and electric scooters, there are plenty of options to meet the needs…

The complexity and unfulfilled promise of MaaS in the Netherlands

The complexity and unfulfilled promise of MaaS in the Netherlands

The road to successful implementation of MaaS is still long and full of challenges, but the foundations are there. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a term that...

Entrepreneur Raymon Pouwels sets up umob, a new MaaS platform

Entrepreneur Raymon Pouwels sets up umob, a new MaaS platform

Even your grandma should be able to use it! The entrepreneur who conquered the Benelux with shared scooters, Raymon Pouwels (29), has launched a new initiative: umob. After the successful growth and…

A revolution in parking, the integration of parking payments and…

A revolution in parking, the integration of parking payments and…

A new use case particularly relevant for parking companies: “Take over the bill”. In a recent blog, Edwin van den Belt, a well-known player in the field of Transport Operators and…

TOMP-API is struggling with technological adaptation and financing

TOMP-API is struggling with technological adaptation and financing

Despite the current challenges, the situation of the TOMP API and the working group also offers opportunities. The TOMP API (Transport Operator to Mobility Provider-Application Programming Interface) has grown into…

Jeffrey van Gils has to further develop MaaS for the KNV trade association

Jeffrey van Gils has to further develop MaaS for the KNV trade association

"I declare and promise that." This week, Jeffrey van Gils (28) started at KNV where he will be involved in work for the national interest group for public transport companies,…

Always a car ready to drive at your doorstep in Helmond…

Always a car ready to drive at your doorstep in Helmond…

Less traffic nuisance in the neighborhood, fewer parked cars in the street and yet plenty of mobility for residents. As a car owner, you are used to always having a car ready to go…

Model contract OpenWheels makes collaboration within MaaS easier

Model contract OpenWheels makes collaboration within MaaS easier

In addition to the legal agreements, there is also a standard for the 'technical' connection between the parties: the TOMP API. The success of MaaS, Mobility as a Service, stands or falls with…