All-in-one transport app to be tested in Singapore
22 Apr 2015|2,838 views
A mobile app that integrates all transport platforms, including bus, train and taxi for more effective route planning may be tested in Singapore. The app, called Mobility As A Service (MaaS), requires commuters to pay a monthly subscription fee.
25-year old Finnish Transport Engineer Sonja Heikkila, who created the app, told The Straits Times, "Commuters will have access to all transportation types through one interface provided by a mobility operator."
The idea was well received by the panel of judges at the Smart Nation Challenge here, which was held yesterday at Raffles Hotel and organised by London-based Founders Forum (FF), an organisation of entrepreneurs keen to explore fresh business ideas.
Panel member Steve Leonard, Executive Deputy Chairman of the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), said MaaS resonates with Singapore's smart nation priorities. "It is an exciting addition to current thinking and a different model that looks at mobility as a service, offering an interesting way to explore integrating across different transport modes at a lower cost and with more efficiency."
MaaS and four other ideas in healthcare, food sustainability and energy saving were pitched.
On Monday evening, speaking at the kick-off of the forum in the Istana, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that given Singapore's compact size and ability to scale, the country can tackle smart nation challenges as new ideas can be prototyped and tested here quickly.
Yesterday, 200 investors, policymakers and entrepreneurs, mostly from overseas, discussed topics such as doing business in Asia as well as business opportunities in transportation, smart cities and healthcare.
A mobile app that integrates all transport platforms, including bus, train and taxi for more effective route planning may be tested in Singapore. The app, called Mobility As A Service (MaaS), requires commuters to pay a monthly subscription fee.
25-year old Finnish Transport Engineer Sonja Heikkila, who created the app, told The Straits Times, "Commuters will have access to all transportation types through one interface provided by a mobility operator."
The idea was well received by the panel of judges at the Smart Nation Challenge here, which was held yesterday at Raffles Hotel and organised by London-based Founders Forum (FF), an organisation of entrepreneurs keen to explore fresh business ideas.
Panel member Steve Leonard, Executive Deputy Chairman of the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), said MaaS resonates with Singapore's smart nation priorities. "It is an exciting addition to current thinking and a different model that looks at mobility as a service, offering an interesting way to explore integrating across different transport modes at a lower cost and with more efficiency."
MaaS and four other ideas in healthcare, food sustainability and energy saving were pitched.
On Monday evening, speaking at the kick-off of the forum in the Istana, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that given Singapore's compact size and ability to scale, the country can tackle smart nation challenges as new ideas can be prototyped and tested here quickly.
Yesterday, 200 investors, policymakers and entrepreneurs, mostly from overseas, discussed topics such as doing business in Asia as well as business opportunities in transportation, smart cities and healthcare.
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