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More MaaS

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 iotism2m

In a previous article I started to write about mobility as a service.  Let’s continue …. Traditional (public service) This is what public transit companies do best. The usual suspects include: bus variants (regular, trolley) rail variants (tram, subway, train, … Continue reading More MaaS

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Plan for worst, hope for best

January 26, 2019January 28, 2019 iotism2m

Following a previous article, I continue with  what I consider  an educated best guess, for the three scenarii mentioned there: have a fast mobile team ready to  cover  the ground area. It can operate during heavy rainfalls, snowfalls or tree … Continue reading Plan for worst, hope for best

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Mobilty as a Service

January 25, 2019January 28, 2019 iotism2m

A trend It is one of the fastest growing topics of the last years: as a service. We have seen a plethora of software companies, like Amazon, Google, or Microsoft  offering something called IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. And the movement got … Continue reading Mobilty as a Service

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External blog review: from user to rider

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 iotism2m

When browsing for new topics, one can find interesting articles. For example, the article in this link is about public transit and how the rider becomes an user. While the original is in French, the link is going throuogh Google … Continue reading External blog review: from user to rider

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The attack of the scooters

December 4, 2018December 6, 2018 iotism2m

An army of identical units Every hundred meters or so, there is a scooter “parked” in the middle of  the sidewalk. The quotes are here to emphasize the fact that the scooter is rather abandoned. The new wunder kid in … Continue reading The attack of the scooters

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The return to Utopia

September 8, 2018September 7, 2018 iotism2m

The cold autumn rain was wetting the pavement of the railway station’s platforms. The train stopped with a hiss. An elderly lady stepped down on the yellow bricks of the quay. Then came Mr. Gulliver. He looked around, trying to … Continue reading The return to Utopia

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Accurate predictions

August 18, 2018August 18, 2018 iotism2m

A new hope During recent years,  some companies like V-Traffic and Moovit embraced an interesting approach in order to reach as accurate bus arrival predictions as possible. It is not perfect, but it is step that puts us closer to … Continue reading Accurate predictions

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