Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi), the Finnish Transport Agency and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences are carrying out and financing a joint research project with the aim of promoting solutions for flexible, non-polluting and user-friendly mobility services (Mobility as a Service MaaS).
The aim of the research project is to find solutions for making flexible and congestion-free mobility services with lower emissions available to everybody. Traffic congestion and emissions are a global problem, solving which requires multidisciplinary academic research. Finland aims to become a key player in discovering new mobility solutions with this research.
A significant share of Finland’s obligation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions concerns transport. Finns’ current needs for transport can be resolved with a substantially smaller number of vehicles if traffic is made smoother and more public transport is made available. New technologies offer opportunities for creating agile mobility solutions. The research project will also seek to answer the question of how ready people are to change their mobility habits.
Smart mobility solutions are spearheading Metropolia’s research and development activities. The aim is to build a multidisciplinary and productive international research network that will be used to collaboratively identify solutions for shifting to a more agile and less congested mobility culture that produces less emissions.
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