Mistra SAMS paper at ICT4S
At the 5th ICT4S conference in Toronto later this year, Mistra SAMS researchers Anna Kramers, Tina Ringenson, Liridona Sopjani and Peter Arnfalk will present their paper: AaaS and MaaS for reduced environmental and climate impact of transport - Creating a framework to identify promising digital service innovations for reduced demand and optimized use of transport resources
The paper is first in a series and a result from research done in Mistra SAMS third work package: taking a strategic outlook.
Abstract
In this paper, a set of indicators are presented that aim to identify promising service innovations for Accessibility as a Service (AaaS) and Mobility as a Service (MaaS); services that potentially can reduce the demand for transport and optimize use of transport infrastructure and vehicles in urban regions. The proposed indicators characterize service innovations from three different perspectives: 1) Is the service innovation environmentally sustainable? Does it reduce negative impacts on the environment (reduce carbon emissions, use of space), 2) Is it rewardable? Is value created for an organization? Does it make use of new sustainable business models, and 3) How widely is the service spread? How many users are there, what is the geographic distribution and what level of societal transition has occurred?
The developed indicators are meant to guide policy makers, decision makers, business developers and academia in the prioritizations that need to be made when allocating land and resources to the most promising and powerful innovations, moving towards more environmentally friendly mobility and accessibility. The next step will be to test the indicators to identify and categorize existing and emerging new services, ideas, pilots and prototypes. The results of this second step will be presented in our next article.
Read a pre-print version of the article here (pdf 493 kB)
The final version will be made available at ICT4S