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Mobility-as-a-Service and the Future of Urban Mobility: A Human-Centered Approach to Multimodal Journey Planning

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New Technologies, Development and Application VI (NT 2023)

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This paper examines the potential of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) to shape the future of urban mobility from a human-centered perspective. The concept of smart mobility and its effects on human behavior and urban areas are discussed (as a key component of Smart City Paradigm), and a definition and background of MaaS is provided, including a taxonomy of integration levels. The paper also analyzes two existing Multimodal Journey Planners (MJPs) within the MaaS ecosystem.

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    Bia Mandžuka, Marinko Jurčević & Krešimir Vidović

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Mandžuka, B., Jurčević, M., Vidović, K. (2023). Mobility-as-a-Service and the Future of Urban Mobility: A Human-Centered Approach to Multimodal Journey Planning. In: Karabegovic, I., Kovačević, A., Mandzuka, S. (eds) New Technologies, Development and Application VI. NT 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 687. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31066-9_85

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