If what they say is true, and it really is more about the journey than the destination, meet the new Mobility as a Service platforms that are all about making it an even smoother ride — creating a single place where travelers can book, plan and pay for travel in cities and beyond. In the past, dreaming up the future of transport included everything from The Fifth Element-esque flying cars and Marty McFly-style hoverboards, to Star Trek-ish space ships and beam-me-up-Scotty teleportation devices. …

From navigating journeys to winning the trust of the masses, we’re delving into the journey that lies ahead for autonomous public transport. Everywhere from Singapore to São Paulo and Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul, autonomous public transit is proving itself a global phenomenon that’s taken to rails like a duck to water. …

Companies competing to earn their seat at the table of autonomous vehicle innovation often have presences in multiple countries. What are the legal challenges to testing? Autonomy in public transit has been a reality for quite some time. Take the city of Copenhagen as an example. The Danish city is well on the way for becoming a paradigm for intelligent infrastructure. …

Be it self-driving cars, or self-flying drones, autonomous innovation is here to stay in the market. Smart companies are keeping pace with the regulations that oversee them. If you attended any of the tech conferences this summer, one could not turn the corner without running into the topic of autonomy. But hot on the heels of any conversation regarding self-driving, self-flying, and self-optimizing systems was the issue of security and safety.

We need to have a very real conversation about how we build Smart Cities. The term Smart Cities has become a bit of a buzz phrase. In fact, in modern transportation parlance, the term ‘smart city’ is used so frequently that it has begun to lose meaning. So what better time, as we attend the ITS World Congress this week, to reconsider: What is a smart city? This is…

There’s room for optimization in almost every industry, bringing convenience to consumers at a scale we’re only just beginning to see. In the heart of San Francisco, startups, developers and tech enthusiasts from across the world flocked to TechCrunch Disrupt 2018. …

A not-exhaustive list to get inspired and to prioritize — To go or not to go? “All you have to do is decide to go, and the hardest part is over. So go!” — Tony Wheeler, Co-founder, Lonely Planet I was reading some other articles about travel and I was surprised to find out that people of mine or younger generations can find excuses for not…