On the way with multimodal apps

Smartly connected trip planning

When it comes to trip and route planning, travelers are relying on their smartphones more than ever. For transport companies, mobility apps represent the essential communication interfaces to their passengers and thus create individual customer retention. Travelers benefit from simple and fast route planning, innovative ticketing solutions and a smooth travel experience - across all means of transport!

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Mobility as a Service – Empowering Intermodal Travel

New Mobility offerings such as sharing-services, on-demand transport or carpooling are on the rise. Used smartly they can make mobility more efficient and eco-friendly. However, they bring about complexity for all stakeholders, including riders, transit operators and municipalities. Passengers travel through a maze of transportation modes and service providers when planning, booking and paying for their trip. This is where Mobility as a Service (MaaS) comes into play: Smart applications can make it easy and convenient for all stakeholders to find their individual way through the mobility jungle. Intelligent algorithms, seamless ticketing and big data analytics make it possible.

HAFAS Mobile Apps – Always up to date

They’re small, swift and slip easily into any pocket: Apps, the program dwarfs on smartphones have grown into internet giants. When on the go, it is much more convenient to use an app to get travel information rather than going to the “traditional” website. Apps can really show off their strengths with the locating function and GPS routing and are frequently the preferred choice for local, short-term requests in particular.

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HAFAS Web Apps – One app for all devices

The variation range of display sizes, resolutions and functionalities is large. As a result, the challenges in terms of layout and usability are numerous when it comes to web applications. The new HAFAS Responsive Web App automatically adapts timetable information to the different requirements of desktop PCs, tablets and smartphones.

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HAFAS Kids App – Child-friendly travel companion for save journeys

The HaCon Kids App's main feature is the simple and intuitive user interface tailored to meet the needs and abilities of younger passengers. HaCon developed the new application based on qualitative analyses with numerous children and their parents, interviews at schools in Berlin and extensive usability tests.

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Situation-based mobility – Sustainable solutions

For a long time we have associated mobility with the private car. The driving licence gave us the opportunity to get from A to B flexibly at any time. It meant almost boundless freedom - yes, happiness. But the simple equation car = freedom = happiness hardly works in the long run. Innovative mobility solutions from the Siemens Mobility family create alternatives that can be extremely helpful in an extraordinary situation like the current one impacted by Corona.

Find out more in the special publication on "THE FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY" published by Handelsblatt Journal.

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Highlights From trip planning to mobile ticketing and payment, from systems for fleet management and train planning to mobility data analytics: Our intermodal solutions enable seamless transport for a sustainable future.

With ZüriMobil, the city of Zurich launched a multimodal app in summer 2020: Whether with public transport, car and bike sharing, e-scooters, or on footpaths and cycle routes – ZüriMobil lets you enjoy sustainable travel in beautiful Zurich. The app’s digital infrastructure allows a continuous integration of additional offers that support mobility in Zurich in a meaningful way. All mobility service providers in the urban region will be granted access to the app.

Hacon, a Siemens company, and Rejseplanen have been working together to establish Mobility as a Service in Denmark. Based on Hacon’s flexible and secure Mobility Marketplace, a wide variety of data and interfaces were integrated into one comprehensive trip planner, including public and private transport, demand-response services (DRT), road traffic information, car and bike sharing providers, taxis, carpooling services, and domestic flights with real-time data. Due to smart features, such as in-app ticket booking and push notifications triggered by station beacons, Denmark’s digital trip planner is one of the most popular apps in the country with more than 3.7 million downloads to date.

Imagine calculating your fastest route using all available transportation options. App-based mobility will be essential for travelers and operators and last but not least - sustainable mobility. Surprisingly, a number of transport operators have not yet accessed the tremendous treasure trove in their data. With the broad expertise in road, rail, and intermodal mobility – we can help to tap this potential.

Benefits

It’s fast, accurate & comfortable

Unique HAFAS algorithms will find the fastest and best route from door to door, including real-time information, integrated ticketing and even individual preferences.

It’s multimodal

Combining different means of public and private transport, HAFAS-based trip planners provide multi and intermodal routing.

It‘s your companion

HAFAS assists you during your trip by pushing relevant information specific to your route only. Our famous commuter alert will inform you in case your daily ride is late.

It‘s MIT-certified

Each day our apps and web-based solutions receive over 100 million requests from passengers who rely on HAFAS to empower their mobility choices; this is why our software is considered the highest industry standard for trip planning.

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References Examples of mobile applications and intermodal solutions

FEDA (Forces Elèctriques d'Andorra)

Andorra

Andorra's multi-modal transportation platform

Passengers provided with real-time travel information
Application to be built based on the Hacon platform
Supports Andorra's vision for sustainable transport

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BART (San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit)

California/USA

Seamless commuting in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley

Latest trip planning technology delivered by the Siemens Mobility subsidiary, Hacon
Multimodal door-to-door travel experience including real-time travel information
Features powerful and accurate disruption management

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Rejseplanen

Denmark

Country-wide Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

Multimodal app integrating shared mobility services with public transport
A variety of transport modes – from train, metro, and taxi to self-driving shuttle buses and even planes
Covering urban and rural areas including Demand Responsive Transport (DRT)

Setting the benchmark for tomorrow’s mobility – today.

With our long-standing experience in transportation and our unique technology know-how, we at Siemens Mobility are constantly developing new intelligent mobility solutions to increase the availability of infrastructure, optimize throughput, and improve the passenger experience.

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