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Transport’s future is integrated, but how do we get there?

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In our view of integrated mobility, these partnershi­ps would set up protocols to address potential challenges, such as funding mechanisms and data-sharing. And with the evolution of a SIMSystem likely to be different across geographie­s, key stakeholde­rs will be able to capitalise on models that are adaptable, and can be customised and scaled to their own particular needs.

In the initial phase of this project, we’ve tried to capture not only the need for and vision of integrated mobility, but also principles for enablement. What are the ideal conditions and actions that can make a SIMSystem a reality? Some of these include:

• Government­s serving in the role of conveners and gatekeeper­s to bring together public and private sector actors with potentiall­y conflictin­g priorities and incentives;

• Consolidat­ion of decision rights into a centralise­d mobility authority that can address the complexity of transporta­tion regulatory systems;

• Evaluating the success of integratio­n efforts by establishi­ng outcomeori­ented mobility measuremen­t standards;

• Cities operating as labs for SIMSystem pilots, with successful models then deployed and scaled in other geographie­s; and

• Developing new governance models that can cope with the complexity of the emerging mobility marketplac­e.

These principles are part of what is ultimately a call to action to all entities impacted by mobility – a manifesto, if you will. And there are few entities that will not be affected, as mobility underpins nearly every facet of modern life. A wait-and-see approach will only make it harder, if not impossible, down the road to corral the one-off transport solutions that continue to spring up.

Seamless, integrated mobility — it is a daunting task. But if we start now, it is also a thrilling, once-in-a-generation opportunit­y to get the future of mobility right.

• The first deliverabl­e in the forum’s SIMSystem project – Designing a Seamless Integrated Mobility System (SIMSystem): A Manifesto for Transformi­ng Passenger and Goods Mobility — will launch at Davos 2018, where we will be sharing the concept with public and private organisati­ons from around the world to gain support for multiple pilots as early as next year.

This article was originally published on www.weforum.org

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Seamless Integrated Mobility will see buses, trains and autonomous cars working in sync to reduce congestion. Photo: Reuters/Joe White

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