Anu Tuominen

Towards long‐term foresight for transport: envisioning the Finnish transport system in 2100

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce a process for constructing long‐term visions of the transport system. The vision building process is demonstrated by creating a concise test vision of the Finnish transport system in 2100.Design/methodology/approach – The vision building process combines four futures methods that support the long‐term foresight approach: transition management, PESTE analysis, the futures table and the Delphi method. The process is validated with a test vision.Findings – A three‐step vision building process for long‐term transport system visions is structured. The three consecutive steps of the process are environmental scanning, constructing futures tables and visions, and describing visions. In addition, a demonstrative test vision is created to describe a possible future transport system in 2100 in a metropolitan Finland. The successful application of the developed method supports further work on creating full‐scale strategy‐driven visions.Originality/value – Futures studies analyz...

Mobility as a Service—Stakeholders’ Challenges and Potential Implications

The transport sector is going through major changes. Global challenges and megatrends such as climate change, urbanization, safety and security concerns, and servitization are driving transport system developments towards sustainability and user-centricity. Over the past few years, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) has become a common term for the idea of providing the end user a one-stop shop for discovering, accessing and paying for a wide variety of transport options with varying pricing models. While multimodal information and local ticketing integrations are common, scalable comprehensive solutions are still lacking. This paper identifies key challenges for different stakeholders and their potential implications on the way towards integrated and inclusive sustainable servitization of mobility.