The Role of Tollway Operators in the Provision of Mobility-as-a-Service

Bill M. Halkias, PE, F. ASCE, F. ITE President, International Road Federation (IRF), Geneva Programme Centre

Immediate Past President, European Association of Toll Road Concessionaires, ASECAP Immediate Past President, Hellenic Association of Toll Road Network, HELLASTRON

Managing Director & CEO, Attica Tollway Operations Authority, Attikes Diadromes SA

The Evolution of Urbanization

Urbanization growths over decades are creating a strong pressure for road infrastructure and transit services...

The Result of Urbanization is…CONGESTION

Demand is higher due to the limited and long cycle life of development of road infrastructures and transit services, resulting in daily traffic congested cities…

Paris, France Beijing, China

Athens, Greece

Los Angeles, USA

Montreal, Canada

Most Congested Cities in the World...

Commuters Hours Lost in Congestion-2018

Congested Cities & MaaS

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is the integration of various forms of transport modes into a single mobility service accessible on demand. It combines all possible transport modes, enabling users to access services through a single account.

Platform in mobile devices (App)

Unification of different transport

modes

End-to-end urban journeys

One single payment

MaaS

MaaS Benefits

Congestion Management

Reduction of urban pollution

Less greenhouse gases

More urban space

More high-skilled jobs

Better transport planning

Could Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) finally persuade people to get out of their cars?

Source: www.whimapp.com

Current and Projected MaaS Market Volume

Source: ABI Research, Global Mobility as a Service, Revenues Forecast, 2016

$30B

$250B

$ 1T

2017 2022 2030

A MaaS Success Story

Helsinki, Finland: Introduced in 2016

Access to rental cars, taxis, city bikes

and public transport

Pay as you go or monthly subscription

More than 2.3 Billion car rides are expected to be replaced

by MaaS usage each year by 2023.

Source: www.whimapp.com Source: Forum Virium Helsinki (ww.Maas.Fi)

A MaaS Success Story-Helsinki Finland

Source: Sampo Hietanen (CEO MaaS Ltd), Sami Sahala (Forum Virium Helsinki), https://www.slideshare.net/sampohietanen/maas-canada-toronto

ARPU: Average Revenue Per User, HSL: Helsinki Region Transport (Helsingin Seudun Liikenne )

MaaS Development Key Factors

Infrastructure & Intermodality: Easy change of transport modes, Park & Ride stations,

strong public transport, mobility hubs

Sharing economy: Car and bike sharing

New technologies: Autonomous vehicles, C-ITS

Data analytics: related to planning, zoning, and public policy

Incentives: policies that encourage both private and public operators to provide mobility

services, as well as for the citizens to seriously consider disposing of their cars.

MaaS Stakeholders

Stakeholder partnerships are

fundamental to MaaS in order to

develop a viable multi-modal system

delivering significant cost- and time-

savings to the user (*).

(*) Nick Maynard, Juniper research analyst, Traffic congestion: Cutting through the complexity 11/2018

MaaS

Government

City Authorities

Citizens

Public & Private

Transport Companies

Public & Private Urban

Motorway Operators

Telecom & Banking

Institutions

? Public & Private Urban

Motorway Operators

MaaS: The role of Toll Operators The border line of the cities expands over the years, so many urban or suburban motorways, bridges and tunnels become potential part of the MaaS network, making toll operators to become key stakeholders. In order to join any MaaS consortium toll operators have to:

Develop new or expand existing infrastructures (park & ride), or provide dedicate MaaS Zones or Lanes

Install new equipment to support the needs of MaaS

Consider a new dynamic pricing policy supporting MaaS like

Congestion rates or discount Maas Rate

Consider the cost for the guaranteeing certain Level Of Service

Consider possible revenue loss due to decreasing of traffic

Renegotiation of the existing concession contracts

MaaS & IBTTA:

Early Recognition of the Mobility as a Service (MaaS), as an emerging

topic that may have significant impacts on the Toll Industry.

Decision to setup a special committee in order to secure a prime a

position for the toll industry.

Issue a comprehensive report about MaaS that:

Documents the need for the toll industry to be concerned

for this emerging market

Outlines the possible roles for the toll operators

Presents potential benefits & threats

Define the next steps and integrate the market approach.

A potential MaaS case study: Athens-Greece

MaaS in Athens

Attiki Odos

Car Hiring Companies (Hertz, Sixt, Avis, etc.)

Attica Prefecture

Athens Public

Transport Organizatio

n

Taxi companies

& (Associatio

ns

Scooter Companies

(Lime, Hive,etc.)

Attiki Odos an Urban Motorway: 225.000 Average Annual Daily Entries 53% of the transactions are ETC transactions 550.000 Active Registered ETC Subscribers 638.000 Active On Board Units in Circulation

Athens Public Transport Organization 721.000 Average Annual Transactions per Day 220.000 Monthly Card Users 350.000 Registered Users (Monthly & E-wallet) TaxiBeat (One of the Taxi Service Providers) 100.000 Trips per day 800.000 Registered Taxi Users

Indicative Figures:

A potential MaaS case study: Athens-Greece

Benefits for Attiki Odos as a potential MaaS Stakeholder Additional revenue from Value Added Services offered to the registered users

(park&ride, parking services, Mass transit services, etc.).

Exploitation of the existing database of registered Subscribers.

Increase the frequency of use via a dynamic policy based on the time and distance of

the trip, and possible decrease of the total cost of the trip (Toll fee plus parking fee).

Threats & Barriers: Existing Concession Contract ends in 5 years.

Tollway traffic and revenue decrease due to increased transit use.

Tollway traffic and revenue decrease due to cheaper alternatives.

MaaS: Opportunity or Threat?

MaaS is a potential Revenue Stream for the Toll Operators: Park & Ride,

Dedicate MaaS Lanes,

Value Added Services,

Data provision services,

Protect Tollway Traffic Levels, etc.

"Intelligence is the ability to Adapt and Change" …. Steven Hawking

Thank you!!!

Bill M. Halkias, PE, F. ASCE, F. ITE President, International Road Federation (IRF), Geneva Programme Centre

Immediate Past President, European Association of Toll Road Concessionaires, ASECAP Immediate Past President, Hellenic Association of Toll Road Network, HELLASTRON

Managing Director & CEO, Attica Tollway Operations Authority, Attikes Diadromes SA