An innovative Plug and Play approach to a MaaS platform Durgaprasada Sridhar VADLAPATLA (Alstom)

1. An Innovative Plug and Play
Approach to a MaaS Platform
Sridhar VADLAPATLA
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MeetUp Open Transport
24.06.2021

2. Existing MaaS platforms
Limitations
 True Multi-Modal services missing (E.g. Public Transport + Personal Car)
 Inability of platforms to support and manage multiple data providers and
data formats, One mobility account
 Unidirectional data flow
 Not modular, expensive to adapt to new technologies, risk of
obsolescence
 Little to no value addition for data providers.
 Numerous providers of MaaS, mainly business oriented and therefore are
not able to co-exist
 Many applications to manage different services, not easy for users
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Mobile Application Module
Service Module
Data Management Module
Data Broadcasting Module
Plugin Module
MaaS
Platform
An Innovative Plug and Play Approach to a MaaS Platform
Modular approach to a MaaS Platform

4. Architecture
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 Plug and Play Architecture, Swappable software and hardware
 Easy to upgrade, low turnaround time
 Reduced duration in system development life cycle
 Facilitate real-time Intermodal Transport Management
 End to End solution offered, Improved Quality of Service to users
 Increased flexibility and extensibility of the platform
An Innovative Plug and Play Approach to a MaaS Platform
What is the Advantage ?

6. Mobile Application Module
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An Innovative Plug and Play Approach to a MaaS Platform
Software/Service:
Android Development
Studio
 User Interface
designed in JAVA
 All new search
requests are over the
internet.
 Does not consume
memory resources of
the phone

7. Service Module - Multimodal Information
System
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An Innovative Plug and Play Approach to a MaaS Platform
Software/Service:
Navitia
 Possibility of building
personalised
information applications
over Navitia
 Ability to integrate
external datasets
 Hosting on different
environments is
possible
 Maps, Transport Mode,
Departure/Arrival time
are all configurable by
the user

8. Data Management Module
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An Innovative Plug and Play Approach to a MaaS Platform
Software/Service:
Firebase
 Static and Real-Time
data hosted on
Firebase

9. Plugin Module - Use Case of Parking
2 March, 2021
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An Innovative Plug and Play Approach to a MaaS Platform
RFID Reader
Camera
Raspberry Pi
Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Hi-Resolution
Camera
Software: Debian based OS, Python (Tesseract
+ custom libraries)

11. Demo – Mobile Application
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An Innovative Plug and Play Approach to a MaaS Platform

12. Demo – Parking
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Next Steps:
• A “Pilot” experiment with service
providers and users to extensively
test this solution
• Onboard data providers and explore
MaaS platform to offer value
addition to its stakeholders
• Build UI’s and enable access to
platform’s modularity, Automate
platform deployment
Challenges:
• Ownership of maintenance (MaaS provider, software provider ?)
• Adoption to such approach at the level of transport authority and to work
together with MaaS provider
• Viable business contracts with data providers
• Sustainable business models shall be worked around such solutions

14. Thank You
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Follow the Project:
https://wiki.lafabriquedesmobilites.fr/wiki/An_Innovative_Plug_and_Play_Approa
ch_to_a_MaaS_Platform
Email: sridharvdp@gmail.com