Despite the massive growth in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) market, there is still a gap in software solutions and applications to support smart mobility accessibility in many regions. This project aims at building and customizing software solutions to enable integrated smart mobility platforms for various mobility infrastructure. Our current focus is on enabling applications for E-payment in public and informal transport supported by personal trip planning tools. In addition, we are customizing smart parking systems for multi- level infrastructures from urban areas to smart cities.
The development process starts by user- based feasibility study and vehicle/ operator based implementation plan. Then, our software solutions are used to satisfy both current demand and expected future needs within the same domain of user- types and system operations. For an optimized personal experience that enables integrated mobility, our agile services are developed in a smart manner that allows further build-on and integration with user- centric feedback data that can feed into the mobility engines and support sustainable development.
The passenger experience (PAX) or passenger-centric experience is defined by the interaction between the passenger and the solutions that the passenger is exposed to during the travel journey from start to end. In order to deliver the best possible passenger experience, what is needed is to synchronize what the passenger desires through getting a deeper understanding of their different behaviors, attitudes and needs and match that with what is feasible in terms of the available technology and integration possibility in the proposed mobility system which then leads to a sustainable operation.
Design process in the transportation domain is a set of integrated solutions; Defining the design requirements taking into consideration human, system, and context influence factors to perform anatomized analysis defining all the elements influencing the experience. In this project, we build the solution model in an architectural manner, then insert all the influencing elements to this model. Through VR- based visualization and simulation, we collect user- centered feedback data for further optimization using our data analytics engines.
Our smart lab aims at empowering engineers, researchers, and students to conduct high end experimentation for the Hyperloop technology and similar solutions. Enabling different instructional and constructional activities showing not only how the hyperloop technology works but also what the technology can do. The lab facility supports both undergraduate teaching and postgraduate research and can be also used as a professional training and experimentation facility in training centers, continuing education centers and R&D centers in governmental institutions and companies interested in disruptive transportation technologies.
This testbed comprises sealed tube with vacuuming system, a capsule/pod levitated and propelled by an electromagnetic engine, stations, condition monitoring and control system, HMI unit for local experimentation, telepresence system for remote experimentation, interactive augmented reality tool and a digital twin. The integrated system provides an interactive and advanced testing environment where students and researchers can perform multi-disciplinary testing and data analysis. The lab is supported by a global platform that brings together different stakeholders involved in hyperloop technology (Eco- Community).
