The Transport Department is developing a platform through which people could buy tickets for all kinds of transport, order a taxi or rent a car, and plan their route. At the first stage, they will look for an analyst who will say whether this is possible from a technical and legal point of view, writes ERR. :format(webp)/nginx/o/2024/07/12/16217242t1h71fe.jpg)
Bus. The photo is illustrative. Photo: Marianne Loorents
The Transport Department is developing a platform through which people could buy tickets for all kinds of transport, order a taxi or rent a car, and plan their route. At the first stage, they will look for an analyst who will say whether this is possible from a technical and legal point of view, writes ERR .
Estonia currently has a travel planning platform, peatus.ee, which is managed by the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture.
The new platform will be called MaaS X-tee and should unite all types of public transport and other transport service providers (bus, train, taxi, car rental).
“Thus, the MaaS X-tee data exchange middleware creates the opportunity to enter a new type of service market, where all the services needed for a trip can be obtained in one place, and travel rights can also be purchased in a single transaction,” said Mobility Project Manager at the Transport Department Helen-Liis Rydbeck.
According to ERR, the study alone of the new ticketing platform, which will last for a year and a half, will cost 840,000 euros.
