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The German capital Berlin has launched an all-in-one mobility
app, Jelbi, to offer multimodal transport solution, reports
Reuters. The app offers various types of transport options
integrating public transport, rental bikes, car-sharing, and taxis.
Michel Heider, head of Jelbi, said, "Jelbi is a solution for people
to move to shared forms of mobility - and to avoid a transport
collapse". Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Berlin's main public
transport company, has partnered with Lithuanian start-up Trafi to
develop the app.
Significance: Trafi claims that Berlin will be
the first European capital to offer transport app integrating all
transportation options to offer Mobility as a Service (MaaS). In
June, the company launched a trial of its app, featuring its own
metro and bus services, rail operator Deutsche Bahn; electric
scooters from Emmy; car-sharing service Miles; and bicycles from
Nextbike. The company is working to add on-demand minibus service
Berlkoenig; kick scooters from Tier, and conventional taxis from
Taxi Berlin. The overall aim of integrating public transportation
is to encourage people to use multimodal transport options, and
compete with apps that offer an entire suite of service.
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