Exploratory study for the new proposal addressing market challenges for the development of Multimodal Digital Mobility Services and the Single Digital Booking And Ticketing Regulation
The main objective of the study is to support the development of the European Commission’s proposals for two parallel and complementary regulations:
- the first, aimed at MDMS platforms (including B2B), in particular to regulate the access of transport operators to distribution channels and the fair presentation of offers, in order to contribute to a better functioning of the market for multimodal digital mobility services;
- the second, aimed in particular at railway operators, to facilitate the access of intermediaries to data and tickets in the rail sector, thus increasing the attractiveness of rail.
The focus of the study is on medium-long distance passenger trips, above 50 km. The activities will include at first the market analysis on the two aspects covered by the study.
On the MDMS demand side, existing and potential demand for the use of MDMS services will be explored, while on the supply side, the presence, practical availability and accessibility of options across the EU will be assessed through the analysis of 100 representative routes.
Passenger transport services and online passenger ticketing will be analysed for different modes of transport: air passenger transport (including Norway), rail passenger transport, bus and coach transport and maritime transport.
Based on the analysis, the study will also define different policy options and support the assessment of the related impacts through the application of a modelling framework consisting of 6 modules, including the strategic ASTRA model.
Impacts on passenger choice and resulting modal shifts will be estimated together with the resulting environmental, economic and social indicators by Member State and in 5 year steps up to 2050.
The Consortium is lead by RICARDO, including TRT, TIS and TEPR.
TRT contributes to the project as it comes to:
- the definition of the 100 representative routes for MDMS market analysis,
- the market analysis on rail passenger transport services and ticketing,
- the simulation of the policy options with the design and application of an interface model (based on NUTS3 matrices by mode) and the ASTRA model simulations.