Mobility and intelligent ticketing
The aim of MOBIMART PLUS is to study and test an integrated cross-border intermodal ticketing service to support multi-modal transport between regions and with islands, improving the connectivity of secondary and tertiary nodes to the TEN-T networks. The concept of tariff integration was included in the 2001 White Paper on transport policy and has since been reaffirmed in European, national and regional strategies and planning documents; this is an ambitious goal, especially at cross-border level. Creating multi-modal passenger transport services and improving connections to the TEN-T networks, including the islands, would overcome the poor level of integration of transport systems that can currently be seen across the various countries, allowing citizens, commuters and tourists to move around within a cross-border area using different modes of transport (sea, rail and road). The goal of MOBIMART PLUS is therefore to promote a shared vision among the competent bodies in order to facilitate multi-modal travel. It is necessary to study tariff systems (T1 Component) and the electronic ticketing systems that already exist or are in the process of being developed (T2 Component) in order to define the contents of the pilot schemes (T3 Component) and to facilitate the future implementation of a cross-border pricing system and an integrated platform able to interact with the various local ticketing systems. The pilot initiatives will test out solutions that are deemed to be feasible, the results of which, together with the studies of the T1 and T2 Components, will contribute to defining shared tools to support the competent bodies, aimed at concluding agreements that improve accessibility in the cross-border area, facilitate the purchase of tickets (‘one-stop shop’) and people’s travel and, in general, improve the connection of tertiary nodes to the secondary nodes of the TEN-T network.