Mobility as a Service as an instrument to mitigate transport-related social exclusion

Resumo

Contemporary urban societies present gaps in the right to the city achievement and socio-spatial inequalities. This article links the right to the city as ethical political foundation to equal accessibility as an expression of transport-related social exclusion (TRSE), and the potentialities of digital-based mobility platforms to contribute to social inclusion. The article relates TRSE characteristics to MaaS prerogatives to understand how MaaS could contribute to accessibility capabilities towards equal access to urban opportunities. The results of this relation among TRSE and MaaS enables an analysis of the association of characteristics and prerogatives that could be strategic to empower MaaS as an equal accessibility instrument