BlaBlaCar Daily cracks the carpooling code for short distance travel

BlaBlaCar General Manager Adrien Tahon tells Zag how a €100 subsidy made 94% of new carpooling drivers stay on & how this is shifting the shared behaviour of short distance travel for good

Ryde CEO on e-scooter rider fines, expensive regulations & being profitable since day 1

Tobias Balchen gives Zag the inside story on how high fees and strict regulations are pushing micromobility operators out of the Nordic market as Ryde steadily executes its ‘smart growth’ strategy brick by brick

All mobility apps should be able to sell transit tickets says FREENOW exec

FREENOW Director of Partnerships David Koral tells Zag Daily why public transport authorities should work with MaaS platforms and Mobility Super Apps to achieve the same goal: public transit use

Mobility VC: How the ‘bullshit’ speculative boom led to current underinvestment

Olaf Sakkers, co-founder of global mobility VC firm RedBlue Capital, explains how a “spectrum of investor errors”, irrational public intolerances, and more, has led to market under-investment

CEO of Norwegian PTA says we are doing electric mobility subsidies wrong

Bernt Reitan Jenssen, CEO of Oslo’s public transport authority Ruter, tells Zag why Norway must change subsidies away from ownership towards shared mobility and how Ruter’s creating a ...

Let’s Dance!

Dance Co-Founder Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss lifts the lid on how his e-bike subscription service is becoming one of the biggest fleet operators in Paris, the financial pressure to improve unit ...

Kolumbus is setting a new green standard in public transit

In 2017 Norwegian company Kolumbus made the bold switch from public transport operator to mobility provider. CEO Edith Nøkling, Head of Mobility Espen Henriksen & Head of Bicycles Randi Markvardsen tell Zag how, with limited funding, Kolumbus is setting a new green standard in the public sector.

Carpooling: the missing ingredient in the mobility ecosystem

Nabogo Co-founder Kasper Mikkelsen & Country Manager Kirubel Hailu, along with Bouvet Advisor Kristian Amlie tell Zag about the potential for carpooling and why car use needs to be repurposed

EXCLUSIVE: Trafi hits profitability cracking mobility-as-a-service

Trafi CEO Damian Bown – who built the world’s first transport planner on a phone back in 2000 – dissects what MaaS truly means, why positioning, not preference, drives mobility choices & the trend towards seamless roaming between cities

Regulated Like Cars, Ridden Like Bikes: Navigating Micromobility Regulation with Voi’s Christina Moe Gjerde

Christina Moe Gjerde, Voi's driving force in the Nordics & Benelux, discusses Oslo's e-scooter revolution, the 'Oslo Model' and the challenges of micromobility regulation.