Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) is a public transport authority in charge of organizing the public transport in the Helsinki metropolitan region. HSL provides easy, affordable and efficient mobility in the region by train, bus, tram, metro and ferry – all accessible with one ticket. We cater for 67 % of all public transport boardings in Finland and work every day to promote sustainable mobility.
As customer needs and preferences evolve continuously, so do the digital services that cater to them. New kinds of mobility services emerge. While striving to provide excellent physical and digital services to residents, commuters and travellers alike, we also support the creation of new innovative services through our open data policy. To this end, numerous information APIs have been opened more than a decade ago, enabling third party service creation. These include Public transport network and timetables, Journey Planner APIs (Routing, Geocoding, map API, Realtime API), Park & Ride API, Customer satisfaction and GIS data packages, to name but a few.
Furthermore, HSL OpenMaaS ticket sales interface is open for all parties interested in integrating HSL mobile tickets into their services. The API is being continuously developed with new technical features, ticket types and payment options.
Helping customers in the transition to sustainable, service-oriented and automated mobility
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a visionary research, development and innovation partner. VTT drives sustainable growth and tackles the biggest global challenges of our time. VTT goes beyond the obvious to help the society and companies to grow through technological innovations. We have over 75 years of experience of top-level research and science-based results.
VTT’s mobility and transport research foster the value driven, adaptive and responsible future mobility of people and goods. VTT provides applied research to more than 200 companies internationally, from standardized validation and development tasks to considerable ecosystem schemes. In European research ranking VTT is ranked 4th in Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation programme.
VTT develops solutions for its customers using the multidisciplinary approach, and integrating different sectors: smart services, cities, infrastructure, autonomous and connected systems, transport and mobility as well as data. VTT has unique equipment and facilities for research on machines and vehicles, enabling the creation of entirely new innovations and the further development of existing machinery, vehicles and transport systems. These research facilities cover an extremely broad range of experimental research on everything from components to systems level simulation. Engine and vehicle laboratory research is suitable for passenger cars as well as heavy-duty vehicle up to 60 metric tons to develop energy efficiency, emissions, reduction, use of 2nd generation biofuels, electric powertrains, energy storages, vehicle fleet and route simulation.
The Smart City Company
Sitowise is a Nordic expert in the built environment with a strong focus on digitality. We design smart cities and spaces for living where daily life finds a sustainable foundation. We operate in three business areas: buildings and real estate, infrastructure and digital solutions.
Every day, our 2,000 experts from different fields join forces for traffic, infrastructure and buildings to provide the best setting for safe and carefree daily life.
We want to raise the bar on smartness and sustainability, which is why our vision is to be the most sustainable partner in developing a prosperous living environment.
A smart and safe living environment is based on a sustainable digital infrastructure. Together with our customers, Sitowise is leading the way towards the new era of digital built environment and mobility.
In mobility and logistics, we are focused to implement solutions especially for daily public sector personal and goods transportation schemes. Improved use of capacity, state-of-the art on-demand solutions with MaaS-integrations are our expertise.
- Digital & Automated Dispatch Solutions for Mobility Operators
- Mobility & MaaS
- Infrastructure Asset Management
- Logistics Research & Development Services
- Traffic Information Service Development & Consultation
- Virtual Model Services & Digital Twins
- GIS – Geographical Information Systems
- 5G & Smart Infrastructure
WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. With approximately 49,500 talented people globally, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
WSP provides a comprehensive approach to transport and infrastructure planning and management. Utilizing the latest technologies, we promote mobility, connectivity, durability and flexibility. We specialize in delivering future ready solutions that take global and local trends and new developments into account.
WSP Finland has strong and diverse expertise on sustainable and smart transport and city planning. In collaboration, we help our clients reach their goals and create more livable, healthy and attractive environments. Our aim is to continuously improve the mobility solutions for everyday life of people and for businesses.
Your local guide to business in Helsinki
Helsinki Business Hub is the international trade and investment promotion agency for the Finnish capital region. We help foreign companies to set-up their business, grow and develop in Greater Helsinki, which offers key business opportunities in (but not limited to) the following fields:
- Information and communications technology
- Health: personalized health & med tech
- Smart & clean solutions, especially related to energy, circular economy, smart buildings and smart mobility
- Hotel investments.
We’ll help you throughout your journey to Finland and the Greater Helsinki area – from the initial consideration to establishing and expanding your business. Turn to us, if you are looking for the best location for your business, co-operation with Finnish companies, deal flow from Finland or opportunities for expansion in Greater Helsinki. We provide you with the right information and contacts and identify the best growth opportunities for you.
Our services are always tailor-made for your business needs and are free of charge.
Smart ticketing for a smart future
PayiQ develops the award-winning Account Based Ticketing-as-a-Service platform PayiQ TaaS®. It enables smart cities, transport operators and event organizers to sell tickets through mobile devices and validate them. Tickets can be bundled into multi-modal trips or experiences combining transport, events and services. The platform also gathers data on usage and movement on behalf of the service provider to be used to improve customer experience and process efficiency.
Customers are more and more appreciative of simplicity while buying tickets and services through the device they always carry, the mobile phone. PayiQ offers an easy and reliable solution with multiple payment methods to choose from.
Our technology enables the creation of versatile and flexible ticket products with dynamic pricing. Ticketing, validation and payments are all in one solution. PayiQ TaaS® is easy and fast to implement and can easily be integrated into a third-party system. Today our technology is used in practically all major Finnish cities. PayiQ is leading the way to a smarter and more user-friendly world of transportation.
Business Finland is the most important innovation funding, internationalization and invest in organization in Finland. The Smart Mobility Finland program by Business Finland supports Finnish companies to benefit from the changing transport sector and attracts international players to join Finnish ecosystems.
Main focus areas for the program are digital ships, smart ports, automotive industry, MaaS, smart forest industry logistics, smart rail, trams and drones.
The services for Finnish companies include innovation funding, internationalization services e.g. trade missions, networking and market intelligence.
For foreign companies the program provides invest in Finland services for finding the best partners, joining and building ecosystems and testbeds and setting up R&D in Finland.
Read more about the program here: www.businessfinland.fi/en/smartmobility
Blox Car is a P2P car renting platform that enables car sharing between private people. The company has grown to be the largest platform in Finland with tens of thousands of members and hundreds of cars. Our mission is to enable a more sustainable way of using private cars.
The service allows car owners to turn the second largest household cost to a potential source of income. Blox Car reduces climate change emissions and helps protect the environment by utilizing cars that are already registered for traffic instead of bringing masses of new cars to the streets. This approach also allows a wide range of cars in versatile locations. For renters it is the cheapest way to get access to a car.
Blox Car also offers businesses, housing companies and hotels a car search widget that enables listing of cars by specific criteria on their homepage. This means that e.g. housing companies can list the shared cars in their neighborhood and provide benefits, such as assigned parking places for shared cars. Hotels can give more value to their guests by offering locally shared cars directly on their site and companies can let their employees share cars between each other.
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