09 and private sharing services . Car sharing communities such as SnappCar , Drivy or Turo today offer private individuals a portal to offer and find vehicles .
E-scooters , legal in Germany since June 2019 , have now also joined the mix of public and private transport options in cities 3 . Finally , people in urban areas are rediscovering the bicycle , either in the traditional form , or as e-bikes or cargo bikes , which are even on the verge of being subsidized by some cities in Germany .
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However , the potential of digitization is not fully exploited , and profit margins can hardly be realized with capsuled solutions . New market players are therefore currently using individual solutions more as an entry point to position themselves for future offerings .
Truly game-changing solutions are those that take a big-picture view on urban mobility – and interconnect infrastructure , vehicles , operations , and additional services . Rather than tweaking one aspect of the mosaic , they focus on concepts that optimize the overall urban mobility system . Solutions are emerging , for example , around active traffic management technology , with sensors and variable traffic signals , to optimize traffic flow and prevent congestion . And providers like Wololo in the UK have launched city travel subscriptions that include access to e-bikes , scooters , public transport , car sharing , and more . Likewise , the city of Vienna also plans to offer multimodal urban travel subscriptions via the app Whim , which was already successfully launched in Finland ’ s capital Helsinki by
3 ) E-scooters get the green light on Germany ' s roads , The Local 2019 : https :// www . thelocal . de / 20190517 / e-scooters-get-the-green-light-on-germanys-roads