IT-TRANS 2022 gathered 275 exhibitors from the ITS, ticketing and MaaS sector in the German city of Karlsruhe. We have been attending the exhibition (28,000 square meters).

From on-demand mobility and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) to autonomous vehicles and big data, technology moves fast. The exhibitions, backed by UITP and Messe Karlsruhe, goes along a conference programme with more than 180 speakers in over 45 sessions.

275 exhibitors for IT-TRANS 2022

Among exhibitors, the telematics company ViriCiti (ChargePoint), the predictive maintenance specialist Stratio, transit planning-fused Optibus, the Karlsruhe-based INIT Group and PTV. And again: Citio, Fairtiq, Kentkart, Giro, IVU, Masabi, Mentz, PSI, Trapeze, Via. And many more. Also ZF joined the exhibitors’ list presenting its new Bus Connect platform. The only bus available under Karlsruhe venues’ spotlights (besides a MAN Lion’s City at VDV’s stand) was a e-Jest brought by Karsan.

Present in Karlsruhe also Italian MaaS solution provider OpenMove and the Italian organization of public transport companies ASSTRA.

Highlights

The bus industry’s smartphone moment

On 18 March 1895, at 6:25 in the morning, the world’s first motor bus line opened between Siegen, Netphen and Deuz. The vehicle was a Benz Landauer. It had eight seats, a one-cylinder engine of five horsepower, and fifteen kilometres of bad road ahead of it. On the steepest hill, the passengers had ...

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