Modality provides an interactive mapping platform that consolidates data from buses, trains, trams, car‑sharing, bike‑share, and scooters into a single visual interface. The tool highlights data gaps, service overlaps, and inter‑modal disconnects, and lets planners simulate mobility scenarios to assess equity and impact. It enables city transportation planners and transit agencies to make data‑driven decisions for coordinated, sustainable mobility networks.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Urban planners and mobility agencies often struggle to integrate diverse transportation modes—buses, trains, trams, car‑sharing, cycling, and micro‑mobility—because data is fragmented, visualisation tools are limited, and coordination gaps remain hidden. This hampers the creation of equitable, sustainable mobility plans and can lead to service duplication or underserved areas.
Solution
Modality offers a strategic mapping platform that aggregates multimodal transport data into a single, interactive visual interface. Users can explore all mobility options on one map, identify missing or inconsistent data, and detect coordination problems such as gaps, duplications, and inter‑modal disconnections. The tool enables scenario modelling, allowing planners to simulate the impact of proposed changes on citizens and assess equity of access. By presenting reliable data in an intuitive, visual format, Modality supports data‑driven decision‑making for sustainable mobility strategies.
Target Audience
Primary users are city transportation planners, mobility agencies, and regional transit authorities responsible for designing and coordinating multimodal transport networks.
Features
- Unified, interactive map displaying buses, trains, trams, car‑sharing, bike‑share, and scooter fleets
- Visual detection of data gaps, inconsistencies, and overlapping services across modes
- Coordination analysis tools that highlight underserved areas and inter‑modal disconnections
- Scenario simulation capabilities to evaluate the citizen impact of proposed mobility plans
- Open data integration framework for incorporating additional sustainable transport datasets