Organiser: WRI India
Across the world, mobility systems are undergoing a profound structural transformation driven by decentralisation, digitalisation, electrification, and rising travel demand. Yet in most cities, a core challenge remains unchanged: mobility systems are still built around vehicles rather than people, and around isolated solutions rather than connected, citywide systems. The result is fragmented passenger experiences, disconnected services, and investments that fail to add up to more efficient, inclusive mobility networks.
Addressing this challenge requires a fundamental shift in how mobility problems are approached. Often, the missing ingredient is not more technology or new solutions, but the conditions that allow an entire ecosystem to solve problems— including those we have not yet imagined. Just as the Internet enabled social media and digital commerce, and GPS enabled navigation apps, shared digital foundations can unlock innovation far beyond their original intent.
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for mobility applies this thinking to cities. By creating shared digital foundations, DPI enables city authorities, transport agencies, fleet operators, energy providers, and financial institutions to coordinate at scale, while retaining their autonomy. It allows data to flow across systems that were previously unable to connect, creating the potential for more informed, responsive decision-making.
Realising this potential, however, requires clarity on priorities, collaboration across stakeholders, and the ability to translate data into action. SHIFT Transport is a global collaborative initiative advancing DPI thinking by bringing together data, diverse actors, and shared learning to improve how mobility decisions are made and coordinated over time. Through its two core components—the Transport Analytics Hub and the Immersive Experience—SHIFT transforms fragmented data into live, actionable intelligence and embeds co creation into how cities plan, invest, and deliver mobility solutions.
MODERATOR
Pawan Mulukutla, Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen, WRI India
SPEAKERS
Angelika Zwicky, Principal Sector Economist, KfW
Holger Dalkmann, CEO, Sustain 2030
Ben Welle, Director, Integrated Transport & Innovation, WRI
Armin Wagner, Senior Sector Specialist, GIZ
Roelof Hellemans, Secretary General, MaaS Alliance
Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General, POLIS
