Automated vehicles and MaaS : removing the barriers Todays technological innovations are creating the base for mobility solutions which accompanied to cultural and socio economic changes taking place all over the world open the door to new mobility scenarios. The challenge of innovation in the transport sector including road sea rail and air is represented by automation of vehicles particularly the automotive from the viewpoint of demonstration and validation. Advances in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on which vehicle automation relies will further challenge this innovation. Vehicle connectivity and automation will boost a paradigm change in mobility use and the adoption on a large scale of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) travel options. However certain conditions need to be in place for sustainable mobility solutions and new business models for transport services. This reference work aims to identify the obstacles to the introduction of cooperative and automated vehicles (CAVs) and MaaS. It presents the results of real research and study undertaken and having identified the obstacles proposes solutions to address and overcome them and make more realistic estimates of the timescales involved