  With technological advances, mobility has been moving from a product (i.e.,
traditional modes and vehicles), to a service (i.e., Mobility as a Service,
MaaS). However, as observed in other fields (e.g. cloud computing resource
management) we argue that mobility will evolve from a service to a resource
(i.e., Mobility as a Resource, MaaR). Further, due to increasing scarcity of
shared mobility spaces across traditional and emerging modes, the transition
must be viewed within the critical need for ethical and equitable solutions for
the traveling public (i.e., research is needed to avoid hyper-market driven
outcomes for society). The evolution of mobility into a resource requires novel
conceptual frameworks, technologies, processes and perspectives of analysis. A
key component of the future MaaR system is the technological capacity to
observe, allocate and manage (in real-time) the smallest envisionable units of
mobility (i.e., atomic units of mobility capacity) while providing prioritized
attention to human movement and ethical metrics related to access, consumption
and impact. To facilitate research into the envisioned future system, this
paper proposes initial frameworks which synthesize and advance methodologies
relating to highly dynamic capacity reservation systems. Future research
requires synthesis across transport network management, demand behavior,
mixed-mode usage, and equitable mobility.
