Mobility hubs are spaces where public, shared and active travel modes are co-located alongside improvements to the public realm. They enable travellers to make smooth and safe transfers between different modes, swapping private cars for shared vehicles, bikes, buses, trains, scooters or walking.

The annual Mobility Hubs conference has now become an eagerly anticipated date on the calendar of the transport and planning sector.

The third annual Mobility Hubs conference sees speakers and expert panels explore the design, implementation and operation of mobility, EV and service hubs. The day will draw on real world experience and showcase best practice from around the UK and internationally.

Speakers

Confirmed speakers include:

• John Austin, Public Transport Manager, Southend-on-Sea City Council
• Trevor Brennan, Project Lead, England’s Economic Heartland
• Robert Davis, Sustainable Travel Manager, Trueform
• John Denton, Head of Commercial - UK&I, Q-Park
• Lidia Derossi, Principal Engineer, AECOM
• Aoife Dudley, Principal Transport Planner, City Science
• Amanda Edmondson, Mobility Hubs Project Manager, Future Transport Zones (FTZ), West of England Combined Authority
• Kate Gifford, Head of Future Mobility, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
• Dan Gullock, Architect/Director, FATKIN
• Laura Jacklin, Commercial Development Manager, Grid Smarter Cities
• Mark Moran, Editor, Parking Review
• Henry Norman, Delivery Manager, Sustrans
• Elizabeth Orchard, Strategic Land Technical Director, Endelevu working for Ptarmigan Land
• Anjna Patel MBE, Chair of the Board of Directors, British Parking Association
• Robin Tyne, Project Manager, CoMoUK

More speakers to follow...

Key themes

The expert panels will examine issues such as:

• Interactive interchanges: When reimagined as mobility hubs, locations such as car parks, park & ride sites, rail stations and bus stops are no longer just somewhere to store vehicles. Instead they become genuine local transport interchanges which serve, and help build, local communities.
• Green transport: The provision of electric vehicle (EV) charging points at mobility hubs, along with docking stations for e-bikes and e-scooters, is helping support the transition to zero-emission travel.
• Serving communities: Mobility hubs are connected spaces in which to provide click & collect lockers, local information boards and imaginatively designed seating areas and cafés to act as meeting places… so becoming community hubs.
• Supporting business: In parallel to mobility hubs, we are seeing the emergence of service hubs in locations such as underused car parks being transformed into logistics bases for last-mile delivery services, click & collect locations and homes to dark kitchens and dark stores.

Networking opportunities

Mobility Hubs 2024 will provide an opportunity to meet peers, colleagues and other professionals in both structured discussions and during informal networking sessions, including a drinks reception to close the day.