Mobility Hubs Session 2: UK activity and opportunities for collaboration

AgendaDeveloper perspective – Matt Rimmer, Hadley Property group & Peter Mitchell, Gascoyne Estates

Local Authority perspectives, UK activity, plans, challenges, Norfolk CC, Sestran, Hampshire CC, TfGM, WYCA.

Next steps for policy, practice and quality standards in the UK - James Harris, RTPI

Richard Dilks, CoMoUK

Questions

Mobility Hubs development in the UK What are we missing?

Norfolk County Council- Transport for Norwich StrategyAimCreating clean transport priority corridors that link key transport hubs (rail station, bus station, airport and mobility hubs), economic growth areas, existing and new homes and educational provision across the Greater Norwich Region.

ScaleAcross the Greater Norwich Area linking in with residential areas to key employment and education sites

LocationsWork has already started at the Bus Station and over 30 key mobility hub locations have been identified

Challenges• Improving Journey Time Reliability• Improving use of active travel to commute• Facilitation Economic growth while maintaining flow on the network• Reducing Carbon emissions• Widen social and economic benefits across all demographics• Supporting Housing delivery• Improving Air Quality• Future Mobility- using data and MaaS implementation

CoMoUK

Mobility Hubs Webinar14 May 2020

Julie Vinders

Project Officer

Julie.vinders@sestran.gov.uk

South East of Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran)

Mobility Hubs: A Strategic Study for the South East of Scotland

• Strategic alignment to policy context

• Typology, components, implementation framework

• Potential locations

The Regional Transport Partnership for the South East of Scotland

Potential demand for

Mobility Hubs

Potential need for Mobility

Hubs

• Aims: Proof of concept

• Partnerships

• Replicable across region and beyond

Mobility Hub Strategic Study: https://sestran.gov.uk/news/sestran-strategic-studies/

Julie.vinders@sestran.gov.uk

Next steps

Southampton TCF Local Mobility Hub proposals (funded)

Three LMHs will offer a range of mobility options:• e-vehicle hire through a Car Club (car or van), • e-bike (normal and cargo), • EV charging points• public transport Bus Super Stops and/or rail stations• cycle parking, taxis, and lift/car share spaces.

They will also have facilities such as cafes or ‘pop-up’ retail units, all linked together through high quality public realm and streetscape.

They will also act as micro-consolidation points with ‘click & collect’ facilities for a range of services such as parcels and shopping.

LMHs will be located in Town or District Centres because a range of complementary services are already available and are destinations where people can easily get to by public transport or walk to.

Two Active Travel Zones will also be created in adjoining neighbourhoods, these are proposed to have micro-mobility hub points such as “parklets” that have cycle parking, places to leave shared e-mobility like scooters, and maybe an EV charging point. These would be created by re-purposing parking spaces on-street

The four Station Travel Hubs will take the majority of the LMH principles and attach them to a public transport interchange

Portsmouth TCF enhanced interchange proposals (TBC, subject to revised business case to DfT)

• Portsmouth’s submitted TCF proposals included several major interchange enhancement schemes (marked by star icons).

• Revised SOBC currently being prepared, content TBC

• Envisages providing high quality interchanges, as easy interchange a key requirement for turning “corridors” into a cohesive network

• Central objective is to deliver enhanced customer experience; and complimentary policies & measures. Adding on new services at interchanges helps achieve this

• FTZ programme to add “mobility hub” type functionality to some interchanges including:• Hubs for bikes/ e-bikes/ potential e

scooters• Usage of spare capacity in off- peak

periods by mobile/ “pop up” micro logistics hubs (reserved via bookable bay systems) to act as a hub/focal point for sustainable last mile delivery routes

• Delivery collection points/lockers

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Solent Future Transport Zone (funded): Several projects additionally co-locate at or focus around LMHs and Interchanges

Mobility as a

Service trials

DDRT

Trials

Mobility

Credits

trial

Growing

Solent

Go

Lift

sharing

incentive

project

Bike/

e-bike

share

Drone

Logistics

Theme 1: Personal MobilityTheme 2: Sustainable

Urban Logistics

Cross-cutting

projects

LMHs & Interchanges

Micro Consolidation

Macro Consolidation

E-

scooter

trials

(TBC)

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eHubs in Greater Manchester

2020-05-14

Ian Inglis

Senior Project Manager

1. What?• 5 – 10 shared electric cars

(battery electric vehicles)

• 25 shared electric cargobikes(battery swap)

2. Why?

3a. Where? Area selectionFactors considered in TU Delft analysis:- Population density- Age- Bus stop density- Level of accessibility- Presence of demand

generators (i.e. shopping centres, office area etc)

Factors considered in analysis conducted by TfGM:- Socio-demographics- Cycle use- Presence of cycle

infrastructure- Political considerations- In-flight “competing”

schemes

3b. Where? Selected areas

Bury (north Manchester)

Chorlton (south Manchester)

4. Where? Site selection

Considerations for site selection:- multiple land owners with

bespoke challenges.- Crime/anti-social behaviour.- Safety.- Cannot create barrier to

people with mobility impairments.

- Existing demand for EV charging posts.

- Feasibility of installing new charging posts.

Questions?

Mobility Hubs in West Yorkshire

• Mobility hubs in Calderdale, Wakefield and Leeds currently being developed

• A longer list of hubs still require funding!

• Key principles for development:

• Links to DRT schemes currently in progress

• Integration with TCF proposals esp. at rail stations and other funding programmes

• Potential integration with COVID-19 investment in walking and cycling infrastructure/e-scooters?

James HarrisPolicy and Networks Manager

Royal Town Planning Institute

@urban_wonder

Planning for

mobility hubs

Shows why planning for higher levels

of density, land use mix, accessibility

and connectivity supports:

• economic productivity

• decarbonisation

• public health

(while meeting the government’s

housing targets)

Field research demonstrates that

too many new homes are still

located and designed around the

private car

How we can move away from

‘predict and provide’ and towards

the development of place-based

visions where sustainable

transport is embedded from the

outset

The right time for

mobility hubs

The ability to develop long-

term visions: new approaches

are emerging which enable a

sub-national approach to

strategic planning

Credit: Catriona Riddell@CatrionaRiddel1

source: datashine.org.uk

Data can help us to

understand optimal locations

for strategic transport

interventions

O X F O R DB R I S T O L

L E E D SN E W C A S T L

E

C O V E N T R

Y

Government is examining place-

based approaches to transport

decarbonisation

James HarrisPolicy and Networks Manager

Royal Town Planning Institute

@urban_wonder

Thank you!

Next steps from CoMoUK (1/2)

Ongoing engagement with and support for mobility hubs with

- proposers- in the policy landscape

Quality standards definitions

Quality Wheel

Next steps from CoMoUK (2/2)

(subject to funding) a ‘cut out and keep’ guide to troubleshoot common issues for:

- those proposing mobility hubs- those receiving planning applications

Monitoring and evaluation exploration- learn fast in the public domain

Questions?

Chatboxinfo@como.org.ukwww.como.org.uk