Mobility Hubs 2026 Conference

Who should attend

Mobility Hubs 2026 is designed for professionals responsible for shaping transport systems and places:

Local authorities and combined authorities
Transport planners and urban designers
Bus and rail operators
Shared mobility and micromobility providers
Parking and EV charging providers
Developers and regeneration specialists
Technology and infrastructure providers
Active travel, accessibility, and sustainability professionals
National government and policy bodies

Programme highlights

National policy and strategy updates
Case studies from across the UK and beyond
Local authority hub network development
Urban and rural hub projects
Integration with rail and bus interchanges
Cycle parking and active travel infrastructure
Shared mobility schemes
Delivery and logistics hubs
EV charging integration
Interactive workshops and peer discussions

Site Visits
(Optional - Wednesday 7th October 5PM)

Join the Leicester City Council team for post-event site visits offering a closer look at how Leicester is delivering its transport strategy, including:

Cycle hubs and infrastructure
Walking and cycling routes
Park & Ride facilities

Attendees joining the tour are also welcome to join us for a drink at the Transport, Planning and Health pre-event networking reception, taking place at The Rutland and Derby Arms, Leicester.

Delegate rates

Private Sector Delegates

£275 + VAT

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Public Sector Delegates

£175 + VAT

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Academics

£175 + VAT

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When booking use promocode: MH26EBD for a 10% discount if booked before 30 July 2026.

Programme
Please note programme is currently in development.

09.00

Registration

Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area

09.45

Session 1: Sharing the journey

Chair: Robert Davis, Head of Active & Sustainable Travel, Trueform

Welcome

An introduction to Mobility Hubs 2026.

Sir Peter Soulsby, Mayor of Leicester

Keynote: Creating an active and connected city

Leicester City Council is in the vanguard of the UK’s active cities, championing and implementing a renaissance in cycling, walking and the use of public transport.

Leicester organises its mobility services to support active and connected travel around the city. Leicester is facilitating walking and wheeling, supporting e-mobility, creating cycle hubs and enhancing passenger transport and exploring new approaches to park & ride.

Daniel Pearman, City Transport Director, Leicester City Council

Developing a regional transport plan

The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is developing a single long-term Local Transport Plan – called the Mayor's Transport Plan – focusing on a unified regional network, better buses, and decarbonisation.

Claire Maltby, Head of Transport Strategy, EMCCA

Nottingham’s mobility hubs project

Nottingham City Council's Future Travel Zones project sees mobility hubs being trialled in Nottingham neighbourhoods as a way to bring together a variety of public, shared and sustainable transport modes in a convenient place.

Iain Turner, Transport Planner, Nottingham City Council

Panel discussion

11.00

Networking break

Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area

11.30

Session 2a: Building positive links between people and places

The mobility hubs approach encourages local authorities, public transport operators and shared mobility providers to work in partnership to improve local connectivity.

Chair: Andy Salkeld, Transport Service Manager – Active Travel, Leicester City Council

Mobility hubs: The big picture

Collaborative Mobility UK will review the national landscape of mobility hubs, including the latest policy landscape with respect to national and private stakeholders. CoMoUk will also show how 'pop-up' hubs can engage the public and support the roll-out of mobility hubs.

Will Airey, Senior Policy & Research Officer, CoMoUK

The mobility hub toolkit

Trueform provides a guide to the key elements that make up mobility hubs, enabling project developers to create effective scheme design, delivery and maintenance.

Robert Davis, Head of Active & Sustainable Travel, Trueform

Creating a connected cycle city

A look at the role of Leicester's Cycle Hubs membership scheme, which provides access to secure bike parking facilities around the city, and the Bike Park secure cycle hub in Town Hall Square.

Andy Salkeld, Transport Service Manager - Active Travel Networks, Leicester City Council

Leicester Buses 'One Network' Partnership

A five-year bus transformation programme has seen an investment of over £200m and 200 partnership commitments. By April 2027, the partnership will have delivered a fully integrated network to five key standards - electric, frequent, reliable, easy and great value. Leicester's One Network delivers the same as Manchester's Bee Network, but through a statutory partnership rather than franchising. Delivery has been achieved in a financially sustainable way, quickly and with shared risk and responsibilities over 8 partners.

Andy Gibbons, Head of Buses, Leicester City Council

Hidden in plain sight: The route to the right mobility hub locations

You already hold more of the answer than you realise. What if your data could finally show you what it knows?

Join Matt Stagg, drawing on years spent delivering bus infrastructure surveys across the UK, as he reveals how to move away from unsustainable spreadsheets and photo folders, into systematically managed, actionable intelligence, ready to pinpoint exactly where your planned or organic mobility hubs naturally fit. Built specifically for bus infrastructure teams and simple enough for anyone to use, this isn't just about location.

It's a fully reportable system that solves problems you didn't expect a survey tool to touch, from GDPR compliance on stored images to route reporting ahead of franchising and business case reporting.

Matthew Stagg, Managing Director, Externiture

On the right track

The Derwent Valley Line train service operates between Matlock, Belper, Derby and Nottingham, providing easy access to tourist attractions and a service for local residents. The Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership is looking at how mobility hubs could enhance local connectivity.

David Glasby, Community Rail Officer, Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership

Panel discussion

Session 2b: Providing equitable, accessible and safer mobility

Walking, wheeling and cycling...

Mobility hubs have a key role to play in supporting active travel, integrated transport and more equitable access to work, study and leisure opportunities.

Chair: John Dales, Founder, Urban Movement & Chair, Living Streets

Keynote: Unlocking multi-modal journeys for everyone

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust research provides insights into what determines travel choice and the role of mobility hubs.

Tim Burns, Head of Research, Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans)

Paving the way for walking

The design of streetscapes and wayfinding is crucial to making mobility hubs work

John Dales, Founder, Urban Movement & Chair, Living Streets

Accessible cycling provision

Inclusive cycling programmes aim to remove barriers to cycling, especially for those with disabilities.

Ian Tierney, Chief Partnerships Officer, Wheels for All

Panel discussion

Designing safer mobility hubs for women and girls

Fatkin is an architectural practice that works extensively in the design of mobility interchange and parking facilities at locations such as rail stations and hospitals.

Over the past year Fatkin has been working with Susannah Walker of In Her Place on a project which seeks to show how the physical layout, lighting, human scale, and clear sightlines of transit hubs and public spaces influence the confidence and security of women and girls.

This session will share the results of the study and invite a guest panel and delegates to discuss ways of making travel safer for women and girls.

Presentation:

Hollie Deverell, Associate & Senior Architect, Fatkin
Josie Venning, Associate & Senior Architectural Designer, Fatkin

The panel includes:

Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain, Rail Services Lead, Rail North Partnership
Janet Hudson, Senior Project Manager, Leicester City Council
Guy Kippen, Strategic Sites Project Manager, Wychavon District Council
Susannah Walker, In Her Place, Consultant, In Her Place

13.00

Networking lunch

Refreshments served in the exhibition area

14.00

Session 3: Planning mobility hubs for new developments

Many housing developments remain car-dependent. However, progressively minded local authorities and developers are working to create communities served by a good mix of local travel options, including shared mobility services at local transport hubs.

Chair: Dominic Scholfield, Senior Mobility Consultant, Cenex

Keynote: Homes England on mobility hubs

Homes England’s new mobility hubs guidance promotes user-centred transport integration, focusing on active travel, shared transport, and placemaking within new developments.

Jon Sandford, Senior Manager, Master Development and Design Team, Homes England

Creating sustainable travel options for new housing

How data-driven solutions can help build strong partnerships between housing developers, local authorities and transport providers to make sustainable travel a reality.

Robin Pointon, Managing Director, GO Travel Solutions

The Mobility Hubs Game

Produced by Cenex

Mobility Hubs 2026 will feature an interactive session in which delegates are divided into groups and assigned roles (developers, residents, councillors, planners and transport providers).

Low carbon mobility consultancy Cenex ran a popular game based around rural mobility issues at Mobility Hubs 2025.

This year Cenex has devised the session based on discussions with local authority officers, developers and planning experts.

Session developed and led by:

Dominic Scholfield, Senior Mobility Consultant, Cenex
Hegazy Ibrahim, Technical Specialist, Cenex
Beth Morley, Human Insights Lead, Cenex

15.30

Networking break

Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area

15.45

Session 4: Journey planner: Where are mobility hubs heading?

Mobility Hubs 2026 will conclude with presentations and a discussion looking at the next stages in the mobility hubs journey.

Chair: Andrew Smith, Director of Planning, Transportation and Economic Development, Leicester City Council

Connecting buses, rail, walking, wheeling, cycling and micro-mobility

North Somerset Council is rolling out a network of upgraded transport and mobility hubs funded by the UK Government's Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP). Key sites include the Gold Standard-accredited Worle Interchange, the Weston Hospital hub, and the Pill Precinct hub, alongside planned upgrades across Clevedon, Nailsea, and Portishead.

Annabelle Fortune, Head of Transport Planning, North Somerset Council

Measuring success: Evidence-based evaluation

Having worked to plan, launch and then operate mobility hubs, there is a need to understand how well they are performing so as to inform future developments. This presentation presents a potential evaluation framework for mobility hubs.

Tom Arnold, Transport Planner, Nottingham City Council

Future directions for mobility hubs

The mobility hub approach offers an opportunity to convert urban spaces such as under-utilised car parks in town centres and retail destinations into facilities such as.

Electric vehicle hubs which cater for car clubs and taxis
Last-mile hubs hosting parcel lockers and self-storage solutions
Retail kiosks, food vans and cafés.

Expanding some mobility hubs into 'service hubs' can create community spaces where people can chat and meet as well as enhance local amenity and provide employment. But there are planning considerations, operational barriers and commercial challenges that need to be overcome when looking to create enhanced hubs.

Panel discussion

16.45

Event close