Key themes
The Mobility Hubs 2025 conference will address themes such as:
Policy, Planning & Delivery
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Planning and funding mobility hub networks
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Integrating mobility hubs into local transport strategies
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Designing consistent, flexible, and scalable hub models
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Working with communities and artists to create a sense of place
Types of hubs
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Urban, rural, and regional mobility hubs
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Mobility hubs in new and existing residential developments
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Workplace and campus mobility hubs
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Repurposing car parks and rethinking park & ride
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Modular and small-scale rural hubs
Integrated services
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Connecting hubs with public and active transport
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Delivering shared mobility (e-bikes, scooters, car clubs)
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Providing EV charging infrastructure
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Supporting last-mile logistics and parcel services
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Managing the kerbside and public realm effectively
Operations & commercial models
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Partnering with developers, operators and the private sector
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Governance and ownership models for sustainable hubs
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Creating commercially viable and user-friendly services
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Futureproofing hubs through data, tech and innovation
Who will be attending
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Local authorities
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Property companies
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Car club operators
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Micromobility specialists
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Logistics companies
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EV charging providers
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Consultants
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Architects
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Facility managers
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Public transport operators
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Retailers
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Construction companies
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App developers
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Technology providers
1 October - Pre-event Tours:
Discover Bristol's Mobility Hubs & Networking drinks
Meet: 1pm
Networking drinks: 4pm
Location: Selected Mobility Hub sites across Bristol
Join us the day before the conference for an exclusive guided tour of a series of Bristol’s pioneering Mobility Hubs, delivered as part of the city’s ambitious Future Transport Zone programme.
This is your chance to see how multiple sites across the city are combining shared mobility, active travel, EV infrastructure, and placemaking to support more sustainable, people-centred transport.
Spaces are limited and exclusively available to registered conference delegates.
The tour concludes with informal networking drinks from 4pm
Tour Partner:
Programme
Please note that the programme is currently under development.
If you are interested in speaking or taking part in a panel contact Mark Moran at: mark.moran@landor.co.uk
09.00
Registration
Tea & coffee served in the exhibition
09:45
Session 1: Creating connections
By bringing together different types of transport, mobility hub schemes provide a focal point for communities to access useful facilities, shared mobility and local information.
Keynote: A mobility vision for a connected city
Mobility hubs play a key role in realising Bristol City Council’s vision of creating a well-connected city that enables people to move around efficiently with increased transport options that are accessible and inclusive, while also helping achieve net zero by 2030.
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Bristol City Council speakers (TBC)
Building a mobility hub network
West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (WECA) is delivering one of the biggest mobility hub networks in the UK. Installed across the West of England as part of the Future Transport Zone (FTZ) initiative, the £28m programme is funded by the Department for Transport (DfT). It aims to modernise and integrate sustainable transport across South Gloucestershire and North Bristol.
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West of England Mayoral Combined Mayoral Authority speakers (TBC)
A project presentation covering issues such as:
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Delivering a consistent mobility hub design
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Working in a multi-partner environment
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Developing regional wayfinding for mobility hubs
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Working with local artists and residents/user communities to give a local look and feel to mobility hubs.
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Amanda Edmondson, Mobility Hubs Project Manager, Future Transport Zones (FTZ), West of England Mayoral Combined Authority
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Habib Khan, Managing Director, Meristem Design
PANEL
Representatives from Bristol City Council, West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, and key project partners.
11.00
Morning break
Tea & coffee served in the exhibition
11.30
Session 2: Delivering mobility hubs
Mobility hubs have moved from being a policy ambition into becoming facilities providing space for a modal transfer in the real world.
The state of UK mobility hubs – Progress, potential and what must come next
As mobility hubs gain in popularity across the UK, a clearer picture is emerging of where provision is flourishing, where gaps remain, and what’s needed to scale up with consistency and ambition. With growing public and political interest, now is the time to take stock and set direction.
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Will Airey, Consultancy and Research Officer, CoMoUK
Local Travel Points: Mobility hubs in the West Midlands
A look at the design, implementation and operation of a mobility hub network created by Transport for West Midlands. The Local Travel Points are being rolled out at key locations including high streets, rail and bus stations, housing developments and community centres.
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Robert Davis, Managing Director, Trueform
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Transport for West Midlands speaker (INVITED)
Making the case for investment in hubs
England’s Economic Heartland facilitated a 'triage investment' workshop with KPMG to bring together both EEH authority partners, commercial mobility hub developers and private capital to discuss mobility hubs.
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Trevor Brennan, Project Lead, England’s Economic Heartland
Planning mobility hubs for the future
Local authorities, developers and mobility operators are looking to provide mobility hubs as part of transport, housing and urban renewal schemes, with then potential for them to act as community concieges and local centres. This presentation will look at themes such as:
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Mobility hubs in the context of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
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Obtaining Section 106 funding for mobility hubs
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Operating and financing models for mobility hubs
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Determining optimal mobility and suppotrtong components in hubs
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Grid connection and capacity considerations
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Paul Curtis, Director, Transport & Mobility Planning, SLR Consulting
Visualising mobility hubs
BetaStreets is a purpose-built software design platform, made to change the way people design streets and places.
Combine photos of the present, with assets from the library of things to create a vision of the future in minutes.
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Jon Little, co-founder, BetaStreets
13.00
Lunch break
Refreshments served in the exhibition
14.00
Session 3a:
Operating mobility hubs
As mobility hubs become embedded in the transport landscape, attention turns to how they operate day to day, how they serve diverse users, and how they can adapt to evolving community needs.
Multi-modal integration: Best practice and case studies
Integration covers a wide range of scenarios depending on the journeys and the destinations under consideration, anc can range from a single cycle hire to a large transport interchange. From the customer's standpoint, integration should be logical from a system-wide perspective with an overall goal to improve access and doverage, while avoiding duplication of service, and to make trips as short and seamless as possible.
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Monica Bassan, Policy Manager, Rail Delivery Group
Driving Change: Q-Park’s Integrated Mobility Vision
How Q-Park aims to develop its parking facilities into vital instruments to help realise urban accessibility, sustainability and liveability.
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Sacha Oerlemans, Corporate Sustainability, Communications and Brand Manager, Q-Park Group
Ancoats: An urban mobility hub
A Manchester City Council project managed by APCOA that provides parking for residents and visitors, alongside sustainable transport options in a community setting. The hub also space for 150 bicycles, car share vehicles, EV charging, parcel delivery hub, café, store and new public realm.
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Adam Richards, Head of Commercial Asset Management, APCOA
Session 3b:
Game On – Designing and operating rural mobility hub networks
An interactive role-playing workshop devised and led by Dominic Scholfield, Mobility Team Leader at Cenex
In this gamified, hands-on workshop, participants take on the roles of key stakeholders working to design an integrated rural mobility network for a fictional region. Each round table becomes a local taskforce, tasked with solving access challenges, coordinating multiple transport modes, and deciding where and how to deploy mobility hubs as interchange points.
Armed with maps and role cards, players will need to negotiate priorities, balance trade-offs, and find creative solutions to support rural connectivity, accessibility, and decarbonisation goals.
Key outcomes for participants:
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A deeper appreciation of the complexity of rural mobility challenges
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Insight into the potential of mobility hubs as enablers of integrated rural transport
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An engaging opportunity to collaborate, debate, and learn through play,
The outcomes of the game will be reported to the main conference after lunch.
The game has been devised by Cenex working in partnership with Suffolk County Council.
15.15
Afternoon break
Tea & coffee served in the exhibition
15.30
Session 4: Future directions for mobility hubs
Creating accessible mobility hubs
Sustrans Transforming Mobility research shows that 81% of disabled people support the provision of a better experience when they are changing between different types of transport. Sustrans is now developing a new strategy which includes a focus on joining walking, wheeling and cycling with buses, trams and trains. The Transforming Mobility project was delivered in partnership with Transport for All and funded by the Motability Foundation.
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Tim Burns, Head of Research, Sustrans
Transforming rural bus shelters into modular mobility hubs
A DfT/Innovate-UK Transport Decarbonisation Demonstrators Programme project that aims to enhance placemaking and improve active travel connections whilst addressing the specific needs of various groups. By adopting the right strategies, rural infrastructure can support net zero targets and enhance travel experiences for commuters.
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Dominic Scholfield, Mobility Team Leader, Cenex, Clive Hartley, Founder, Quarterre Studio, and Morag Haddow, Transport Policy Officer, East Lothian Council (invited)
What do people want from mobility hubs?
Kirklees Council has been working alongside the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the University of Huddersfield to understand the how mobility hubs can meet residents' travel needs and on the views of transport operators and delivery stakeholders.
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Rory Davis, Transport Strategy & Policy Team Manager (Interim), Kirklees Council and Alex Nikitas, Professor of Sustainable Transport Futures, University of Huddersfield
DISCUSSION: Where next for mobility hubs?
A discussion about how to plan, fund and implement effective mobility hub networks. Speakers and delegates will explore how mobility hubs will evolve, with an emphasis on making them commercially and environmentally sustainable services.
Ideas and themes discussed in this session will be the basis for the programme of Mobility Hubs 2026.
The panel will comprise speakers from the day plus special guests:
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John Austin, Sustainable Transport Expert and Mobility Hubs Advocate
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Robin Tyne, Sustainable Transport Consultant
17.00
Networking reception
17.45
Event close
Speakers
Mark Moran
Editor
Parking Review
Event programmer
Robert Davis
Managing Director
Trueform
Habib Khan
Managing Director
Meristem Design
Paul Curtis
Director, Transport and Mobility Planning
SLR Consulting
Monica Bassan
Policy Manager
Rail Delivery Group
Adam Richards
Head of Commercial Asset Management
APCOA
Clive Hartley
Founder
Quarterre Studio
Tim Burns
Head of Research
Sustrans
Robin Tyne
Sustainable Transport Consultant
Amanda Edmondson
Mobility Hubs Project Manager, Future Transport Zones (FTZ)
West of England Mayoral Combined Authority
Will Airey
Consultancy and Research Officer
CoMoUK
Trevor Brennan
Project Lead
England's Economic Heartland
Jon Little
Co-Founder
BetaStreets
Sacha Oerlemans
Corporate Sustainability, Communications and Brand Manager
Q-Park Group
Dominic Scholfield
Mobility Team Leader
Cenex
Alex Nikitas
Professor of Sustainable Transport Futures
University of Huddersfield
John Austin
Sustainable Transport Expert and Mobility Hubs Advocate
Morag Haddow
Transport Policy Officer
East Lothian Council
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