Jul 3, 2023 | 2023, In the Press, News & Updates
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has appointed UMP Member FOD Mobility Group to help develop a new mobility-as-a-service app that will allow users to plan, book, and pay for all transport options in the West Midlands region. The app aims to make regional transport...
Nov 17, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
The Urban Mobility Partnership has been mentioned in a Fleet Europe article covering how major businesses are moving to smart mobility. Major businesses across Europe are looking to reduce their carbon emissions by shifting employees towards shared and sustainable...
Jun 3, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
Urban Mobility Partnership founder Steven Stewart was interviewed by Smart Cities World following the launch of UMP’s policy paper on grey fleet reduction. He says now is the ideal time to address the major issue of “grey fleet” business travel...
Jun 1, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
Greenfleet has featured the Urban Mobility Partnership’s launch of its policy paper calling for businesses and public organisations to reduce reliance on personal vehicles for business travel to help meet decarbonisation goals. The paper examines the problems of...
May 31, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
Fleetpoint featured the Urban Mobility Partnership’s policy paper launch, calling for businesses and public organisations to reduce their reliance on “grey fleet” vehicles (employee-owned cars) for business travel to meet decarbonisation goals. The...
May 30, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
The Urban Mobility Partnership is calling for reducing personal car usage for business travel to align with decarbonisation goals. UMP recommends making grey fleet reduction part of clean air and transport plans, removing car requirements from contracts, assessing...
May 26, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
A new white paper from the Urban Mobility Partnership calls for government and businesses to take action to reduce grey fleet usage for business travel in line with decarbonisation goals. The policy paper examines problems with relying on personal vehicles for...
Feb 27, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
Fleet News features the Urban Mobility Partnership’s launch of a policy paper calling for businesses and public organisations to reduce reliance on personal car use for business travel to meet decarbonisation goals. UMP’s paper identifies problems with the...
Feb 24, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
Chris Pritchett of the Urban Mobility Partnership discusses the importance of properly defining MaaS to help travelers understand new mobility options in an interview with SmartCitiesWorld senior editor Luke Antoniou. Public-private partnerships like those in UMP are...
Feb 3, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
Chair of the Urban Mobility Partnership, James Lancaster, is featured today in GREENFLEET UK magazine discussing how Mobility As A Service (Maas) can transform commuting and business travel, and help employers move away from greyfleet vehicles. MaaS can improve...
Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, In the Press, News & Updates
The Urban Mobility Partnership is delighted to have been quoted in this excellent piece by Smart Transport, which looks at the best ways to decarbonise the commute. Prior to the pandemic, commuter journeys accounted for 15% of all trips and 20% of total travel...
Oct 17, 2021 | 2021, In the Press, News & Updates
A UK government program inspired by UMP’s mobility credits scheme is offering up to £3,000 grants to be spent on public transport to Coventry residents who give up a car, to study if this encourages a shift away from car dependency, Nicholas Hellen of the Times...
