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Fleetworld: EVs and accessibility from the UK’s largest fleet owner, UMP Member Motability Operations
Motability Operations, a member of the Urban Mobility Partnership, has been featured in Fleetworld for its mass adoption of electric vehicles – over 40,000 and counting – which can be accessed through its Motability Scheme. James Douglas, manufacturer and...
Fleetworld: New paper calls for tax revamp and business action to drive urgent reduction in grey fleet
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...
Fleet News: Grey fleet reduction ‘key’ to carbon cutting plans
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...
UMP Member interviewed by Smart Cities World podcast about Mobility-as-a-Service
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...
UMP featured in an article discussing how MaaS can transform commuting and business travel
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. ...
Urban Mobility Partnership featured in article exploring new ways to decarbonise commuting
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...
Urban Mobility Partnership launches Mobility-as-a-Service paper at roundtable event in Birmingham
The Urban Mobility Partnership (UMP) launched its extensive practical guide to Mobility as a Service (MaaS) at an exclusive roundtable discussion in Birmingham on Wednesday 24 November. Decision makers and local authority representatives from...
The Times: The city that pays drivers £3,000 to give up their cars
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...
Intelligent Transport: Urban Mobility Partnership calls for long-term funding for the creation of new transport systems
The Urban Mobility Partnership's call for the UK government to provide long-term funding to support a shift towards multimodal, sustainable travel has been featured in Intelligent Transport. Our specific proposal included £90m to incentivise local...
UMP Budget Submission
The Urban Mobility Partnership (UMP) has called upon the Chancellor to provide clear long-term funding to create new transport systems, with a significant focus on driving the public away from private car usage and towards multi-modal, sustainable...
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