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...
Nov 24, 2021 | Events, News & Updates
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 across the UK will be...
Nov 24, 2021 | News & Updates
The Urban Mobility Partnership (UMP) will be launching its practical guide to Mobility as a Service (MaaS) at a roundtable discussion in Birmingham on Wednesday 24 November. Decision makers and local authority representatives from across the UK will be coming together...
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...
Oct 15, 2021 | 2021, In the Press, News & Updates
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 authorities...
Oct 15, 2021 | 2021, News & Updates
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 travel. UMP is...
Oct 14, 2021 | 2021, In the Press, News & Updates
The Urban Mobility Partnership’s (UMP) call for the UK government to provide long-term funding to incentivise sustainable transport and move people away from private car usage has been featured in Citti Magazine. UMP has proposed £90m to encourage local...