Mobility strategy - Page 12

Andrew Ryan looks at the principles of Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy report and their meaning

Vulog and Groupe Renault will begin building electric vehicles ready for car sharing services, under a new partnership.

The Urban Mobility Partnership is urging all 44 public bodies in Wales to ban the use of private cars for business purposes.

Toyota Financial Services has bought a majority stake in ride-sharing platform Faxi in order to develop its own car-pooling platform.

Ford has starting trialling a last mile parcel delivery concept in London with Gnewt Cargo which uses pedestrian couriers to take packages to their final destination.

Autonomous vehicles, drones and delivery robots will all have a part to play in the future mobility ecosystem, says KPMG.

ALD Automotive has joined public-private partnership, MaaS Alliance, in hopes to drive successful implementation and take-up of MaaS.

Fleet Operations has launched a new reporting suite to make cost and performance analysis quicker and easier for fleet and mobility managers.

Mobilleo has added ride-hailing capability from eight leading providers including Gett, Karhoo, Cabfind and Sixt mydriver to its app.

It says businesses are at risk of breaching their duty of care obligations after more than 150,000 drivers, who took their driving test outside Britain, obtained a UK licence last year.

Bynx has released version 12.8 of its flagship fleet and mobility management platform, with new functionality and faster features.

Vehicle to grid technology has the potential to earn electric vehicle operators money, but it is not without some risks.

The UK’s departure from the EU must be orderly, with a deal that supports both the industry and technological collaboration, especially in data, says the SMMT.

Fleet operators are tackling a “forest of fires” thanks, in part, to the Government being unable to set the agenda because of Brexit, says ACFO chairman John Pryor.

Maintaining the flexibility of business transport will be the key challenge facing fleets as future mobility strategies start to take effect, says FleetCheck.

The road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has warned that the rise in the use of electric scooters alongside vehicles on UK roads will be bad news for road safety.

Ministers say review, announced in its its Future of Mobility Urban Strategy, will pave the way for transforming the way people and goods will be moved around UK cities.

Half of passengers do not trust public transport to get them to their destination on time, according to new research from Fujitsu.

Andrew Ryan looks at five of the factors which will influence the future for urban travel in the UK

For corporate users, the top-line financial savings that can be made through reduced costs in space rental, car park management and maintenance

Government, policymakers, fleets and suppliers debate the big topics and challenges facing the UK transport sector

Rental firm boss sees parallels between transport and music development.

The achievement of cleaner air is everyone’s responsibility – not just that of the transport industry

There are challenges to address, but connected and autonomous vehicles will revolutionise transport and travel

Local authorities must engage with business providers to ensure mobility as a service is an ethical solution that meets everyone’s needs

Cycling, walking, car clubs, autonomous vehicles and EVs all have a part to play in first and last mile journeys

Old legislation, regulation and organisation must be restructured if transport infrastructure is going to be fit for purpose in the future

ICFM's Peter Eldridge shines the spotlight on leadership and management skills, while asking why fleet managers are morphing into mobility.

Seat has taken the wraps of its Minimo concept car: its vision of the future of urban mobility.

New compliance supergroup aims to ‘blow opposition out of the water’.

BMW and Daimler are investing more than £870m to develop and integrate car-sharing, ride-hailing, parking, electric vehicle charging and multimodal transport.

Zipcar UK's membership grew 33% in 2018 to hit the 250,000 mark, with London boroughs in particular seeing huge growth.

TCH Leasing has announced that Autochair will be its new preferred supplier for contract hire, following a successful Fleet Live exhibition in 2018.

Sofico has ended its 30th anniversary year with record-breaking turnover figures for 2018.

Citroen has unveiled its Ami One mobility concept - a two-seat electric vehicle for urban areas.

Fleets are being reminded that drivers may need an international driving permit (IDP) if they are going to drive abroad in the event of a no deal Brexit.

Carmakers jostle with start-ups for control of next-generation mobility

Licence checking company blames the continued growth in personal leasing and the increased tax burden for some company car users.

An increase in the number of smart motorways, which rely on advanced traffic management (ATM) cameras, could give fleets a compliance problem.

Bridgestone Europe and Iris Capital have announced a deal to investigate and invest in new mobility services and digital technologies across Europe, the Middle-East and Africa.