We’re delighted to have published the work led by RiDC and supported by us on widening access for disabled people to shared micromobility. There’s more on this groundbreaking work, funded by the Motability Foundation, below. It’s an area we will be working in further – not least with regard to car clubs, a piece of work now moving to its conclusion so more on that soon.
It’s been a frantic time in government affairs for CoMoUK as we have responded to no fewer than four significant consultations. The proposals to licence bike share are of huge importance to us and all involved in the sector of course, so we responded to the DfT’s survey as well as submitting a lengthier, wider response and continuing to engage with the Department in meetings. While there are a lot of questions and gaps that need to be answered well, we are heartened at signals from Government that they want to see the growth of bike share.
We also submitted a wide-ranging response to the Treasury’s Spending Review, spanning taxation and spending policies, spatial planning, transport planning and integration.
Integration was of course our theme in responding to DfT’s call for ideas on an Integrated National Transport Strategy. We stressed the opportunity for better join up of sustainable transport options (something we know well from our research that people already do, more despite the ecosystem they are in than because of it) and better join up of policy, programmes and funding across government.
Last but not least was the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate consultation where we emphasised the need for steps to deliver on the benefit conferred in car clubs in the existing mandate – which was a welcome step we pushed hard for, but which has yet to bear fruit out there in car club fleets.
Keep in touch and keep it shared,
