Developers FAQs

Mobility hubs have many benefits, including providing a more convenient, comfortable, and safer environment to access a range of sustainable transport modes. Mobility hubs help to raise the profile of shared mobility services, by boosting utilisation and viability. In addition, they support low car lifestyles and the reallocation of space from car parking to housing or public realm improvements.

Further, by implementing a mobility hub, developers can reduce parking density and therefore increase unit density.

CoMoUK are undertaking feasibility work with designers to establish cost guidance on six exemplar mobility hubs in Scotland. We hope to publish this guidance in April 2022.

In England, Solent Transport have published guidance on mobility hub costings (page 113 onwards).

The feasibility work CoMoUK have commissioned will encompass a design-led approach to the mobility hub concept. Whilst not envisaged as a ‘standard’, the project should give developers an aspirational understanding of what a well-crafted mobility hub looks like.

CoMoUK has several guidance documents for mobility hubs. If the user is looking for an initial overview, the document ‘An Introduction to Mobility Hubs for Planners and Developers in Scotland’ is an excellent starting point.

Maps of established and accredited operators can be found on the main CoMoUK website. Most shared transport and micro-mobility operators are open to discussing a new location; a process CoMoUK are happy to help facilitate.

There are several delivery and operating models available to developers. Please refer to CoMoUK’s Mobility Hubs delivery models document.

Funding options are varied and complex. CoMoUK’s ‘Mobility Hubs Toolkit’ provides an up-to-date list of funding options on page 16. This list is by no means exhaustive but should serve as a good starting point when seeking funding support.

CoMoUK have produced a comprehensive guide to making a business case for your mobility hub: Mobility Hubs delivery models document. The subject is also covered on pages 13 -16 of CoMoUK’s Mobility Hubs Toolkit.

CoMoUK have a dedicated development officer working for communities in Scotland to support and promote shared transport. Please get in touch through scotland@como.org.uk. We will work with partner organisations to establish community links in your development area, where possible.

The CoMoUK Mobility Hub accreditation scheme places an importance mobility hubs being a unified collection of travel modes, nestled closely together to support an integrated shared transport experience.

Depending on scale and location, a mobility hub will need power, drainage and perhaps water. CoMoUK have yet to see micro-renewables utilised for mobility hubs but believe that this will be a future step in mobility hub implementation.

The key components are determined by the location of the hub in a spatial context and the community it serves. The CoMoUK mobility hub accreditation scheme document goes into depth as to the key components of the various types of Hubs that could be delivered.

It is assumed that most mobility hubs will connect with at least one form of public transport, such as a rail link or bus service, dependent on location. This is on a ‘first and last’ mile basis. In rural areas, the bus service may be replaced by Digital Demand Responsive Transport, such as a mini-bus service.

A number of UK and European case studies can be found in CoMoUK’s ‘Mobility Hubs Toolkit’.