Travel Hubs
Linking people, communities and businesses to transport options in the West of England.
What are Travel Hubs?
Our vision for transport in the region is to provide people, communities, and businesses with affordable, reliable, enjoyable, and safe ways to travel. Our trial Travel Hubs (also known as Mobility Hubs) will bring together established forms of transport with new ones, such as e-scooters, e-cargo bikes, and demand responsive bus services.
By bringing different transport services conveniently together at these one-stop Mobility Hub sites, we intend to make it easier for people to switch between different forms of transport - improving connections and making journeys easier while at the same time providing an opportunity to improve public spaces in a way which meets local community and business needs.
Travel Hubs: short summary
Watch this summary of the Travel Hubs project.
We aim to create Travel Hubs that will support stronger communities and economies, making better and more inclusive places that belong to local people.
Developing for the future
During March 2022, we asked local people what facilities they would find most useful for a Travel Hub in their area. Using this information, we are carrying out a detailed design and procurement stage, with a view to starting to construct the hubs in early 2024 onwards.
These trial Travel Hubs will also help us to explore a financially and operationally sustainable model for permanent sites in the future.
Travel Hubs will operate together within the wider transport network, with a consistent and recognisable appearance but each hub will be individually tailored to meet local community and business needs.
Our trial sites have been chosen based on their ability to be delivered and quickly add value to local communities. Once in operation, we can start learning about how they work in practice and use this experience to continually improve the design, implementation, and operation of Travel Hubs in the future.
Get in touch
For updates on Future Transport Zone and opportunities to get involved as the programme develops, register at our procurement portal. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please email: ftz@westofengland-ca.gov.uk
If you are a supplier and would like to help us deliver our FTZ projects please email: ftz@westofengland-ca.gov.uk
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