MT #7 - Sustainable mobility hubs

The European Union has committed itself to reduce by 55% greenhouse gas emissions. To that end, the transition of mobility towards new uses with low GGE plays a key role, by encouraging soft mobility, including the use of public transportation.

Sustainable mobility hubs can be a part of this transition for urban mobility. They can be considered as the counterpart of MaaS, capable of making interconnections between transports modes, in an increasingly complex picture of urban mobility. Mobility hubs represent a flexible concept and they are diversly implemented.

As a physical connection point proposing a multimodal offer, these hubs gather and connect the various travel solutions in the city and around: walking, cycling, shared mobility, on-demand transport, public transportation, etc. They can include carpool and carsharing options, real-time information and ticket selling for public transportation, biking rental and infrastructure (repair station/shop, parking, etc.), scooter rental, micro warehouses for last-mile delivery, charging point for electric mobility but also other kinds of services as parcels storage and delivery.

It is expected that these hubs offer efficient mobility alternatives, participate in the unblock of the traffic, the reduction pressure on parking spaces and widely the attractiveness of the city.

If several hubs are already implemented, particularly in Nord and Eastern Europe, various challenges still exist: business and governance model, user experience, ticketing/digital dimension (MaaS), services to implement and to ensure the high quality service, consideration of the needs against situations, etc.  

Examples: Mobipunt, Hvv Switch, Jelbi Station, etc.