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Why Team Mobility UK?

A new era of rapid change for bus services in Great Britain has begun. Transport Authorities are under pressure to deliver more effective bus strategies in new ways - from franchising to new approaches to working within the deregulated market. At the same time, the bus fleet is transitioning to zero emission.

With so much change happening so quickly, 'been there, done that' expertise is in short supply. Team Mobility UK is here to help.

Founded by Trans-Missions, a European public transport consultancy specialising in franchising, we have assembled a team of international and UK experts to help transport authorities navigate this new landscape. From planning to delivery, we draw upon decades of practical experience in working with local and regional transport authorities to design successful bus strategies and then deliver them.

Team Mobility UK has maintained close links with the Bus Centre of Excellence (BCoE) since last summer, and team members attended the Quality Rural Bus conference in Hatfield and the Quality Bus conference in Portsmouth. Our experts have delivered three presentations in the last few months, on the topics of Bus Franchising practice and DRT in France, and on free public transport in continental Europe. As active participants in the BCoE Bus Franchising Group, Team Mobility UK continues to bring valuable international perspectives to support BCoE's collective expertise and development.

Who founded our team?

  • Trans-Missions (France) and KCW (Germany): consultancies working exclusively for the public sector ;
  • 25 years of European experience of different operating models for buses, including franchising and municipal ownership ;
  • Management of hundreds of successful franchising procedures in Europe ;
  • Trans-Missions and KCW have worked with transport authorities both large and small in both rural and urban contexts.

Our team of UK and international bus experts

Management & strategy

Arnaud Léger

Leadership, management, strategy

France / UK

Jonathan Bray

Leadership, management, strategy

UK

Our pool of freelance independent experts

Mike Weston

Franchising, operations, change management

UK

John Barry

Planning, franchising, change management

UK

Nick Vane

Contract design, planning, operating models

UK

Andy Gibbons

Contract design, planning, operating models

UK

Anne Marie PURCELL

Change management, governance

UK

Clive Hartley

Hubs design, vehicles design

UK

Our pool of international experts

Didier Van de Velde

Franchising, governance, strategy

Netherlands / Belgium

Julien De Labaca

MaaS, marketing, intermodality

France / Spain

Laurent Hien

Contract design, planning, operating models

France

Beat Mueller

Strategy, franchising, economics

France / Switzerland

Ivan Toquet

Franchising, planning, modelling

France

Dörthe Balzer

Planning, intermodality

France / Germany

Anshel Cohen

Planning, decarbonisation

Germany / UK

Fabien Laurent

Decarbonisation, cost modelling

Germany / France

Daniela Bonilla E.

Cost modelling

Germany / Ecuador

Our unique offer for UK LTAs

  • Custom-built, experienced team for supporting UK LTAs with bus strategy, including choice of operating model ;
  • Combining the best of UK and international expertise ;
  • Confident, ambitious but practical approach ;
  • Adaptability, flexibility, reactivity to the needs of LTAs to deliver efficient services ;
  • Full range of services for planning and delivering better and greener bus services including: governance and strategy, network planning and integration, smarter and simpler ticketing, fleet decarbonisation, contract specification and letting, the practical transition of bus networks to new delivery models ;
  • Exclusive tools to help LTAs design their network and to green their bus fleet ;
  • Strategic advice, comparative auditing and benchmarking, study visits to best practice provision in places like France and Germany ;
  • All our team have professional English language skills.

Our main bus strategy, contract & franchising references

Our primary UK reference

Study visits in Europe

You can see for yourself the outcomes we have delivered with our local transport authority partners on a study visit.

Lyon (France)

Sélestat (France)

Narbonne (France)

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