Beryl tops 100,000 journeys in Leeds

Shout out to Beryl’s Leeds City Bikes e-bike scheme for reaching 100,000 journeys in Leeds and saving the city 7.5 tonnes of carbon emissions! Beryl runs bike and e-scooter hire schemes in several towns and cities across the UK and they are one of INFUZE’s Project Partners Read more about the Leeds City Bike scheme … Read more

How to design for the planet

Design for Planet sign

By David Swann, Each year, design creatives, business leaders, and government officials gather to explore how design can be a powerful force for positive change at the Design for Planet Festival. The event is organised by the Design Council, the UK’s national strategic advisor for design. Manchester Metropolitan University’s School of Art hosted the festival … Read more

New partnership with Flock Mobility

We’re excited to announce another new project partner – Flock Mobility One of our aims in INFUZE is to engage citizens and organisations in our partner areas with different ways in which transport could be organised. We are delighted that Flock has joined INFUZE and we are looking forward to working together to understand how different … Read more

Fuel Duty Reforms: Stuck in the Slow Lane

By Greg Marsden, The media is full of coverage of the dilemma facing Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the forthcoming budget. Professor Greg Marsden suggests that anything that is announced in the budget will just be a sticking plaster. The real issue, he argues is the £79bn we spend on simply owning, maintaining and insuring cars … Read more

New Partnership with Hiyacar

We’re excited to announce another new project partner – Hiyacar Peer to peer sharing solutions and vehicle fleet optimisation could both make a really important contribution to our future mobility systems. We are delighted that Hiyacar has joined the INFUZE project and we look forward to working with them to explore how our communities could … Read more

New partnership with BetterPoints

We are pleased to announce that BetterPoints has joined as a project partner. As INFUZE kicks into action it is great to have more partners committing to help us develop positive visions of the future. BetterPoints has a long track record of trying to make a change and are very aligned with our values and … Read more

INFUZE on BBC Look North

In case you missed it here is a little segment that aired on BBC Look North about the INFUZE project and a few local residents who have found creative ways to get around more sustainably by sharing a vehicle with their neighbours [open the blog post to see the video clip]

Leeds residents to be given the opportunity to design alternatives to car ownership

University of Leeds Press Release A multimillion-pound project to encourage people in Leeds to design and try an alternative to private vehicle ownership has been announced by researchers. The groundbreaking INFUZE study (Inspiring Futures for Zero Carbon Mobility) will ask communities across the city to help design bespoke mobility solutions, which could include car clubs, … Read more