The past futures of car-centric mobility

heavy traffic at sunset

by Carlos López Galviz Last year (2024), I found myself joining a visit to the BMW car manufacturing plant in Leipzig, Germany. The central building, including a canteen, shop, and reception centre was designed by the studio of Zaha Hadid, following an international architectural competition launched in 2001. The visit was one of the excursions … Read more

Philosophies, emotions, knowledge and imagination: Can creative assemblies unlock system change?

group of people looking at a large map together outside

By Dan Phillips The UK’s integrated national transport strategy asks the public to tell the Department for Transport how to improve our travel experiences and, for organisations, to share how transport systems could be better ‘joined up’ and how ‘data’ and ‘technology’ could improve our transport network. These questions rely on the idea that strategy … Read more

New Partnership with CoMoUK

We’re excited to announce another new project partner – CoMoUK INFUZE is delighted to be collaborating with CoMoUK. Shared mobility services are growing in importance as part of a package of mobility options and CoMoUK’s existing knowledge and understanding about what works and how people change their mobility patterns when they adopt these services is a … Read more

Leeds residents tell us what journeys would be most difficult without a car

tiny cars on a map of Leeds

by Elena Alyavina Our ‘Call to Action’ survey has now reached over 400 Leeds residents! The survey includes a variety of open-ended questions including: “What journeys would you find most difficult without a car?” This question lies close to the core objectives of INFUZE. So far 356 respondents used the opportunity to voice their opinions … Read more

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

The car is great. Long live the car!

car in a rural area with an arm holding a hat out the window in celebration

In my work on car dependence and travel demand reduction, there is something that I have been fascinated and frustrated by in equal measure. Rarely have I had a personal or professional conversation about the need to reduce car dependence without immediately triggering an extreme reaction seemingly out of nowhere. It goes something like this: … Read more

“How to Fix…” Podcast

Researchers from INFUZE and ELEVATE Leeds discuss the future of transport on University of Leeds “How To Fix…” podcast. How can we build a future where we don’t need to own a car? In the excerpt below Jillian Anable discusses why the term ‘car-free’ can be problematic. You can find the full episode here: https://listen.podmasters.uk/HTFCleanAir

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