CoMoUK is the national charity for the public benefit of shared transport such as car clubs and bike share schemes.
We work collaboratively with national, regional, transport and local authorities as well as the private sector to further these social, economic and environmental benefits. We do this via accreditation, research, policy, guidance, engagement and advocacy.
We accredit operators in the car club and bike share sectors, as well as accrediting mobility hubs. This is a collectively agreed set of standards which are upheld across these sectors. These save authorities from the burden of individually finding reassurance on such standards. As part of our accreditation, operators provide key data to deepen understanding of shared transport.
We publish an unmatched roster of research on shared transport each year. The mainstays of this are our annual car and bike share reports, which combine user and operator data, as well as a number of special focuses on particular areas of interest such as mobility hubs.
We advocate for the public benefit of shared transport with national, regional and local governments across the UK. We have a range of policy areas in focus including procurement of shared transport; the electrification of car club fleets; mobility hubs; spatial planning policy and transport policy.
CoMoUK has a suite of guidance for public authorities in particular on how best to establish and support shared transport schemes. We keep this refreshed on a regular basis. Areas covered include car and bike share, plus mobility hubs.
We engage widely and very regularly across the public, private and third sectors relating to shared and sustainable transport. We do this via regular forums, collective and 1:1 meetings, publishing guidance, our annual conference and other bespoke events. We engage on average with 50 public authorities per month.
We explore the potential for shared transport to support new groups of people in new ways through innovative pilot projects. Examples of these are outlined below.
CoMoUK's income is mainly derived from:
You can read the latest CoMoUK accounts on the Companies House website.
CoMoUK has received People and Place funding from SEStran, SPT and Tactran to deliver pop-up hub projects across Scotland. People and Place grants are funded by the Scottish Government and are administered and supported by Regional Transport partners.
The pop-up hubs will be installed temporally in a number of locations in SEStran, SPT and Tactran areas to promote and support active travel, transport integration and mobility hub strategies.
Please see our pop-up hub webpage for information on similar projects:
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CoMoUK has received funding from the Motability Foundation for three ground-breaking and unique projects on disabled people and shared transport.
The first is looking at car clubs and disabled people’s needs, challenges and opportunities with them. Along with our partners TRL we are looking at what actions could in future be piloted to boost access.
The second is now complete and looked at shared micromobility and similarly disabled people’s needs, challenges and opportunities with it. This project was led by the Research Institute of Disabled Consumers (RiDC). Read more about the findings and access the full report on boosting the accessibility of shared micromobility, on the Motability website:
The third project, builds upon the research outlined above, to test a number of outreach and confidence building activities to support disabled people to use the existing models of shared bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters. The project will run across the spring and summer of 2025 and report key findings at the end of the year.
Across all projects we will be engaging extensively with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and stakeholders across public, private and third sectors. If our work in this area is of interest then do please get in touch.
