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Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a sudden stop to our daily routine and reshaped our mobility needs and priorities; we have all started wondering what mobility trend will remain once the global emergency is over

The Mexico Future Cities Programme 2019-2023 is funded by FCDO’s Prosperity Fund. Its objective is to promote the development of solutions for sustainable urban mobility in Mexico that generate more resilient, safer, and more inclusive cities, especially for women and girls. The programme implementation is managed by PwC UK and Steer is a key member of the delivery partner alliance with Luke Miller acting as Programme Director and Liliana Pereira as Team Leader.

COVID-19 has probably emphasised the difficulties of the mobility sector in Italy and has modified the market and habits, highlighting the limits in the current public transport system and threatening the going concern of market operators. New rules for public transport, particularly social distancing, have impacted public mobility demand, leading people to reconsider the use of cars.

James Taylor, General Manager at Zipcar UK, recently shared with us his views on the adoption and benefits of car sharing, how car clubs can support the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) expansion and what the future holds for shared mobility services and changing travel patterns.

COVID-19 has denied communities, generations, and fans across the globe the opportunity to come together at major events. Heavily immersed in strategic event delivery, we speak to Chris Bryant, Head of Tournament Delivery at The Football Association (FA), to gain insight into Wembley Stadium’s reaction to the pandemic, what’s happening in the next ten years and what lessons can be learned from the Wembley-Quintain partnership model.

We recently caught up with Sebastian Schlebusch, Head of Market Development at Dott, who has followed his passion for the last 10 years to establish micromobility systems across the globe. Currently a well-established service in Europe, we wanted to find out the benefits this can bring to other cities and the UK and how micromobility can aid the challenge of decarbonisation and to explore his positive future vision for travel in our cities.

Our work culture experienced profound disruption in 2020. Sadly, many industries have and continue to be devastated by COVID-19 – here is hoping for a brighter 2021 for them. But many other sectors managed to adapt remarkably well in 2020, primarily by utilizing technology to retain a remote workforce and keep staff and clients engaged.

In January 2021, Inframation Deals released its project finance and league tables trend report for 2020, covering 301 deals in the transport sector totalling USD 118.22 billion. We are proud to announce that Steer has retained its position of first place in value and number of transport infrastructure transactions.

We are delighted to announce that two of our projects have won awards at the Project Finance International 2020 Awards: the A465 project (‘Europe PPP Deal of the Year’ award) and the Brisa acquisition (‘Europe M&A Deal of the Year’ award).

A year ago, Steer began a significant new commission to help Network Rail’s North West and Central Region, jointly with Department for Transport (DfT) to develop solutions to poor operational performance in Birmingham and Manchester. At the time, none of us could have foreseen what was to come, in the shape of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on UK Rail.