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Transport Groups: Using Web3 to integrate transport before providing it

Problem
When new transport services are provided there is a transition period during which target users continue to own the same number of cars. The increased cost of paying for both presents a barrier to change.

37 million private cars in the UK cost over £150 billion per year, making it impossible for the market to respond in a balanced way to any new services.

Transport Groups
A similar problem is solved when someone trades-in their car for a new one; they avoid paying for both at the same time. Transport Groups enable people to do this collectively; trading-in their combined cars for a combination of shared alternatives that meet the same needs. Members of a Transport Groups establish supply and demand for shared services online, before changes to car ownership and transport provision are made on the ground.

Transport Groups are Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO) that allow users and providers to co-own and govern the development of new transport services. By involving users it is possible to overcome a lack of 'centralised' knowledge about demand and the money that is currently trapped by cars can be used to develop new services. If shared transport costs less than private cars, no new transport funding is required.

Supply and demand for new shared services established online before making changes on the ground
Dynamic pay-per-use rates agreed by compatible users and providers, ensure a combination of new services are provided and paid for
Trading-in users’ cars to invest in new shared transport provision - no new funding required
Capital and operational costs combined enabling active travel infrastructure to be included
Return on investment paid by issuing Voluntary Carbon Credits (VCC), validated by Transport Groups reducing cars owned
VCC bought by polluters, shifting development costs away from transport users and providers

Transport Groups are Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO), where providers and users co-own and govern the development of sustainable, shared transport.

Web3 for Sustainable Transport

Web3 is the next evolution of the internet, where data and value can be exchanged directly between users and providers on decentralised networks, without relying on banks, platforms, or other middlemen. This enables more transparent, efficient, and community-driven systems for managing shared services, such as passenger transport. It makes it possible to link a reduction in car ownership with related actions, assets and outcomes, such as car-free housing, active travel infrastructure, interdependent transport services, and voluntary carbon credits.

The following use-cases describe some of the ways Transport Groups can be applied.

Clean Air Zones: Drivers tag CAZ payments to a Transport Group which will develop the new services required for them to own fewer cars, turning a punitive charge into a return on investment. (1. Clean Air Zones)
Car free Work and Housing: Combining Brompton's new car-free factory in Ashford with car-free housing (2. Brompton: Car-Free Housing)
Passenger Rail: Major transport infrastructure integrated with social housing development (3. Arizona Passenger Rail)
Active Travel Infrastructure: Infrastructure cannot generate revenue itself, but the capital costs can be bundled into the operational costs of pay-per-use shared services that have an interdependence with it. (4. Oxford: Active Travel)
E-bikes and Carshare: Tokens exchanged on a decentralised network allow Transport Group members to establish supply and demand by committing to smart contracts that govern the pay-per-use rates of new services. (5. E-bikes & carshare)
Buying Carbon Credits with Parking: By linking the reduction in car ownership to the development of specific new services, tokens provide a transparent and verifiable way to validate carbon savings. (6. National Park Transport)

Please don't hesitate to get in touch, the economic, social and environmental need to develop sustainable transport is urgent. The problems addressed here undermine all other efforts to provide alternatives to private cars.

Transport Groups: Using Web3 to integrate transport before providing it

Problem When new transport services are provided there is a transition period during which target users continue to own the same number of cars. The increased cost of paying for both presents a barrier to change.

​Web3 for Sustainable Transport

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The following use-cases describe some of the ways Transport Groups can be applied.

Clean Air Zones: Drivers tag CAZ payments to a Transport Group which will develop the new services required for them to own fewer cars, turning a punitive charge into a return on investment. (1. Clean Air Zones)

Car free Work and Housing: Combining Brompton's new car-free factory in Ashford with car-free housing (2. Brompton: Car-Free Housing)

Passenger Rail: Major transport infrastructure integrated with social housing development (3. Arizona Passenger Rail)

Active Travel Infrastructure: Infrastructure cannot generate revenue itself, but the capital costs can be bundled into the operational costs of pay-per-use shared services that have an interdependence with it. (4. Oxford: Active Travel) ​​​​​​​​​​​​​

E-bikes and Carshare: Tokens exchanged on a decentralised network allow Transport Group members to establish supply and demand by committing to smart contracts that govern the pay-per-use rates of new services. (​5. E-bikes & carshare)​​​​

Buying Carbon Credits with Parking: By linking the reduction in car ownership to the development of specific new services, tokens provide a transparent and verifiable way to validate carbon savings. (6. National Park Transport)

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​​​Please don't hesitate to get in touch, the economic, social and environmental need to develop sustainable transport is urgent. The problems addressed here undermine all other efforts to provide alternatives to private cars.​

Problem
When new transport services are provided there is a transition period during which target users continue to own the same number of cars. The increased cost of paying for both presents a barrier to change.

Web3 for Sustainable Transport

Active Travel Infrastructure: Infrastructure cannot generate revenue itself, but the capital costs can be bundled into the operational costs of pay-per-use shared services that have an interdependence with it. (4. Oxford: Active Travel)

E-bikes and Carshare: Tokens exchanged on a decentralised network allow Transport Group members to establish supply and demand by committing to smart contracts that govern the pay-per-use rates of new services. (5. E-bikes & carshare)

Please don't hesitate to get in touch, the economic, social and environmental need to develop sustainable transport is urgent. The problems addressed here undermine all other efforts to provide alternatives to private cars.