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Shaping the future of accessible transport

About the National Centre for Accessible Transport

The National Centre for Accessible Transport aims to make transport accessible for all. Through user-centred development processes and innovative co-designed solutions underpinned by applied research, the centre strives to ensure that all future travel systems have accessibility for disabled people at the heart of their development and delivery.

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ncat works directly with disabled people, disability organisations, transport providers and policy makers to undertake research and develop solutions; amplifying the voices of disabled people in all decision making and collaborating widely with all transport stakeholders; demonstrating good practice and impact to influence policy.

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Damian Bridgeman Shares Why He Joined ncat’s Board

ncat is governed by a board of trustees, whose role is to provide strategic oversight and direction for its work…
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Are you an ‘Expert by Experience’?   

How are disabled people involved in the design and implementation of ncat’s research?  ncat is working to ensure that all…
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Nigel Fletcher, new CEO of Motability Foundation, visits ncat

ncat were delighted to welcome Nigel Fletcher, new CEO of the Motability Foundation, on his visit to the National Transport…

Making transport accessible

ncat is a specialist consortium, led by Professor Paul Herriotts of Coventry University, based at the National Transport Design Centre, alongside partner organisations Connected Places Catapult, Designability, Policy Connect, Research Institute for Disabled Consumers, and WSP UK. ncat is funded by Motability Foundation, the charity.

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