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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 evidence derived from 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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woman wearing coat and over the shoulder bag is standing facing the camera using mobility aids as support. Double decker bus is in background in front of brick building (Coventry Pool Meadow Bus Station.)
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HAVE YOUR SAY on the National Centre for Accessible Transport’s (ncat) work so far  

We want to know what you think we are doing well and where we can improve. Your feedback is invaluable…
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CALL FOR EVIDENCE: Tell the government directly how to make transport accessible to all.

The Department for Transport have opened a call for evidence to support their next National Transport Strategy. They are asking…
A woman stands with her back to the camera, reading a magazine, with a stack of other publications in front of her. She has a mobility aid on her left arm.
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ncat launches The Resource Collection: Shaping the Future of Accessible Transport with Unified Evidence

Today sees the launch of our trailblazing Resource Collection, a comprehensive database that currently consolidates 629 resource documents and projects,…

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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