NatCen Social Research

Inclusive Transport Strategy Evaluation
The Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS) is an extensive programme of work that aims to make the UK’s transport system work better for disabled people. The Government’s ambitions for inclusive transport are to ensure disabled people have the same access to transport as everyone else and for them to travel confidently, easily and without extra cost.

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For assistance dog users
A key element of the DfT Inclusive Transport Strategy is to understand the experience of using taxis and private hire vehicles for those who rely on assistance dogs. We are conducting an online survey of assistance dog users to explore:

- Reasons for using an assistance dog
- Experience of using taxis and private hire vehicles
- Experiences of being turned away from using taxis and private hire vehicles
- Experiences of reporting or taking legal action against illegal refusals.

Your participation is completely voluntary, and you can participate anonymously.

If you do not feel able to take part online, we can arrange for you to take part in a telephone interview with one of our NatCen researchers.

The survey is designed to be screen reader compatible (including JAWS and NVDA) to assist the visually impaired.
For NatCen Opinion Panel members
We will invite you to take part in a survey about your travel experiences. You will be sent a link to the survey that you can complete online. If you do not to take part in the survey online, a NatCen interviewer will call you shortly after receiving the survey information and arrange to complete the questions over the phone.

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Why take part?
Taking part in this study will help the Department for Transport (DfT) understand how well the Inclusive Transport Strategy is working.

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For transport operators and local licensing authorities
We will be conducting research with transport operators and local licencing authorities to understanding how they are implementing or planning to implement actions relating to the Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS) across their organisation including in training and complaints processes.

Participation is completely voluntary. If your organisation has been invited to take part in the research this will involve providing us with:

- Organisational information, including information about current accessibility policies and procedures, and
- Some transport operators will be invited to take part in a telephone interview to explore how you are implementing ITS actions, including any future plans to do so.

In 2023 further research will be undertaken with transport operators and local licencing authorities to explore how ITS actions have been implemented. This will involve telephone interviews with a range of staff in different roles across your organisation.
Who are NatCen?
We’re Britain’s largest independent social research agency. For the last 50 years we’ve worked on behalf of government and charities to find out what people really think about important social issues and how Britain is run.

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Contact us
If you have any questions about the study which are not covered here, please call us for free on 0800 652 4570 or send an email to:

ITSquant@natcen.ac.uk if you have a question about the travel survey or assistive dog user survey.

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ITSqual@natcen.ac.uk if you have a question about the telephone interviews with disabled people or the research with transport operators or local licensing authorities.

One of our staff will get back to you to answer your query as soon as possible.
Privacy notice
In line with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), there are certain things that we need to let you, a research participant, know about how your information will be processed. In this privacy notice, we explain the legal basis for data processing, who will have access to your personal data, how your data will be used, stored and deleted, and who you can contact with a query or a complaint.

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