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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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ncat attends Connected Places Catapult Conference

NCAT was proud to be a key partner at the Connected Places Summit hosted on the 20th and 21st  of March…
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ncat launches first strategy for 2023 -2025

This week ncat are pleased to announce the release of our first strategy document outlining our ambitions for the next…
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ncat presents at National Highways’ ‘Roads for All’ conference

ncat were pleased to present at the National Highways’ ‘Roads for All’ conference hosted this month at 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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