Bus/Coach Archives - National Centre for Accessible Transport

All Aboard?: Navigating bus travel with sight loss

Bus travel presents particular challenges for people with sight loss. This report shows fewer than half of blind and partially…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin11 September 2025

Disabled people’s experience of travelling by bus

Bus Users UK, funded by the Motability Foundation, researched disabled bus passengers' experiences. Using interviews, observations, and surveys, they explored…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin17 June 2025

Public Policy Statement: Transport

This policy statement covers: _ Policy and legislation _ Importance of transport for older people _ Bus services _ Community…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Missed opportunities: the impact on older people of cuts to rural bus services

As part of Age UK's work assessing the impact of cuts to bus services in rural areas, Opinion Leader conducted…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Guidance: Providing accessible information onboard local bus and coach services

Following the introduction of the Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information ) Regulations 2023 (the Accessible Information Regulations), between 2024 and…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

England-wide Concessionary Bus Travel: The Passenger Perspective

In preparation for its new role as the bus passenger champion, Passenger Focus has undertaken research into the impacts of…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Getting free bus pass holders back on board 2022

While bus patronage has broadly returned to around 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, fewer free pass holders than fare…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Getting free pass holders back on buses

Data suggests that since the end of the pandemic, a little more than a year ago, older and disabled free…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Bus passengers with disabilities

Research presentation of survey findings exploring experiences of disabled bus passengers..

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Assessing the current accessibility of bus and rail stations and halts in Northern Ireland

In order to have the confidence to travel by public transport many disabled people and older people need to be…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024