Research and Evidence Working Group
Updated 25 September 2025
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The Research and Evidence Working Group works with the Department for Transport (DfT) other stakeholders to identify gaps in data on the use of transport by disabled people, and how to fill these gaps. The group also identifies evidence required by DPTAC to underpin its work.
Members
- Matthew Campbell-Hill
- Miro Griffiths
- Mari Martiskainen
- Rachael Mole
- Maral Nozratzadeh
- Zamilla Skingsley
Meeting 25 July 2025
The issues discussed included:
- purple pound research
Meeting 27 June 2025
The issues discussed included:
- referencing approach for DPTAC work
- emerging research themes from other working groups
Meeting 30 May 2025
The issues discussed included:
- update on engagement and cooperative working with DfT
- discussion on autonomous vehicle trial design protocols
Meeting 30 April 2025
The issues discussed included:
- transport data action plan
- DfT’s research programme on personal safety
- opportunities for earlier collaboration
Meeting 28 March 2025
The issues discussed included:
- DfT engagement with the working group
- Transport Select Committee report
Meeting 28 February 2025
The issues discussed included:
- ‘purple pound’ research and how it is used
- research, research gaps, literature reviews, use cases and dissemination
- DPTAC and DfT collaboration
Meeting 24 January 2025
The issues discussed included:
- accessibility challenges at stations
- data interpretation and analysis
- data sharing protocols
- neurodivergent and gender-specific data
- organisational knowledge retention
Meeting 25 January 2024
The issues discussed included:
- trends in travel by disabled people
- a research programme progress update
- accessible and inclusive travel division’s proposed analytical programme for 2024 and 2025
Meeting 25 October 2023
The issues discussed included:
- DfT transport user personas toolkit
- Inclusive Transport Strategy – additional analysis of survey data preliminary findings
- Introduction to National Centre for Accessible Transport (NCAT)
- accessible and inclusive travel research projects progress update
Meeting 5 July 2023
The issues discussed included:
- current DfT research and forward look
- discussion on value of accessibility
- discussion on improving the quality of accessibility research
- future structure of working group meetings