The Aubin Journey Planner is being designed to make travel on public transport easier for people on the autism spectrum, giving you more control over aspects of your journey in one simple to use app.

To do this, we need to understand more about what makes travel on public transport difficult for you. This will help us implement features that will help you.

For more information, please visit http://jnction.uk/aubin/

This survey has 14 questions, and should take about 10 minutes to complete. It is designed to provide us with information when deciding which features we should include in the first release of the app.

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* 1. What is your connection to Autism?

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* 2. We need to know which methods of transport to include in the journey planner. Which of the following do you use regularly, or prefer to avoid?

  Use regularly No preference Avoid
National rail
Metropolitan underground systems such as London Underground
Metropolitan light rail systems such as London Overground and DLR
Tram systems
Metropolitan buses
Rural buses
Coaches such as National Express, Green Lines
River boat services

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* 3. Would it be useful to be able to tell Aubin to avoid specific routes (eg the Central Line) or interchanges (eg Vauxhall rail/tube/bus station)?

  Yes No
Avoid specific routes
Avoid specific interchanges

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* 4. When planning your journey, the app will consider aspects of the route that are stressful for you. We need to understand what these are. What stressful things would you want to avoid? Tunnels might be an example.

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* 5. You will to be able to set preferences both in your personal account settings and when planning any journey.  We have identified the following:

Overall settings to apply to journey planning
  • Maximum walking time
  • Step-free access
Preferences for a particular journey
  • Fewer transfers
  • Quickest route
  • Less walking
  • Least stress
What else could we include?

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* 6. At the start and end of your journey, what information would you want Aubin to provide in visual form (maps and/or photos)? Please tick all that apply.

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* 7.
Aubin will be aware of travel disruptions which may affect your journey as they occur. On notification of disruption, the following functions are activated.

1. Notification of the disruption – the app can be configured to do this via any combination of screen popup, audible alert, and text message.

2. Information and options for
  • Recalculating the journey
  • Continuing with the journey, if it is only delayed and not cancelled


What other travel disruption features would you find useful?

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* 8. Would you find the following functions useful?

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* 9. Aubin can be used in audio mode to read information out to you instead of displaying it on the screen.  Which of these would you find useful? Please tick all that apply.

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* 10. Please tell us if there are any other functions that we can include in the Aubin Journey Planner app that would help make your journeys less stressful.

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* 11. We would be interested to know about other apps or websites which have features you think are particularly good (or bad) for people with autism. Please provide as much detail as possible.

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* 12. What is your age?

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* 13. What device(s) do you generally use at home?

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* 14. What device(s) do you generally use while travelling?

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* 15. If you are happy for us to contact you with further questions, or about further research or testing, please let us know your name and email address. We will manage your data as set out in our privacy and data protection policy. We will never share your contact details or sell them to anyone.

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