The impacts of free elderly and disabled persons bus travel in North East Lincolnshire

We are currently conducting a survey in relation to the impacts of free elderly and disabled persons bus travel in North East Lincolnshire. The survey will take less than five minutes to complete.  We thank you for your time and for participating in this survey. 

All survey information is anonymous, the survey is to help inform a dissertation, is for information purposes only and there are no plans to make any changes to the bus pass scheme in North East Lincolnshire. 

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* 1. Which type of free bus pass do you have?

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* 2. Please select if you do or do not have access to a car and the amount of times you use your free bus pass

  Uses a bus pass daily Less than daily and up to weekly Less than weekly and up to monthly Less than monthly but up to annually Less than annually
Has access to a car
Do not have access to a car

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* 3. Since you have had your free bus pass, has this impacted upon how often you drive?

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* 4. Since you have had your free bus pass, are you making extra bus journeys?

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* 5. What time do you typically use your free bus pass in North East Lincolnshire?

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* 6. Please state your normal or typical journey purpose when using your free bus pass

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* 7. Has the provision of the free bus pass influenced your decision to come into or go to Grimsby Town Centre to do your shopping rather than shopping locally (i.e. corner shop), use the internet or visit another shopping destination?

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If you travel on the bus and use your free bus pass to access Grimsby Town Centre for shopping purposes, what is the value of the goods (average value per shopping trip) which you purchased? If you prefer not to answer please put n/a

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* 9.

Do you think your free bus pass supports access to healthy and affordable food? 

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* 10.

Do you use your free bus pass to travel outside of North East Lincolnshire to go shopping?  For example, Hull on the Humber Flyer, 53 to Louth or 51 to Lincoln?

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* 11. If you answered yes to question 10 and you do use your free bus pass to go shopping outside of North East Lincolnshire, please could you state your average spend?  Please state in the text box below or if you prefer not to answer please put n/a.

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* 12. In the absence of a free bus pass, how would you have accessed Grimsby Town Centre?

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* 13. "My free bus pass has helped me to feel included in society and helped to reduce loneliness".  Please state how far you agree with this statement. 

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* 14. Thinking about your journey to and from the bus stop, how far do you normally walk?

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* 15. Do you think the bus pass scheme should continue to provide free bus travel or should it be changed to provide a half fare (i.e. the Council pays half of your bus fare and the bus pass holder pays the other half of the bus fare)?

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* 16. If you would be willing to pay a half fare, please state in the box below what you consider a fair price to be for a half bus fare. If you have answered "continue to provide free bus travel" to question 15, please enter n/a in the text box below.

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* 17. How far do you agree with the view; before having a free bus pass, the cost of bus travel was preventing me from travelling on the bus?

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* 18. Do you believe it is right that people aged 60 and over and eligible disabled people are provided with free bus travel in North East Lincolnshire?

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* 19. Do you think wealthy people should be allowed a free bus pass or should it only be available to those who cannot afford to travel?

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