{"id":825,"date":"2026-02-17T18:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/?p=825"},"modified":"2026-05-09T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:18:08","slug":"research-on-older-and-disabled-peoples-bus-use-in-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Research on older and disabled people&#8217;s bus use in Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Essex County Council are working with a research organisation to help better understand changes in bus usage among individuals eligible for concessionary bus passes (free travel for older and disabled residents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EssexBusSurvey\/\">survey<\/a>&nbsp;is currently live until&nbsp;<strong>Monday 2 March 2026,<\/strong>&nbsp;inviting older and disabled residents of Essex to take part. The short survey asks about travel habits and perceptions of bus use. The insights gathered will support Essex County Council in improving bus services and accessibility for these groups across the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the link below if you would like to take part in the survey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EssexBusSurvey\/\">www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EssexBusSurvey\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essex County Council are working with a research organisation to help better understand changes in bus usage among individuals eligible for concessionary bus passes (free travel for older and disabled residents). A&nbsp;survey&nbsp;is currently live until&nbsp;Monday 2 March 2026,&nbsp;inviting older and disabled residents of Essex to take part. The short survey asks about travel habits and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}