Easy Read (no pictures) | Your Voice Matters Waikato

Part one: using public transport

How often do you usually use public transport?

Every day

Every week

Every 2 weeks

Every month

Less than 1 time each month

What kind of trips do you use public transport for? (Tick the boxes next to all the choices that are right for you)

Going to work

Going to school / study

Medical appointments

Fun things like going to visit friends / going to the park

Things you need to do like going to the supermarket

Things to do with what you believe / your culture like going to church or the marae

Other things - please tell us in the box below

Part two: getting your Accessibility Bee Card

How easy was it to find information about how to get the Accessibility Bee Card?

Very easy

Easy

Not too hard

Hard

Very hard

How easy was it to understand the information about getting an Accessibility Bee card?

Very easy

Easy

Not too hard

Hard

Very hard

How easy was it to apply / ask for an Accessibility Bee card?

Very easy

Easy

Not too hard

Hard

Very hard

Part three: the Accessibility Concession

Has the Accessibility Bee Card made it easier for you to go out more?

Yes

Has the Accessibility Bee Card support you to go to places you could not get to before?

Yes

Has the Accessibility Bee Card made it easier for you to get around without using:

taxis
rides with friends / family

Yes

Do you have a hard time finding accessible information about public transport like:

timetables like when the bus will arrive at the bus stop
signage like what trains will be arriving soon
service updates like changes to what the bus usually does?

Yes (Please tell us about your answer in the box below)

Part four: your experience of public transport

10.

Do accessibility problems around finding information about public transport make you use public transport less?

Yes

11.

Do you have a hard time understanding information about public transport?

Yes (Please tell us about your answer in the box below)

12.

Do accessibility problems around understanding information about public transport make you use public transport less?

Yes

13.

Do you have a hard time physically accessing public transport?

Yes (please explain your answer in the box below)

14.

Does staff saying they will not / cannot assist you when you need / ask them to make you use public transport less?

Yes

15.

Do physically accessibility problems make you use public transport less?

Yes

16.

When you use public transport do staff like drivers often assist you if you ask them to?

No because they say they will not assist me

No because they say they cannot assist me

Yes

I have not asked for support

17.

Do you think Accessibility Bee Card holders are given the chance to tell us what they think about what we do with public transport?

Yes

Part five: about you

18.

Put in the box below anything else you want to tell us about:

using public transport
the Accessibility Bee Card

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19.

Which gender are you?

Male / man

Female / woman

I do not want to say

Another gender - tell us what gender you are in the box below

20.

What is your ethnicity? (Tick the boxes next to all the choices that are right for you)

New Zealand European

Māori

Pacific Islander

Asian

I do not want to say

Other - tell us what ethnicity you are in the box below

21.

How old are you?

Under 18 years old

Between 18 to 24 years old

Between 25 to 34 years old

Between 35 to 44 years old

Between 45 to 54 years old

Between 55 to 64 years old

65 years or older

I do not want to say

22.

What impairment stops you from driving? (Only answer this question if you are happy to share this information and tick the boxes next to all the choices that are right for you)

Physical / to do with your body

Learning disability

Psychological / to do with your mental health

Sensory / to do with things like hearing and seeing

Neurological / to do with your brain

I do not want to say

Other - tell us what impairments stop you driving in the box below

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23.

Write your first name in this box

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24.

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Credits

This information has been written by Waikato Regional Council and it has been translated into Easy Read by the Make it Easy Kia Māmā Mai service of People First New Zealand Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi.

The ideas in this document are not the ideas of People First New Zealand Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi.