Accessibility & User Needs in Transport for Sustainable Urban Environments - AUNT-SUE
Lead Research Organisation:
Loughborough University
Department Name: Design and Technology
Abstract
The proposal integrates the expertise of the research centres and project partners in transport policies and planning, design, operations and evaluation. The UK government, European Commission and other agencies rightly emphasise the importance of socially inclusive and sustainable interventions. As yet, however, there is a dearth of comprehensive 'toolkits' and resources to support those who are working to reduce social exclusion in journey environments. The shared vision is to produce rigorous methodologies for sustainable policies and practices that will deliver effective socially inclusive design and operation in transport and the public realm from macro down to micro level. Three Core Projects will develop decision-support tools that will establish benchmarks and incorporate inclusion into policies, and support the design and operation of journey environments and transport facilities. A real-world but controlled 'Testbed' facility will allow these to be piloted in the context of the policy intentions and constraints that shape implementation. Solutions will then be tested and transferred to other Case Study areas and sites. Phase 2 of AUNT-SUE will build on the suite of tools developed in Phase I and apply these to intensive case studies of transport interchanges, nodes and development areas. This will both develop and test techniques to design accessible journey environments (routes and facilities) and transport provision and planning, and consult on these with people who have been identified as socially excluded from travel. Three inter-linked research modules will be validated through integrated case studies outlined below, utilising a GIS-based platform supported by CAD, relational databases and both quantitative and qualitative social surveys.
Organisations
- Loughborough University (Lead Research Organisation)
- BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Bristol City Council (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- London Borough of Lambeth Council (Collaboration)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Transport for London (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- CCD Design & Ergonomics (Collaboration)
- London Transport Users Committee (Collaboration)
- British Transport Police (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Collaboration)
- Transport for Greater Manchester (Collaboration)
- South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- British Urban Regeneration Association (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Project Partner)
- Brighton and Hove City Council (Project Partner)
- Hertfordshire County Council (Project Partner)
- Docklands Light Railway (Project Partner)
- London Borough of Camden (Project Partner)
- Tower Hamlets Council (Project Partner)
- CCD Design & Ergonomics (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- London TravelWatch (Project Partner)
Publications
Hussain, A
(2013)
An Inclusive Design Method for Addressing Human Variability and Work Performance IssuesThis item is a favourite
in International Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation
M Porter
(2009)
Inclusive design for the mobility impaired
Marshall R
(2009)
HADRIAN: a virtual approach to design for all
in Journal of Engineering Design
Marshall R
(2009)
The HADRIAN approach to accessible transport.
in Work (Reading, Mass.)
Marshall R
(2015)
Design and evaluation: end users, user datasets and personas.
in Applied ergonomics
Raecke J
(2022)
Humor as a Multifaceted Resource in Healthcare: An Initial Qualitative Analysis of Perceived Functions and Conditions of Medical Assistants' Use of Humor in their Everyday Work and Education.
in International journal of applied positive psychology
Sims R
(2012)
Collection of anthropometry from older and physically impaired persons: Traditional methods versus TC2 3-D body scanner
in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
Sims, R. E.
(2012)
Supporting older and disabled people's needs in product, environment and service design
in International Journal of Business, Humanities & Technology
Summerskill S
(2010)
Validation of the HADRIAN system using an ATM evaluation case study
in International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation
| Description | Brighton & Hove Council |
| Organisation | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Bristol City Council |
| Organisation | Bristol City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | British Transport Police |
| Organisation | British Transport Police |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | British Urban Regeneration Association |
| Organisation | British Urban Regeneration Association |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | CCD Design and Ergonomics Ltd |
| Organisation | CCD Design & Ergonomics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Docklands Light Railway |
| Organisation | Transport for London |
| Department | Docklands Light Railway (DLR) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Greater Manchester Passenger Transport E |
| Organisation | Transport for Greater Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Hertfordshire County Council |
| Organisation | Hertfordshire County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | London Borough of Camden |
| Organisation | London Borough of Lambeth Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Organisation | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | London Transport Users Committee |
| Organisation | London Transport Users Committee |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Royal Inst Chartered Surveyors |
| Organisation | Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Exec |
| Organisation | South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Transport for London |
| Organisation | Transport for London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2007 |