Accessibility & User Needs in Transport for Sustainable Urban Environments - AUNT-SUE
Lead Research Organisation:
Loughborough University
Department Name: Loughborough Design School
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, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- London Transport Users Committee, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- British Transport Police (Collaboration)
- Transport for Greater Manchester, Manchester (Collaboration)
- London Borough of Lambeth Council (Collaboration)
- South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Brighton & Hove City Council (Collaboration)
- Transport for London, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- CCD Design & Ergonomics (Collaboration)
- British Urban Regeneration Association, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Bristol City Council, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Hertfordshire County Council, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Exec, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- British Transport Police, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Greater Manchester Passenger Transport E, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Docklands Light Railway, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Brighton & Hove Council, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- CCD Design and Ergonomics Ltd, United Kingdom (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
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 |