ABSTRACT
A multidisciplinary team at Loughborough University has been part of the EPRSC funded Accessibility and User Needs in Transport (AUNT-SUE) project since its inception in 2004.AUNT-SUEwas initiated to develop and test sustainable policies and practice that would deliver effective, socially inclusive design and operation in transport and the public realm. Now in its second phase; AUNT-SUE is producing tools that may be used by transport planners, designers of urban infrastructure and ergonomists to ensure that future developments improve accessibility. Tools being developed by AUNT-SUE include AMELIA, which provides guidance on improving practical accessibility based evidence collected in a geographical information system. It enables planners to compare possible solutions that increase access to
important locations in a region. The Street Design Index also uses geographically collected data, but uses measures that are associated with perception of personal safety within a street environment to enable planners to pinpoint problem areas through which pedestrians will be unwilling to travel.
