Title

Accessibility planning and accessibility modelling: a review

Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

2004

Subject Area

Location - UK, Transport accessibility - Lack of access, Transport planning - Accessibility planning, Transport planning - Transport mapping

Abstract

This paper reviews the government guidance on accessibility planning with particular reference to the accessibility assessment (mapping audit) stages of the accessibility planning process. It then goes on to review the tools that are currently in use within local authorities and discusses how they have been applied to date, with the aim of informing the development of a tool that can be used to identify the areas and sectors that have high levels of social exclusion, and then facilitate the testing of policy options to assess the extent to which they meet user needs and increase social inclusion. This work forms part of the scoping study on Accessibility and User Needs in Transport (AUNT) funded by the EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environment program. The aim of the study is to produce rigorous methodologies to develop and test sustainable policies and practices that will deliver effective socially inclusive design and operation in urban transport and the public realm from the macro down to the micro level. The work is part of the University College London (UCL) contribution, which is a major element of the BAPTIST (Benchmarks and Policies Towards Inclusive Sustainable Transport) work package in the AUNT-SUE main project.