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Reference Number	EP/E041191/1
Title	Accessibility & User Needs in Transport for Sustainable Urban Environments - AUNT-SUE
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Energy Efficiency(Transport) 10%; Not Energy Related 90%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 50%; Applied Research and Development 50%;
Science and Technology Fields	SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 80%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 80%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 20%;
Principal Investigator	Professor R (Roger ) MacKett No email address given Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering University College London
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	30 April 2008
End Date	29 July 2010
Duration	27 months
Total Grant Value	£224,336
Industrial Sectors	Transport Systems and Vehicles
Region	London
Programme	Process Environment and Sustainability
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor R (Roger ) MacKett , Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (99.999%)
	Other Investigator	Dr H Titheridge , Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (0.001%)
	Industrial Collaborator	Project Contact , Hertfordshire County Council (0.000%) Project Contact , RICS Foundation (0.000%) Project Contact , Sammie CAD Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , Transport for Greater Manchester (0.000%) Project Contact , London Borough of Camden (0.000%) Project Contact , London Transport Users Committee (0.000%) Project Contact , Docklands Light Railway (0.000%) Project Contact , London Borough of Tower Hamlets (0.000%) Project Contact , South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Exec (0.000%) Project Contact , Brighton and Hove Council (0.000%) Project Contact , Bristol City Council (0.000%) Project Contact , British Transport Police (0.000%) Project Contact , British Urban Regeneration Association (0.000%) Project Contact , CCD Design and Ergonomics Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , Transport for London (0.000%)
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Objectives
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 isto 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
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Added to Database	14/05/07