Accessibility and Public Transport Research at UCL

Accessibility and Public Transport Experiment (APEX)


Funding

EPSRC

Description

This project started in 1996 and was completed in 2000. APEX aimed to develop a better understanding of the accessibility issue and to develop a methodology for evaluating accessibility which includes concepts such as perception and quality as well as distance and time. A major element of this was to establish the means by which accessibility can be delivered to the community through a combination of advice, infrastructure and public transport services. This project was central to the development of our accessibility work and its outcomes are helping us to deliver the means by which the other projects can be measured and evaluated.

We developed a methodology for evaluating problems caused by different barriers. This was developed and tested with the assistance of a group of people with a wide variety of accessibility problems. The methodology involves testing the extent to which an element of the public transport system is a barrier to people. Using the number of people for whom a barrier exists as the means of evaluation, it is possible to compare the effects of different barriers. This would allow comparison of the effects anticipated from different proposed schemes which aim to enhance accessibility. The methodology was tested in a pilot exercise with a small number of participants. Results were very encouraging and a more extensive testing phase is being developed.

More details

Reports

TYLER, N.A. (2000) Lifetime Transport. Working Paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London (in preparation).

TYLER, N.A. and N.L.C.K. BROWN (2000) Public Participation in Transport Decisions. Traffic Engineering and Control, 41(3), March, pp 88 - 92.

TYLER, N.A. (1999) Measuring Accessibility to Public Transport: Concepts. University of London Centre for Transport Studies Working Paper.

BROWN, N.L.C.K. and N.A. TYLER (1999)  Catch me if you can: Traffic Management for Accessible Rural Bus Stops. Traffic Engineering and Control, 40(10), October, pp 487-491.

BROWN, N.L.C.K. and N.A. TYLER (1999)  Locating Bus Stops in Rural Areas. Working Paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

BROWN, N.L.C.K. (1998)  The effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Disability Discrimination Act on Urban Bus Services and Social Inclusion. Working Paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

TYLER, N.A. (1998) Transport and Long Term Care for Elderly People, Evidence to the Royal Commission on Long Term Care for the Elderly.

BROWN, N.L.C.K. (1997)  Accessibility and Public Transport Experiment: Services and Infrastructure. Working Paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

BROWN, N.L.C.K. (1997)  Lincolnshire Travel Diary Survey, University of London Centre for Transport Studies Working Paper.

BROWN, N.L.C.K. (1997)  Case Study: Operation of Transport Coordination Centres. Working Paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

TYLER, N.A. (1997) The Transport Contract. Working paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

TYLER, N.A. and N.L.C.K. BROWN (1997) On Mobility .Working paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

TYLER N.A., N.L.C.K. BROWN and J.R. LYNAS (1997) Improving accessibility to bus systems for elderly people. Paper presented at Ville et Vieillissement. Arles, France, October 1997.

TYLER, N.A. (1996) On Accessibility. Working paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

TYLER, N.A. (1996) Accessibility to the Bus System. Working paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

TYLER, N.A. (1996) Access Facilities for Buses. Working paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

TYLER N.A. (1993)  Accessibility and mobility: the means for intermodal comparison? Paper presented at the Universities' Transport Studies Group Conference. Southampton, UK, January 1993.

Contact

Nick Tyler

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