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AUNT-SUE
out and about ....
AUNT-SUE in Manchester 26-28th August 2009 Steve Shaw presented a paper on 'Mapping the inconspicuous consumption practices of disadvantaged groups: The implications for urban design' at the Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society in Manchester. AUNT-SUE in Utrecht 5-8th July 2009 Graeme Evans presented a paper at the 15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference in Utrecht. The paper addresses the issue of social inclusion in transport in cities. It is available on request. AUNT-SUE tours U.S. 19-24th July 2009 Our colleagues from Loughborough University presented papers at the HCI 2009 - International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in St Diego. 19-22 August 2009 Graeme Evans was invited to present the paper 'AUNT-SUE: Mapping Crime & Community Accessibility and Safety' at the 10th Crime Mapping Research Conference in New Orleans. The programme is available online. Best Paper Award The paper presented by Graeme Evans and Steve Shaw at the INCLUDE 2009 conference received the Reviewers Choices Award. AUNT-SUE at UTSG event 5th-7th of January Helena Titheridge and Juliet Solomon presented a paper at the 41st Annual Conference of the UTSG. The event was hosted by the Centre for Transport Studies (UCL). More details are available on www.utsg.net People in Systems Event 15th of January The AUNT-SUE consortium was presented at the forthcoming 'EPSRC People in Systems Theme Day' in London. AUNT-SUE organised"map-walk" audit in Docklands area 27 November 2008 Steve Shaw presented on AUNT-SUE at the annual conference of the National Register of Access Consultants at the Museum in Docklands. Please visit for further details: www.nrac.org.uk The delegates were then invited to participate in 'mapwalk' audits of accessibility and inclusion, the outcomes of which will be used by museum, Docklands Light Railway and Thames Clipper ferries. Russell
Marshall presented on
AUNT-SUE at ISSUES Workshop 10 November 2008 Graeme Evans presented on "Stakeholder Engagement" at the ISSUES workshop in Westminster. This event enabled SUE researchers to meet each other and discuss approaches to engagement and dissemination for their research work. AUNT-SUE Investigates: Barriers to Physical Activities and Childhood Obesity 14-15 October 2008 Graeme Evans discussed barriers to physical activities and childhood obesity with colleagues from City University of New York (Institute of Public Health) and London Met at a symposium in London. The academics were jointed by London and New York senior Public Health officials (Mayor's Offices). Graeme Evans also presented evidence of barriers to physical activity with examples from London2012 Olympic/East London area and Street Design Index/Map Walk surveys in Somerstown, Camden. AUNT-SUE in Barcelona 8-10 October 2008 Roger Mackett, Kamalasudhan Achuthan and Helena Titheridge presented their paper on 'Costing increases in walking accessibility for people who are socially excluded' at the 9th International Conference for Walking in Barcelona. AUNT-SUE joints the Royal Geographical Society in August 27-29 August 2008 Claire Ellul and Ben Calnan, Londonmet, presented their paper on "Modelling
Street Safety" to the Royal Geographical Society at the AUNT-SUE Travels to Reykjavik 10-13 August 2008 The HADRIAN teampresented a paper on "The Psychological Stress Perspective: A unifying view of accessibility in public transport and beyond" at the Nordic Ergonomic Society Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland. AUNT-SUE supports: Designs on the Games 7 October 2008 AUNT-SUE members attended the free seminar that highlighted what should be considered from an accessibility viewpoint when designing new technological systems to be used by visitors to major events. Exhibition and Talk at London Festival of Architecture 3 July 2008 AUNT-SUE organised two exhibitions for practitioners wanting to reduce exclusion in transport and public spaces as part of the London Festival of Architecture. AMELIA receives 'Interdisciplinarity Prize' 11 June 2008 Professor Roger Mackett was awarded the 'Interdisciplinarity Prize' for the ideas underlying AMELIA (A Methodology for Enhancing Life by Increasing Accessibility) as part of the celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the demonstration of a working steam engine by Richard Trevithick on the site currently occupied by UCL. The award was made at a dinner the celebrate the anniversary in the presence of HRH The Duke of Gloucester. AUNT-SUE in Belfast 18-20 March 2008 Juliet Solomon, London Met, and Helena Titheridge, UCL, presented a paper on 'Planning, accessibility and transport' to the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2008 - Belfast, 18-20 March 2008. AUNT-SUE at GISRUK in Manchester, 2-4 April 2008 Ben Calnan and Claire Ellul spoke about "Modelling Street Safety in an Urban Environment" at the GISRUK 2008- Geographical Information Science Research Conference in Machester. 13 February 2008: Friends House, Euston Road, London, NW12BJ This one-day symposium (including a walkabout in the King's Cross St Pancras ‘testbed’ area) was organised by the AUNT-SUE research consortium with the support of EPSRC and in collaboration with TfL and BURA. Speakers included:
The following tools were presented: AMELIA stands for ‘A Methodology for Enhancing Life by Increasing Accessibility’ and is being developed in collaboration with the Environment Department of Hertfordshire County Council. This GIS based tool can be used by transport planners to establish how many people meet accessibility benchmarks as a result of policy interventions. (Led by: University College London) Presentation >>> HADRIAN stands for ‘Human Anthropometric Data Requirements Investigation and Analysis’. It is a SAMMIE CAD based tool that enables designers and planners to simulate how different individuals cope with various transport-related tasks, such as vehicle ingress/egress, and help identify issues at the concept stage of design or for a range of commercially available designs where one wants to select the optimum design. (Led by: Loughborough University) Presentations: Pete Davis and Steve Summerskill STREET DESIGN INDEX: This GIS based tool is being developed to enable designers and planners to model the urban environment more comprehensively, and to understand how its diverse features can affect users’ perceptions of streets and public areas. It is being designed to help identify areas that are perceived negatively by pedestrians and so have the potential to restrict their movements. (Led by: London Metropolitan University) Presentation >>> Please click on the following links for details on: Walkabout details and "map-walk" output >>> AUNT-SUE Symposium: Planning and Designing an Inclusive Journey Environment Our annual symposium has taken place on 21st March 2007. The symposium facilitated a discussion on the following topics: Programme / List of Participants "Inclusive Design and Operation"
"Incorporating Social Inclusion Policy"
"Principles into Practice" (demonstrations)
AUNT-SUE at London Biennale 17-25 June, London AUNT-SUE presented aspects of the AUNT SUE research programme from 17th to 25th June at the ‘Gymnasium’ next to St Pancras/ King’s Cross. Download the following exhibition features: Poster I; Poster II; Poster III; Poster IV Artists, Helen Bendon and Jessica Thom are interpreting the work of AUNT-SUE, as well as related research programmes Viva City 2020 (24/7 cities) and InSITU (social inclusion and urban design). Their work was presented at Hoopers Gallery in Clerkenwell from 14th to 23rd June. SYMPOSIUM 2006: Inclusive Transport and Urban Design - AUNT-SUE is older and wiser January 2006, London, London Metropolitan University Programme Welcome Pack / List of Participants 10.00am: Introduction to Symposium Stephen Shaw, Director of the Transport Research and Consultancy Centre (TRaC) at the Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University10.10am: Principles into Practice Stephen Shaw and Richard Simon, iCube Ltd. Download Presentation 10.40am: Benchmarking Accessibility Roger Mackett, Professor of Transport Studies at UCL, Juliet Solomon, Researcher of the Transport Research and Consultancy Centre (TRaC) at the Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University and Trevor Mason, Principal Engineer for Transport Planning and Monitoring at Hertfordshire County Council. Download Presentation 11.10am: Design-for-all Mark Porter, Professor of Design Ergonomics in the Department of Design and Technology at Loughborough University and Professor Graeme Evans, Director of the Cities Institute at London Metropolitan University. Download Presentation (Part I), Download Presentation (Part II, no animations), Download Presentation (Part II, with animations) Part II with animations requires Acrobat reader 6 and the DivX video codec. 12.00pm: Camden and Hertfordshire “testbeds” Rana Imam (UCL Research Fellow) for Nick Tyler, Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UCL. Download Presentation12.30pm: Discussion Dai Powell (Rapporteur) Director Hackney Community Transport
Programme Introduction
and overview of the ‘AUNT-SUE’ project (Graeme Evans, London Met)
Programme (Presentations available on request)12pm Lunch 12.30pm Welcome and Introduction by Roger Mackett (UCL) 12.40pm 'Current accessibility standards and local behaviour
patterns' Hugh Barton and Sarah Hills (UWE) 1.10pm 'Accessibility and user needs in transport: what benchmarks,
and why' Juliet Solomon (Londonmet) 1.40pm
‘Do we count what really counts? – lessons from the DISTILLATE project’
Greg
Marsden (University of Leeds) 2.40-4pm Further discussion on emerging themes
Funded by: AUNT-SUE Consortium: AUNT-SUE Partners include:
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