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Accessibility and user needs: Pedestrian mobility and urban design in the UK

It is over 18 years since the UK Disability Discrimination Act legislated for access in Britain's built environment and in…

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Urban services, pedestrian networks and behaviors to measure elderly accessibility

Relationships between the organisation of the pedestrian network and the location and distribution of activities represent an important element in…

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Inequalities in utility and leisure cycling in England, and variation by local cycling prevalence

This paper analyses Active People Survey data (collected 2011/12 to 2015/16) on 789,196 English adults, providing new information on how…

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Investigating ramp gradients for humps on railway platforms

Horizontal and vertical gaps between the train and the platform are a major safety concern for railway passengers, especially for…

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Road space reallocation in Scotland: A health impact assessment

Introduction: Road space reallocation involves re-distributing space away from motor vehicles, including car parking and carriageway space, towards other uses.…

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The impact of COVID-19 on future public transport use in Scotland

This paper examines the determinants of changes in future public transport use in Scotland after the COVID-19 pandemic. An online…

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Technology to support independent travel in the UK

Powerful economic and social arguments exist for enhancing transport accessibility for older and disabled people, and these are reinforced through…

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A qualitative study of the accessibility of a typical UK town cycle network to disabled cyclists

Introduction: Cycling offers significant benefits for disabled people in the form of independent mobility and improved management of chronic health…

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Transport equity analysis

This special issue on Equity and Transport argues that, while transport evaluation remains significant, equity assessment in transport planning is…

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Linking loyalty card data to public transport data to explore mobility and social exclusion in the older population

Inequalities in the provision of public transport and the accessibility of both public transport services and key facilities can impact…

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