JMU Access Partnership
Past Research
Home Zones - commissioned by Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
Partners: Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
Research is being undertaken, to discover the safety of disabled people in Home Zones areas.
Completed: December 2006
"Planning, Highways and Disability Equality" - commissioned by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).
We are currently we are working to produce DRC’s good practice guidance for Planning and Highways Bodies in England, Wales and Scotland on the Disability Equality Duty.
Completed: May 2006
The Accessibility of Passenger Ships - commissioned by Disabled Persons Transport and Advisory Committee (DPTAC)
Partners: Transport Research Laboratory
Benchmarking and assessment research upon access to passenger ports and ships across the UK.
Completed: December 2005
Good Signs: Improving Signs for People with a Learning Disability
Partners: Sign Design Society
In-depth research that built upon the success of the Sign Design Guide.
Completed: October 2005
Building Occupant Interaction
Partners: The BRE-led consortium included JMU Access Partnership, University of Reading, Buro Happold and the University of Nottingham.
A research programme, commissioned under the Building Occupant Interaction Framework Agreement, investigating a range of research projects relating to the built environment.
Completed: August 2005
Department for Trade and Industry Partners in Innovation: Social Inclusion through training
Partners: Royal Institute of British Architects; The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; RADAR (The disability network)
To help raise the skill level of designers and construction professionals, enabling them to meet current Government commitments to social inclusion through greater understanding of new regulations, design standards and that impact on users of the built environment. Particular reference will be given to the needs of elderly and disabled people.
Completed: June 2005
Signage and wayfinding for people with learning disabilities
Research commissioned under the Building Occupant Interaction Framework Agreement. A scoping study to identify the issues involved in wayfinding for people with learning disabilities in the built environment.
The report can now be downloaded online from the ODPM's website.
Completed: December 2004
Housing Design Standards and Visual Impairment
Partners: RNIB Cymru
A joint research project, funded by National Assembly for Wales to review lifetime homes design standards and incorporate design criteria for people with serious sight loss. Two publications are now available – Housing Site and Adapting Homes.
Completed: November 2004
Disability Rights Commission Snapshot Research: Measuring physical access barriers to services. Snapshot research in 4 town / city centres
This paper established baseline measurements for the 4 sectors of health, leisure, retail and local government through user involvement of focus groups and interviews. The full report can be viewed and downloaded from the DRC website at
http://www.drc.org.uk/publicationsandreports/research.asp
Completed: June 2004
Benchmarking and monitoring against the DfT publication 'Access to Air Travel for Disabled People - A Code of Practice'
Partners: Transport Research Laboratory
Using a customer journey sequence at 9 named airports nationally, auditing 18 aircraft (different types), the research found out the industry's progress since the guidelines were issued.
Completed: April 2004