How easily a place reaches everyday destinations on foot, scored at the grain of a neighbourhood rather than a whole borough. That way the texture within a place becomes visible, not just the difference between one town and the next.
Public accessibility statistics stop at the local authority level, which is far too coarse to see the street. The Access Index scores accessibility much finer, then checks itself against how people actually move.
Scored per small area, so the differences within a city become visible, not just the differences between one city and another.
It reflects real walking-to-work behaviour from ONS Census 2021. The rank correlation is ρ ≈ 0.67, not opinion.
How the index relates to deprivation is measured and shown on every view, using a colour-vision-safe palette. Never red, amber, green.
How walkable is a place, really? We built a finer-grained way to see it than public statistics allow.
Calibrated to Census 2021 walk-to-work behaviour (ρ ≈ 0.67), with its equity relationship measured and disclosed.
A live index at neighbourhood grain, growing as new areas clear validation. Each city reads on its own scale. There is no cross-city league table.
Pedestrian-environment quality: pavements, crossings, severance. This is the part of walkability an access index doesn't yet capture.
A blind field audit across cities, scored by independent raters. That is what it takes to call it a walkability index honestly.
With access to your data (pavement condition, crossings, network detail), the Access Index becomes a true walkability index for your area, not just an accessibility one. We're looking for partners to build it with us.
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