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PAMELA (Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment LAboratory) is a research project, where a reconfigurable laboratory is used to simulate existing and proposed pedestrian environments, being carried out by Accessibility Research Group at University College London.

This will allow existing “open space” accessibility issues to be examined rigorously under controlled conditions. It will also enable infrastructure designs to be checked, thereby avoiding the possibility of costly mistakes on site arising from a subsequent accessibility audit.

The facility consists of an elevated demountable paved platform (about 7m square, but able to be configured differently if required) which can model various street layouts, e.g. “dropped kerbs”, “bus boarders”, and street corners. It will be possible to vary features such as the layout, surface material, colour and texture, gradients, step heights and the positions of obstacles. Also, the effects of different lighting levels, acoustic situations and wet weather can be examined.[1]


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  1. ^ First custom-designed pedestrian accessibility lab launched
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