Health +

Mobility
A DESIGN PROTOCOL FOR MOBILISING HEALTHY LIVING
2

Health + Mobility
A design protocol for mobilising healthy living

This report is a product of a research collaboration between Arup, BRE, University College
London and AREA as part of Arup’s Global Research Challenge 2015.

RESEARCH TEAM

Arup
Laurens Tait, Project Director
Ikumi Nakanishi, Project Manager
Paul Grover, Associate Director
Thomas Paul, Planner
Kim Cooper, Planner

BRE
Helen Pineo, Associate Director for Cities

University College London

Professor Nick Tyler, Chadwick Chair of Civil Engineering
Dr Xenia Karekla, Research Associate at Centre of Transport Studies

AREA Research / Perkins + Will

David Green, Principal
Lydia Collis, Architect/Urban Designer
Ingrid Stromberg, Knowledge Manager

Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the following people for providing valuable input:

Amanda Sacker, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, UCL

Jenny Mindell, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, UCL
Marcella Ucci, The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources, UCL
Jemima Stockton, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, UCL
Adriana Ortegon, Department of Civil, Environment & Geomatic Engineering, UCL
Catherine Garnell, Assistant Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council

Basak Alkan, Urban Designer for the Baton Rouge Project, Perkins + Will
 Health + Mobility 3

Health + Mobility
A design protocol for mobilising healthy living
4
planners and business consultants providing a
diverse range of professional services to clients
around the world. Arup is renowned for its specialist
expertise in multiple disciplines encompassing all
aspects of the built environment.
Arup is dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach
that brings its full complement of skills and
knowledge to each project. Since its inception in
1946, it has been the creative force behind many of
the world’s most innovative and sustainable designs.
www.arup.com
University College London is one of the world’s
top ten universities. The Department of Civil,
Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE)
leads research programmes that seek to optimise
built environments for health such as: the Pedestrian
Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory
(PAMELA) programme and the Healthy Infrastructure
Research Group. By working with UCL’s partnership
of 25 hospitals, these groups combine cutting edge
research in both health and infrastructure to create a
healthier environment.
www.ucl.ac.uk
BRE is an independent and impartial, research-based
consultancy, testing and training organisation,
environment and associated industries. We help
clients create better, safer and more sustainable
products, buildings, communities and businesses -
and we support the innovation needed to achieve
this. The BRE Trust funded a three-year research
project to explore the links between urban
environments and health and develop indicators to
support policy and decision-makers.
www.bre.co.uk
organisation operating parallel to Perkins + Will.
AREA is a platform that connects the design
professions, academia, and research institutions,
supporting innovative research to improve the
built environment, and by extension, the lives of its
inhabitants. AREA and Perkins + Will together bring
a depth of knowledge across practices including
healthcare, higher education, science + technology,
city planning and transportation.
www.arearesearch.org
 Health + Mobility 5

Contents

Executive Summary 7

Introduction 8

Urban Mobility Impact on Health 10

Health + Mobility Framework 18

Design protocol 26

Applying the Design Protocol 30

Knowledge Quarter, Liverpool UK 34

Baton Rouge, Louisiana US 50

Way forward 70

Glossary 75

Appendix 76

A. Existing tools and methodologies 77

B. Data sources 78

C. References 79

Biographies 87