A destination-accessibility index — how easily a place reaches everyday destinations on foot, today; a walkability index tomorrow. Here is where it came from, where it is, and where it's heading.
How walkable is a place, really? Public accessibility statistics stop at the local-authority level — too coarse to see the street.
Stridel scores accessibility at the grain of a neighbourhood rather than a whole borough, so the texture within a place becomes visible.
The index reflects real walking-to-work behaviour recorded by ONS Census 2021 — a rank correlation of ρ ≈ 0.67, not opinion.
The index's relationship with deprivation is measured and disclosed on every view — an equity audit most tools don't publish about themselves — shown with a colour-vision-safe palette, never red-amber-green.
A live index across UK local authorities — a destination-accessibility index at MSOA grain, growing as new areas clear validation. Each city reads on its own scale; there is no cross-city league table.
Explore the live map →Pedestrian-environment quality — pavements, crossings, severance — the part of walkability the access-and-connectivity index doesn't yet capture.
A blind field audit across multiple cities, with independent raters — what it takes to call it a walkability index, honestly.
Local authorities — with access to your data (pavement condition, crossings, network detail), the Stridel Access Index becomes a true walkability index for your area, not just an accessibility one. We're looking for LA partners to build it together.
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