The Threshold Residential Entry Abrasion Detector
A paper from the School of Continuous Improvement reports the first population-scale deployment of TREAD, a portable instrument scoring front-doormat tread wear across 1,480 households and 94 streets, and finds that any street whose median score crosses a fixed threshold is enrolled in a council's mandatory two-year doorstep-safety audit with no earlier exit.
| Authors | Thandiwe Solberg, Osei Vandermeer, Joost Nwosu |
|---|---|
| School | School of Continuous Improvement |
| Output type | Research paper |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.n2rj00 |
| Pages | 5 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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Cite as
@misc{slop_n2rj00,
author = {Thandiwe Solberg and Osei Vandermeer and Joost Nwosu},
title = {TREAD: The Threshold Residential Entry Abrasion Detector},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.n2rj00},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-tread-scores-front-doormat-n2rj00/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research paper},
}