Sidewalk Equity

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Project Date May 1, 2022 - Present
Sponsors: NSF PacTrans
Keywords: urban informatics, urban accessibility, urban visualization, spatial patterns, spatial analysis, socioeconomic analysis

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Chu Li Presents Project Sidewalk to World IA Day

Mar 04, 2023 | Jon

Congrats to Chu Li for presenting our work on Project Sidewalk and sidewalk equity for the World Information Architecture Day in Seattle. Pictures below courtesy of Zhihan Zhang.

Daniel Presents on Behalf of the Makeability Lab at Ability/LEAP Accessibility Research Night

Nov 17, 2022 | Xia

Daniel presents the recent work of the Makeability Lab at the Ability/LEAP Accessibility Research Night. Congrats to the successful talk! Here's a copy of the presentation.

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Access Scores are calculated for streets and neighborhoods based on Project Sidewalk data

We examine the potential of using large-scale open crowdsourced sidewalk data from Project Sidewalk to study the distribution and condition of sidewalks in Seattle, WA. While potentially noisier than professionally gathered sidewalk datasets, crowdsourced data enables large, cross-regional studies that would be otherwise expensive and difficult to manage. As an initial case study, we examine spatial patterns of sidewalk quality in Seattle and their relationship to racial diversity, income level, built density, and transit modes. We close with a reflection on our approach, key limitations, and opportunities for future work.

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A Pilot Study of Sidewalk Equity in Seattle Using Crowdsourced Sidewalk Assessment Data

Chu Li, Lisa Orii, Mikey Saugstad, Stephen J. Mooney, Yochai Eisenberg, Delphine Labbé, Joy Hammel, Jon E. Froehlich

UrbanAccess 2022

keywords: urban informatics, sidewalk equity, data science, spatial patterns

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk • Sidewalk Equity

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