Open Sidewalk Graph for Accessible Trip Planning:

Open Sidewalk Graph for Accessible Trip Planning is an information challenge to design an open source software toolkit and set of algorithms to help those with limited mobility plan a commute. By developing city-wide sidewalk accessibility analytics and applying routing algorithms, the project hopes to assemble disconnected sidewalk segments into a coherent graph, providing rapid and convenient routing for those with limited mobility that avoids steep hills, uncrossable intersections, stairs, or construction that blocks sidewalks.

Team members:

  • Nick Bolten, Project Lead Ph.D. student at University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering.
  • Amirhossein Amini, DSSG Intern Ph.D. student at University of Washington Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Yun Hao, DSSG Intern B.Sc. Computer Science from Colorado State University Department of Natural Science.
  • Vaishnavi Ravichandran , DSSG Intern Graduate student at University of Texas at Dallas Department of Geographic Information Systems.
  • Andre Stephens , DSSG Intern Ph.D. student at University of Washington Department of Sociology.
  • Anthony Arendt,
  • Jake Vanderplas
  • ALVA Students
  • projects.