United States Department of Transportation
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University of Washington Transportation Data Equity Initiative
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2022-01-01
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Abstract:Millions of Americans, those with disabilities, older adults, or those living in rural or suburban locales, cannot or do not use private vehicles or fixed-route transit. Yet, while many of the new mobility tools (such as trip planning, digital mapping, and navigation applications) provide users amazing capabilities to access travel directions, locate transit services, learn about amenities along segments of their trip, and compare travel options within one application, they are only informative about scheduled transit services and private vehicle modes. All travelers, regardless of abilities, need reliable, consistent information to inform comfortable, safe, accessible travel in all transportation environments and services, including information needed to find appropriate paths along sidewalks, in transit stations, and when using flexible modes of transport like shuttles and paratransit. Today, useful information about travel environments and many travel modes is neither consistently collected nor shared. Current transportation data cannot answer traveler questions such as: • Is there a sidewalk or curb ramp there to support travel? • Does this intersection have crosswalks that are signalized and marked? • Is there lighting at this bus stop? • Where is the stairs-free path to the platform? The Transportation Data Equity Initiative (TDEI) project, supported by the U.S. DOT ITS4US Deployment Program and led by the University of Washington’s Taskar Center for Accessible Technology (TCAT) and the Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC) will create data infrastructure to introduce data interoperability and consistency in travel environments and services that are not currently systematically collected or shared.
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