WalkRollMap.org: Crowdsourcing barriers to mobility

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences

Rehabilitation Sciences

Colin Ferster¹  Kate Hosford¹  Meghan Winters¹  Daniel Fuller²  Darren Boss³  Karen Laberee³  Marie-Soleil Cloutier⁴  Trisalyn Nelson⁵ 

[1] Cities, Health & Active Transportation Research Lab, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada;Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada;Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada;Laboratoire Piétons et Espace Urbain, Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montréal, QC, Canada;Spatial Pattern Analysis & Research Lab, Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States;

关键词: pedestrian;    safety;    comfort;    mobility;    hazards;    barriers;    crowdsourcing;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fresc.2023.1023582

 received in 2022-08-23, accepted in 2023-02-21,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Walking is a simple way to improve health through physical activity. Yet many people experience barriers to walking from a variety of physical, social, and psychological factors that impact their mobility. A challenge for managing and studying pedestrian environments is that barriers often occur at local scales (e.g., sidewalk features), yet such fine scale data on pedestrian facilities and experiences are often lacking or out of date. In response, our team developed WalkRollMap.org an online mapping tool that empowers communities by providing them with tools for crowdsourcing their own open data source. In this manuscript we highlight key functions of the tool, discuss initial approaches to community outreach, and share trends in reporting from the first nine months of operation. As of July 27, 2022, there have been 897 reports, of which 53% served to identify hazards, 34% missing amenities, and 14% incidents. The most frequently reported issues were related to sidewalks (15%), driver behavior (19%), and marked crosswalks (7%). The most common suggested amenities were sidewalks, marked crosswalks, connections (i.e., pathways between streets), and curb cuts. The most common types of incidents all included conflicts with vehicles. Data compiled through WalkRollMap.org offer unique potential for local and timely information on microscale barriers to mobility and are available for use by anyone as data are open and downloadable.

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© 2023 Laberee, Nelson, Boss, Ferster, Hosford, Fuller, Cloutier and Winters.