Project Sidewalk
@projectsidewalk.bsky.social
Our mission: map and assess the world's sidewalks using remote crowdsourcing, artificial intelligence, and online satellite & streetscape imagery. Let's make the world more walkable, rollable, and bikeable! Join us: https://projectsidewalk.org/
We're launching RampNet, an open-source AI that helps detect curb ramps with near-human accuracy.
The most amazing part? The entire project was conceived of and led by high school student John O'Meara.
🧵 A thread on what we built and why it matters.
The most amazing part? The entire project was conceived of and led by high school student John O'Meara.
🧵 A thread on what we built and why it matters.
August 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We're launching RampNet, an open-source AI that helps detect curb ramps with near-human accuracy.
The most amazing part? The entire project was conceived of and led by high school student John O'Meara.
🧵 A thread on what we built and why it matters.
The most amazing part? The entire project was conceived of and led by high school student John O'Meara.
🧵 A thread on what we built and why it matters.
In collaboration with Professor Anupam Sobti and students, we are excited to announce a new pilot deployment in India! 🎉This work furthers our research in mapping and assessing sidewalk accessibility across socio-cultural and geographic contexts: makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu/media/public...
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In collaboration with Professor Anupam Sobti and students, we are excited to announce a new pilot deployment in India! 🎉This work furthers our research in mapping and assessing sidewalk accessibility across socio-cultural and geographic contexts: makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu/media/public...
One map fits all? 🤔 Unfortunately, no! Our #CHI2025 study reveals significant differences in how cane, walker, scooter & wheelchair users perceive sidewalk barriers. Dataset & paper: makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu/project/acce... This is work led by the amazing @chimichurrichu.bsky.social
Accessibility for Whom?
We present a large-scale online survey exploring how five mobility groups—users of canes, walkers, mobility scooters, manual wheelchairs, and motorized wheelchairs—perceive sidewalk barriers and diffe...
makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu
April 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One map fits all? 🤔 Unfortunately, no! Our #CHI2025 study reveals significant differences in how cane, walker, scooter & wheelchair users perceive sidewalk barriers. Dataset & paper: makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu/project/acce... This is work led by the amazing @chimichurrichu.bsky.social
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📢 HUGE NEWS! Project Sidewalk just crossed 1.1 MILLION manual sidewalk accessibility annotations across 21,000+ km of streets! 🎉 (1,163,413 labels to be exact!). To celebrate and help others build on our work, we have posted a sidewalk feature/barrier dataset to @hf.co huggingface.co/projectsidew...
April 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📢 HUGE NEWS! Project Sidewalk just crossed 1.1 MILLION manual sidewalk accessibility annotations across 21,000+ km of streets! 🎉 (1,163,413 labels to be exact!). To celebrate and help others build on our work, we have posted a sidewalk feature/barrier dataset to @hf.co huggingface.co/projectsidew...
Hello! 👋 We are an open-source research project run by the @makeabilitylab.bsky.social. We have a two-pronged vision: first, to develop scalable data collection methods for sidewalk accessibility data using crowdsourcing, computer vision, and online map imagery; and second,
November 26, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Hello! 👋 We are an open-source research project run by the @makeabilitylab.bsky.social. We have a two-pronged vision: first, to develop scalable data collection methods for sidewalk accessibility data using crowdsourcing, computer vision, and online map imagery; and second,
Reposted by Project Sidewalk
⚠️ We're recruiting participants for a research study! We'd like to understand how people use disability parking. Fill out this screener if you fit the criteria, and we may reach out to interview you.
🔗 tinyurl.com/uw-parking-screener
💸 $25/hr compensation
🔗 tinyurl.com/uw-parking-screener
💸 $25/hr compensation
November 25, 2024 at 7:57 PM
⚠️ We're recruiting participants for a research study! We'd like to understand how people use disability parking. Fill out this screener if you fit the criteria, and we may reach out to interview you.
🔗 tinyurl.com/uw-parking-screener
💸 $25/hr compensation
🔗 tinyurl.com/uw-parking-screener
💸 $25/hr compensation