Elizabeth ELOTaylor Reich at #openthepaths "it's not our job as planners to predict what people might want...we need to give them the ability to choose what they might want to do" + "...it's not about access, it's about what access let's us do" π«°π«°π«°
Anat Caspi showing how a single elevator outage can affect your level of access if you use a wheelchair at #openthepaths
At #openthepaths "I'm a low vision traveller so I think One Bus Away is the best ever"
Matthew Weidner at King County Metro discusses how transit agencies have been working to make the inequitable system that they inherited in the 1970s more equitable...but inertia. #openthepaths
...e.g. sometimes Google maps can do more harm than good ...sending them down unsafe streets to navigate in a wheelchair. The uncertainty in knowing if you can get somewhere in turn can lead to decreased community access and involvement.
#openthepaths kicking off to discuss how better #dataequity using #opendata can contribute to #moveequity - kicking things off with learning about the variety of lived experiences of navigating the built environment.