Tag: Washington
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The Sidewalks Inventory and Accessibility Mapping under Washington State Proviso
Under the directive of the state legislature and using innovative technology by the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology, Washington is now creating an AI-generated, human-vetted network graph inventory of sidewalks across Washington State—the OS-CONNECT dataset. With this data, state agencies, local governments, and community organizations will have the information they need to address critical accessibility,…
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Health Through Housing (HTH) Pedestrian Accessibility Mapping Project
The Health Through Housing (HTH) Initiative is an innovative approach that accelerates King County’s response to chronic homelessness. Through partnerships and close collaboration between city governments, service providers and local communities, HTH purchased former hotels and converted them into permanent and emergency supportive housing that provides wraparound services to residents. King County Metro is providing…