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Project Sidewalk @projectsidewalk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thanks to our collaborators at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) for the translations, Project Sidewalk has added its sixth language: Brazilian Portuguese! Graças aos nossos colaboradores da USP pelas traduções, o Projeto Sidewalk adicionou seu sexto idioma: o português!

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Project Sidewalk @projectsidewalk.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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.

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Project Sidewalk @projectsidewalk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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...

A screenshot of Project Sidewalk in India showing a narrow street with colorful buildings

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Project Sidewalk @projectsidewalk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

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

makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu

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...

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

📢 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...

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Project Sidewalk @projectsidewalk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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,

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Jared Hwang @jaredhwang.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

⚠️ 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

Flyer soliciting research participants. It says: "Call for study participants. Criteria: 18 years or older, lives in the US, eligible to use disability parking. Study details: ~1 hour Zoom interview, $25 per hour compensation. Help us improve disability parking by sharing your experiences! Interested? Fill out this screening form tinyurl.com/uw-parking-screener. For questions, email jaredhwa@cs.uw.edu."

At the bottom of the flyer are the logos for the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, styled as a large W with text to the side, and the Makeability Lab, styled as a large M with the text Makeability Lab underneath.

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