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Route4U

Ireland (2018)
Scale: City Level
Route4U is an app-based accessibility solution that provides route planning and navigation for wheelchair users, customized to their own abilities. It also collects data on footpath obstacles, surface quality, kerb heights, widths and inclines, and feeds it back to local councils.
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Challenge

 To improve accessibility for people with reduced mobility or different mobility needs in public spaces, and to help local authorities make smarter, evidence-based decisions regarding their footpath infrastructures.

Solution

To use smartphone sensors and crowdsourcing to collect and share data on footpath accessibility, and to provide customized route planning and navigation for wheelchair users based on their own preferences and abilities

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Time period

Planning time
6 months to 1 year

Implementation time
6 months to 1 year

Implementers

Route4U

Service providers

Route4U, Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council, Enterprise Ireland, The Disability Federation of Ireland

End users

Wheelchair users

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