Building Safe Neighborhoods With Open Source Tools Matthew Baker Denver Public Schools Denver Safe Routes to School Coalition
Jan 07, 2017
Building Safe NeighborhoodsWith Open Source Tools
Matthew BakerDenver Public Schools
Denver Safe Routesto School Coalition
Stakeholder Organizations
● CO Dep’t of Transportation● City of Denver Dep’t of Public Works● City of Denver Dep’t of Environmental Health● Denver Public Schools
The Problem
● Safe Routes to School:
How to direct new infrastructure?
● Safe crossings, sidewalk repairs, etc.
How to direct new infrastructure?
● Safe crossings, sidewalk repairs, etc.
City of Denver - DEH
● CCD – Department of Environmental Health– Gretchen Armijo
● Westwood Neighborhood Study– Counts / Maps of Students
● Living within 1mi of “attend school”
Sidewalk Data / Conditions
● Walkscope Project– Sidewalk condition citizen app
Next “on-the-ground” Steps
● Improve areas around 40th & Colorado● I-70 ‘Big Dig’ (Elyria Swansea N’Hood)● Improve Sidewalks across Denver
– Mayor’s Plan
Next “tech” Steps● Generate ‘Safe Routes’
– PGRouting – student to school geometry
Thank You!