Mobility and Transportation – The Taskar Center for Accessible Technology

Map of the U.S. with counties in Washington, Oregon, and Maryland highlighted in shades of blue.

Transportation Data Equity Initiative

Transportation equity ensures that all people have access to affordable and convenient transportation options, regardless of income, race, ability, or location. This project aims to provide more equitable mobility benefits by collecting and providing infrastructure to sustainably support open data…

AccessMap Multimodal

Personalized Routes, Seamless Navigation Sidewalks are the vital threads linking us to travel options, but they come with challenges. AccessMap.app bridges gaps by providing detailed info on pedestrian paths, transit stations, elevation changes, curb ramps, and more. Tailor routes to…

OpenSidewalks

Pedestrians have a wide variety of needs and preferences. For example, a given wheelchair user may need to avoid steep hills whereas another will attempt any hill. Therefore, data on pedestrian spaces must be detailed and specific: instead of labeling…

Tactile MapTile

Tactile MapTile employs a unique tactile based representation of various features in a map to enhance the spatial understanding for people with broad visual capacities. Each feature is re//presented by a different texture and pattern tactile design. Users can generate…

The smart and connected wheelchair. The image3D model of a power wheelchair with iconography of a wireless wave surrounding it. On the right arm support is an icon of GPS location, on the left arm support are icons of wireless emissions from an on-board tablet and icon of messaging sending out from the chair.

Autonomous Wheelchair

We are designing a smart and connected power wheelchair add-on kit that would support both autonomous personal mobility as well as shared control (aka shared autonomy) for people with mobility limitations. The Autonomous Wheelchair project focuses on the addition of…

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