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 about sidewalks, transit paths, and on-demand transit services. Benefits extend to both traveler populations and planners.

The Transportation Data Equity Initiative (TDEI) is aimed at developing a unified, shared data framework to improve mobility equity. Focusing on detailed data about pedestrian networks and travel environments, the TDEI provides the essential groundwork for future innovations in urban mobility.

Everyone needs data they can trust. The TDEI project addresses inequities in transportation data and travel information via a three-pronged approach:

• Enhance data standards to include information relevant to all travelers and transit stakeholders.
• Provide tools and data infrastructure reducing barriers for data stewards to collect, vet, maintain and use traveler-centric transportation data at scale.
• Demonstrate our work through pilot data collections with private and public partners, and demonstration projects that make use of our data.

With the support of the Transportation Data Equity Initiative, the OpenSidewalks project and its suite of tools, including AccessMap Multimodal, offer in-depth insights into the connectivity and walkability of city sidewalks, empowering individuals, civic organizations, and government agencies with the information needed to make informed mobility decisions.

The Transportation Data Equity Initiative is a project sponsored by The Complete Trip, an ITS4US Deployment Program, to improve equitable access in travel services, travel environments and in transportation data. The TDEI builds open source data collection and vetting tools, transportation data digital infrastructure, and governance frameworks that enable public-private data sharing and interoperability.

Learn more at https://transitequity.cs.washington.edu/

Downloadable TDEI flyer