This project aims to facilitate the integration of sidewalk infrastructure data into all Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) processes involving road network data. The focus is on analyses of active transportation and Complete Streets. The scope encompasses assessing inter-agency use needs; establishing requirements for Complete Streets sidewalk data; developing data stewardship and governance protocols, mechanisms, and standards; and defining the requirements for statewide, decision-supporting data tools to allow the display and analysis of walkability based on sidewalk data. The researchers will work with stakeholders and will evaluate their needs. They will inventory software tools and sidewalk data sets currently available. They will also propose methodologies and workflows for consistently displaying walksheds and other common outputs of sidewalk data systems.
Principal Investigator: Anat Caspi, Computer Science and Engineering, UW
Sponsor: WSDOT
WSDOT Technical Monitor: Thomas Craig
WSDOT Project Manager: Jon Peterson
Scheduled completion: February 2026