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Project Sidewalk web page
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Discuss and improve tutorial #2521

Open jonfroehlich opened 3 years ago

jonfroehlich commented 3 years ago

There was a recent Twitter thread where the Project Sidewalk tutorial was criticized for improperly training users about sidewalk accessibility. Though written bitingly, the thread has some great points that we should discuss.

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For example, they argue strongly that a perpendicular facing ramp, which places a person with a disability into the flow of traffic is "one of the scariest access problems" they face on a regular basis.

@misaugstad, we should chat about how to improve the tutorial experience to address current limitations (not just captured by this person's perspective but more broadly, of course).

misaugstad commented 3 years ago

Agreed. I saw that later in the thread, they suggested that they would have rated it as a 4 or 5 severity depending on how busy the intersection was. So a severity of 3 may be overly generous.

I agree that we should consider this feedback (and others; I can look through the notes submitted through the "Feedback" button as well) and update the tutorial accordingly.