Nationwide, there is a data gap for people walking, biking, and rolling: the location and attributes of the infrastructure that allows for safe and comfortable travel – like sidewalks, bike lanes, and curb ramps – is often unknown. Data may exist for this infrastructure, but it can be fragmented across geography, unstandardized in structure and content, and vary in its openness to the public.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics' objective is to fill that data gap with nationwide geospatial data layers for the extent, connectivity, and condition of bicycle, pedestrian, and accessibility infrastructure in public rights of way and transportation terminals.
There are many organizations who have recognized and are working towards filling this data gap across government, academic, nonprofit, or private sectors. Coordinating this work - the intent of this community - will progress the field towards widespread, interoperable geospatial data.
The intent of this community is to communicate, coordinate, and align efforts to develop geospatial bicycle, pedestrian, and accessibility infrastructure data across the United States. If you are working to develop, standardize, or use these kinds of data, participating in this community will give you the information you need to maximize your contribution.
Your participation in this community is welcome. You can make comments by posting a GitHub Issue or Discussion, while suggested changes can be made using a Pull Request.
How do I contribute?
Thursday, September 26, 2024 @ 3:00pm ET on Microsoft Teams:
You can find information about all previous meetings on the wiki.
We have collected frequently asked questions here (coming soon!). Please use GitHub Discussions to ask more questions and get answers from others.
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Members of the public and US government employees who wish to contribute are encouraged to do so, but by contributing, dedicate their work to the public domain and waive all rights to their contribution under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication.