NTL Record

Title Phase 1 User Needs Identification and Requirements Planning - University of Washington ITS4US Deployment Project
Record ID 81950
Personal Name
Creator
Caspi, Anat; Hallenbeck, Mark
Corporate Creator Washington State Transportation Center; University of Washington. Taskar Center for Accessible Technology
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration; United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration; United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
Publication Date 20210412
Language English
Abstract This report is the User Needs Identification and Requirements Planning (UNIRP) document for the Transportation Data Equity Initiative project, an effort funded by the Federal Highway Administration’s ITS4US program. The project, led by the University of Washington’s Taskar Center for Accessible Technology and the Washington State Transportation Center, will develop a national pipeline of sidewalk data intended to help all people navigate more easily. The project will also help extend the national data standards for on-demand transit services (GTFS-Flex) and for mapping of multi-level transit stations (GTFS-Pathways).The project will demonstrate the use of those data and standards in three applications: a multi-modal, accessible travel planner (an extension of Access Map), an expansion of Microsoft’s Soundscape application, which helps blind and low-vision people navigate and explore the environment, and a simulation tool to be built by Unity Technologies that allows travelers to explore the layout of transit stations prior to using those facilities. The UNIRP describes the plan for identifying and prioritizing user needs, and the process by which those needs will be handled within the project. This includes recruiting and working with stakeholders.
Rosap ID dot:57012
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57012
TRT Terms Accessibility; Sidewalks; Navigation systems; Data analysis; Round trips; Deployment; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent transportation systems programs
General Subjects Navigation software; data standards; Complete Trip; ITS4US; Task 1B: Needs Identification and Requirements Planning
Geographical
Coverage
United States; Washington
TRIS Online
Accession No
1781923
Contract Number 693JJ321C000004
Report Number FHWA-JPO-21-856
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/81000/81900/81950/FHWA-JPO-21-856_89.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository