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How SafeWalkr finds the safest walking route to a Fairfax County public school: sidewalk and traffic data, crossing guards, and 9,731 measured walks.
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The price of the safest walk
We routed all 9,731 homes in our 14 walk zones twice, shortest and safest, then sampled all 188 FCPS attendance zones. The safest walk typically takes 25 seconds longer, and it cuts walking in the roadway of busy roads by 86%.
- Walking to school, by the numbers We routed all 9,731 homes in SafeWalkr's 14 walk zones and measured the walks. Sidewalk coverage, busy-road crossings, the longest gaps, and where the safest route still walks in the roadway. 6 min
- Introducing SafeWalkr What SafeWalkr does, why the safest walk to school is rarely the shortest, and how it builds a route from county sidewalk, traffic and crossing-guard data. 4 min