[Talk-us] Safe Routes to School Mapping Toolkit concept

2011-08-13 Thread Josh Doe
Hello all, I've mentioned Safe Routes to School (SRTS) before, but I've now got an idea for a mapping toolkit. I'll just paste what I wrote on the wiki below. "Safe Routes to School Mapping Toolkit is the concept for a tool to be used by schools or communities to generate maps for applications to

Re: [Talk-us] Safe Routes to School Mapping Toolkit concept

2011-08-13 Thread Nathan Edgars II
This will require objective criteria for grading a route. Does SRTS ignore complications, such as badly-designed bike lanes and especially sidepaths decreasing safety, and kids choosing the sidewalk over even well-designed bike lanes? How is safety of crossing a street determined? How about saf

Re: [Talk-us] Safe Routes to School Mapping Toolkit concept

2011-08-15 Thread Josh Doe
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > This will require objective criteria for grading a route. Does SRTS ignore > complications, such as badly-designed bike lanes and especially sidepaths > decreasing safety, and kids choosing the sidewalk over even well-designed > bike lanes