Tag: hack the commute

April 30, 2015

New app helps people with mobility issues navigate Seattle

The winner of Seattle’s first Hack the Commute is an app aimed at providing people with mobility issues information about steep hills, curb cuts and sidewalk closures so they can find a more accessible route. But Access Map – Seattle is helpful far beyond people who need curb ramps to get around. The easy-to-read steepness…
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tagged: access map, allie deford, geekwire, hack the commute, nick bolten, reagan middlebrook, veronika sipeeva
March 11, 2015

How can technology help grow cycling? Hack the Commute may take on the challenge

The City of Seattle is a seriously connected city. So much information flows through the city’s databases, and the city wants to help people innovate applications to use it. And transportation is one of the best practical applications for all this data. That’s the idea behind Hack the Commute, a three-day hackathon March 20 –…
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