Calling Out America's Terrible Sidewalks with a Magic Cart
From: Wired - 12/04/2013
By: Ted Greenwald

The old way to see if a sidewalk is wheelchair-friendly: Crawl around on your
hands and knees to measure cracks and ramps. The new way: Peter Axelson’s
three-wheeled cart.

Beneficial Design got a grant to develop technology for assessing sidewalk
compliance with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. The result is
Prowap (for Public Rights-of-Way Assessment Process). A worker rolls the
vehicle — which comes programmed with federal, state, and local rules —
through town, and sensors note whenever a crucial variable (like a too-steep
ramp) breaks the rules.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.wired.com/2013/12/magiccart/

Links:
Benefical Designs
http://www.beneficialdesigns.com/

Public Rights of Way Assessment Process (PROWAP)
http://www.beneficialdesigns.com/products/trail-and-sidewalk-assessment-equipment-software/prowap

Submitted by Peter Axelson