July 25, 2014 

In This Issue

 

The dust hasn't even settled at our new place at 825 Howard Street yet we can't wait to welcome you to our Grand Opening Celebration. Are you coming? It's tomorrow between 10 and 3 at our new offices located at 825 Howard Street. We've included some additional items of interest below, but we hope to see you tomorrow!

 

Feedback and suggestions are always welcome. You can email them to me directly at: ED@ilrcsf.org

Sidewalk Assessment Survey

 

Please see the note below from Alice Grossman:

 

Hi,

 

I am a graduate student researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Our research team is currently developing a system to inventory and assess the quality of sidewalks in the Atlanta region. Georgia Tech researchers have developed an Android tablet application that is being used to collect field data on sidewalks in the City of Atlanta, which we will be using to establish a ratings system for sidewalk quality.

To validate the results we are getting in the field with accessibility requirements, guidelines, and experiences, our team has developed a sidewalk survey for persons in the disability community.  These survey results will be vital in determining the sidewalk quality ratings to inform pedestrian planning, and prioritize future investments in pedestrian infrastructure.  The survey should take no more than 5-10 minutes and you can take it multiple times because there are many sidewalks to see and review.

 

If you are interested in participating in the survey, please visit  http://transposurvey.ce.gatech.edu/webSurvey/login/loginUDL.php?surveyCode=SD850AG634AF325RG846  to create your own login.  You may retake the Sidewalk Assessment Survey up to 13 times with new sidewalk segments.

If you have any questions related to the sidewalk survey, please contact our team at sidewalks@ce.gatech.edu. Feel free to share the survey link with other interested groups or individuals.


Thanks,
Alice Grossman
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

 

 

  

VA Partners with TechShop: Partnership Offers Free Membership to Veterans

 

The VA Center for Innovation (VACI) is excited to collaborate withTechShop in providing 2,000 one-year memberships at six TechShop locations across the U.S. Veterans will have full membership privileges at their TechShop location to utilize the wide array of equipment, such as milling, forming, cutting, welding, woodworking, electronics, and much, much more. Each free membership also includes $350 in free group classes.

 

http://www.innovation.va.gov/program-techshop.html

 

 

Onward, Jessie Lorenz

Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco | ed@ilrcsf.org | http://www.ilrcsf.org
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