Singaporeans, please help wheelchair users by collecting data on barrier-free routes for new app

SINGAPORE - An app has been launched to crowdsource data to map out barrier-free routes, which will make it easier for wheelchair users to navigate around different parts of Singapore.

The Straits Times first reported on SmartBFA in 2018, when it had set out a goal to have a functional mapping app by mid-2019. Since then, the team has held 32 Wheel the Ground sessions in the last two years, where they recruit volunteers - both wheelchair and non-wheelchair users - who spent several hours each time combing an area to locate barriers and recording them through the app. They were split into pairs, with one person sitting on a wheelchair and the other pushing it.

SmartBFA is partially funded by SGEnable’s Enabling Lives Initiative. The project was on pause in 2020 as there was no funding, and the team is currently applying for its next round of funding. Not all the volunteers are wheelchair users - only about 20 per cent of them use a wheelchair on a day-to-day basis.

Then got cdc for what

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Only 1 in 4 Singaporeans gets more than 7 hours of sleep each nightDo you sleep at least eight hours a night on a regular basis? Then congratulations - you're either a kid/baby, or you're privileged enough to be in the 25 per cent of Singaporeans who actually get more than seven hours of sleep. According to the results of a 2022 YouGov survey, almost 40 per cent of Singaporeans get about six...
Source: asiaonecom - 🏆 10. / 59 Read more »

Nearly two-thirds of Singaporeans believe gender inequality still exists in the country: Survey - Singapore NewsSome 44 per cent of Singaporeans are scared to speak out and advocate the equal rights of women because of what might happen to them
Source: IndependentSG - 🏆 9. / 63 Read more »

The Straits Times Weekly News Quiz - March 17: The Oscars, Makan Index 2.0, US bank failuresAnswer seven questions and get up to speed on this week’s news from Singapore and around the world.
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

China president Xi Jinping to visit Putin in Russia from March 20-22Trade between the two countries has soared since the invasion. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

China president Xi Jinping to visit Putin in Russia from March 20-22Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Russia from March 20-22 for a state visit after he was invited by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Friday (March 17). The visit comes as China offers to broker peace in Ukraine, an effort that has been met with scepticism in the West given Beijing's diplomatic support for Russia. 'During the...
Source: asiaonecom - 🏆 10. / 59 Read more »

Lapse in SportSG shoe recycling programme, child abuse top MPs' questions at March 20 Parliament sittingSINGAPORE — For the sitting of Parliament next Monday (March 20), Members of Parliament (MPs) have filed questions on a programme run by Sport Singapore (SportSG) and partners intended to recycle old shoes into community infrastructure but where the shoes ended up being resold in Indonesia.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »