A free social navigation app for #pedestrians. We provide accessible and safe routes using lighting, accident data & more.🚸
Microsoft #AI4A & #UofT Startup
Check out our friends over at @happenincompany who are making it easy for us in Toronto to discover unique events and fun things to do.
Book your next experience at happenin.io/toronto
Narrow sidewalks in Toronto's busy neighbourhoods make it hard for residents to practice physical distancing. Toronto-based startup helps pedestrians avoid crowded routes with their new, free safe navigation app @mapinhood. @MaRSDDow.ly/XvIm50CgBnM
It's amazing that this issue keeps coming up. In the 1940s Toronto tried to legislate how people walked on the sidewalk, and was met with much mockery.
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“The kinds of figures we’re talking about—that would actually save public money, remember—are rounding errors in most transportation budgets. So cities are literally wasting public money by not investing in smart bike infrastructure.” - @BrentToderiandailyhive.com/vancouver/biki…
Going out? Make informed choices to keep everyone safer. Learn more about ways you can minimize your risk of #COVID19 & help protect people around you when heading out: ow.ly/GyRd50BaAK2
Please keep taking care of yourself & each other as we continue living with #COVID19. Find tips & resources to help you care for your #MentalHealth: ow.ly/8oXi50B9un4
“Every city can choose to make different decisions & can choose to transform itself. The 1st step often involves a candid conversation about where it is, & where it’ll end up if it doesn’t change course.” — @BrentToderian
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"We have a chance to create the most extraordinary and inclusive public spaces ever—ones that serve people of all ages and abilities," says @kristynwongtam of Toronto's post-pandemic future:
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Watching #gBETApitchnight w/ @imerciv & its app @mapinhood - a navigation map designed for pedestrians, not drivers, looking for safety/convenience & discover the city. My urban planner friends will love this & I could have used it when I tried to get around SF w/ a walking boot!
Diverse in style and content, the maps that we've received from our readers collectively show how coronavirus has transformed the places we live.
Explore this collection: trib.al/qcxjOAe
Currently, almost 7% of overall trips in Bogotá are on bicycles, more than in any other city in Latin America. The city aims to have 50% of total trips made on bikes or other micromobility alternatives. trib.al/BtjJun3
iMerciv empowers pedestrians with personalized navigation & actionable data in real time for safe, convenient, and accessible trips with its free social navigation app @mapinhood.
Hear them pitch during gBETA Toronto Virtual Pitch Night this Wed!
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Bogotá may have a long way to go in taming in its infamous traffic, but it has also come a long way already. Now, the pandemic has created new urgency around a bigger rethink of city’s streets. trib.al/YxYbbfG