The Maryland Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Office of Planning and Capital Programming (OPCP) is evaluating the feasibility of a statewide sidewalk dataset that would be conflated to One Maryland One Centerline (OMOC) data and maintained statewide. MDOT maintains OMOC, a linear referencing system for information on the state’s roadways and shared-use paths; however, no events represent sidewalks to understand pedestrian infrastructure. Foursquare ITP facilitated the development of a schema to capture this data and conflate it to OMOC, in addition to demonstrating the value of this work.
Foursquare ITP also developed a schema based on a survey of best practices and numerous stakeholder working groups. MDOT plans to use this schema and demonstration to pursue the development of a statewide sidewalk inventory and subsequent accessibility analyses.
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Solutions and Outcomes
- Hosted four working meetings with stakeholders throughout Maryland to understand their capabilities and challenges surrounding the geospatial documentation of sidewalks.
- Developed a schema for capturing information on sidewalk presence and form throughout the state using One Maryland, One Centerline, the state’s linear referencing system.
- Conducted a demonstration of how sidewalk data can facilitate local accessibility analyses and inform planning for infrastructure improvements.
- Developed a state-of-the-practice document summarizing similar work throughout the country.