Seattle Accessible Route Planner

In 2016, SDOT rolled out the Seattle Accessible Route Planner, an online map and planning tool to aid pedestrians in navigating the city’s pedestrian right-of-way. The map will be updated as city assets are added or modified. 

This planning tool, viewable on a computer, phone, or tablet device, provides views of different pedestrian features, their locations, and physical conditions of the assets (good, fair, and poor). The map identifies the presence of sidewalks, curb ramps and APS signals to enable users to plan appropriate routes based on their individual preferences and needs. Approximate street slopes, locations of signalized and marked crosswalks, and construction zones or temporary closures are also shown on the map to assist in route planning. 

SDOT is also collaborating with the University of Washington’s Taskar Center for Accessible Technology to provide city data to their Access Map, which works similar to other mapping programs and provides directions using different filters, such as the slope of the roadway/sidewalk or the presence of curb ramps. The goal is to merge SDOT’s data into Access Map to allow for users to plan their route based on their abilities and level of comfort with traversing steeper sloped roadways/sidewalks.