An Open Data and Transportation Equity Conference
The University of Washington’s Transportation Data Equity Initiative (TDEI) will host the 6th annual OpenThePaths conference from March 27-28, 2025.
Join us for OpenThePaths 2025, a dynamic gathering of advocates, planners, researchers, and policymakers dedicated to expanding and sustaining pedestrian-friendly infrastructure. Over the past decade, we’ve made incredible strides in prioritizing walkability, accessibility, and active transportation. As the landscape of transportation policy evolves, this conference will explore how data-driven insights, cross-sector collaboration, and community advocacy can help us continue building on that progress.
This year, we are proud to launch OS-CONNECT, the first-ever statewide, standardized sidewalk dataset for Washington State, funded by the WA state legislative proviso. OS-CONNECT is the largest connected pedestrian graph schematized and annotated dataset of pedestrian ways, providing a critical foundation for improving pedestrian infrastructure, accessibility planning, and transportation equity.
📅 March 27-28, 2025
📍 Bill and Melinda Gates Center at the University of Washington, Seattle Campus (or on Zoom!)
📖 Read more about our agenda and speakers
🔗 Register now
Let’s work together to ensure that safe, accessible, and inclusive streets remain a priority for all communities!
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If you missed last year’s event, watch our OpenThePaths 2024 playlist on YouTube!
The Transportation Data Equity Initiative is an open data project by the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology (TCAT) at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
The Taskar Center for Accessible Technology (TCAT) develops open source universally accessible technologies with a focus on benefiting populations with motor limitations or speech impairment—uwtcat@uw.edu.