Wednesday, May 17, 2023

In-Person Global Accessibility Awareness Day with the Tasker Center May 19

#GAAD #GAAD2023


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Would you like to join us on Friday, May 19th for a GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) celebration through community conversations, or are you interested in participating in a co-design study for the AccessMap Multimodal Trip Planner, or both?


What to expect at TCAT's GAAD event, on May 19th, 2023?
Activities:

Spotlight Co-Design Sessions--
One-on-one 50 minute interviews will take place with participants who signed up (you still can!) to take part in the co-design sessions for the AccessMap Multimodal interface. This is our new customized trip planning and routing application that will integrate pedestrian routing with transit station information, general transit and on demand transit. Participants will be separately reimbursed $50 in gift cards for their time joining this study. If you are interested in joining the study but have not yet signed up, fill out this form. Link to the form: https://forms.gle/58acVfyysWh4KJow7

Mainroom conversations--
From 10:30am-11:30am in the mainroom (Gates 371) attendees will discuss inaccessibility in transit stations, specifically focusing on attributes of the station that should be put on maps (examples: where tactile paving is and isn't available, where braille displays of schedules are available, powerchair plug locations). Discussion of real time operational status of elevators, is unfortunately, not in scope for this conversation.
From 1:00pm- 2:00pm in the mainroom (Gates 371), we will report to our community about the conversations we have had in the past year at the intersection of access to transit, race and disability. We called these conversations "Civic Changemaking Through Storytelling And Open Data." We wanted to discuss the future of these conversations with you, and incorporate your interests and ideas. 
 
Lunch
Lunch from the Microsoft Cafe will be reimbursed, up to $20 in value, for non-UW participants. Please see details below.
See more on parking and logistics below.
Thank you for your continued engagement with TCAT's community of practice on accessibility-first transportation data! 
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Event Location:
 Bill & Melinda Gates Center For Computer Science & Engineering
Main room: 371 (third floor)
Event time: 10:30am-2:00pm for main conversations. CoDesign participants will receive a separate email with their interview time.

If you are not UW-affiliated, TCAT would like to cover your parking and lunch costs. 
To get parking costs covered, please:
 1.   Go to a UW gatehouse (all the UW entrances have a gatehouse)
 2.   Please let the Parking Specialist know that you have a parking code - "278475
If you do not have a state-issued disability placard, tag, or license plate, Central Plaza Garage is the closest parking lot (~8 min walk). If you have a disability placard, tag, or license plate, N22 is the closest large parking lot available (~4 min walk). You are also welcome to park in any disability parking stall available, here are a few that are very close to the venue:
C14 and C15 (3 disability parking spots):
Link to UW map https://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/c14
Link to Google map https://goo.gl/maps/kMvdj3jRQ76DdAdx6
C15 parking lot about a 2 min walk away (3 parking spots):
Link to UW map https://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/c15 
Link to Google map https://goo.gl/maps/6usYJLag4WkLm74x7
To get lunch costs covered, please:
1. At lunch please join us in going to the Microsoft Cafe in the same building as the meeting
2. We are sorry that this is inconvenient, but you will have to purchase the lunch yourself and then give us the receipt for reimbursement.

Please don't hesitate to reach out if you need help with directions to the Bill & Melinda Gates Center For Computer Science & Engineering

We hope to see you on the 19th!

Anat Caspi, PhD
Director, Taskar Center for Accessible Technology
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington

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