A CONNECTOR FOR PEOPLE (AND ROBOTS?)
Amin Gharebaghi, co-founder and CEO of GeoMate, is preparing sidewalks for an increase in traffic.
His firm works with multiple cities across North America to analyze key
features impacting urban accessibility like curb ramps, slope, width, and
surface quality.
"Sidewalks act as a main connector in municipalities, bringing residents closer to their communities and local economies," he says.
And it's a critical time to
ensure that those connections work at the human level first.
"As
cities become increasingly dense and new mobility technologies [like delivery
robots] begin to operate on sidewalks, enhancing sidewalk safety and
accessibility is becoming more important now than ever," he explains.
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