Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Accessibility and The Crowded Sidewalk: Micromobility's Impact on Public Space

  Cynthia L. Bennett, Emily Ackerman, Bonnie Fan, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Patrick Carrington, Sarah Fox (2021) — ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

  This paper examines how micromobility devices — e-scooters, dockless bikes, and autonomous personal delivery devices (PDDs) — impact the accessibility of public sidewalks and pathways for people with disabilities. Drawing on 24 semi-structured interv…

  • micromobility
  • public space
  • disability activism
  • urban accessibility
  • e-scooters
  • delivery robots
  • pedestrian accessibility
  • smart cities
  • governance
  • wheelchair accessibility

• AccessMap Website Demonstration: Individualized, Accessible Pedestrian Trip Planning at Scale

  Nicholas Bolten, Anat Caspi (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This demonstration paper presents AccessMap, an open-source, city-scale interactive web map that provides individualized pedestrian infrastructure information and automatic trip planning for people with diverse mobility needs. The core problem is tha…

  • accessible mapping
  • pedestrian accessibility
  • mobility impairment
  • wheelchair accessibility
  • wayfinding
  • open data
  • personalization
  • trip planning
  • built environment accessibility
  • open source