Community Outreach
3.4.1 Virtual Walk and Bicycle Audits and Online Platform (due to COVID restrictions) Traditional walk and bicycle audits are conducted in person and are conducted for the purpose of identifying challenges and opportunities for pedestrians, cyclists, and bus riders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a virtual option of a traditional walk and bicycle audits was developed to maintain COVID-19 safety measures and restrictions, while still ensuring public participation.
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The virtual walk and bicycle audits ensured materials to inform participants of the development of this plan such as Fact Sheets, FAQ sections, and web links to online sources. The virtual walk and bike audits site had many features and tools to understand the four bus stops chosen and allow participants to provide their feedback. A bus stop access tour tool was developed to visually inform participants of specific areas of concern with geo-located photographs that corresponded with a location on an interactive map, as shown below.
Figure 3-2: Omnitrans Virtual Audit Bus Stops Tour
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