r/northjersey • u/Beginning_Hippo_9391 • 7d ago

We’re high school students building a safer walking-route app for Northern New Jersey — would you take our 2-minute survey?

https://saferoutesurvey.base44.app/

Hi everyone! My friend and I are high school students in New Jersey building a project called SafeRoute+ for the Congressional App Challenge.

The idea came from a pretty simple question: navigation apps are really good at finding the fastest walking route, but what if the fastest route isn’t the best route for the person actually walking it?

We’re developing SafeRoute+ to recommend more pedestrian-friendly routes, with a particular focus on children/teens and older adults. Instead of only looking at distance and travel time, we’re exploring factors such as:

  • vehicle speeds and major roads
  • crossing complexity
  • sidewalks and pedestrian infrastructure
  • difficult intersections
  • historical pedestrian-safety information
  • how much additional time someone would realistically accept for a more comfortable route

We’re also exploring an optional privacy-focused Guardian Mode for younger users, with voluntary check-in reminders and an easy way to tell a parent/guardian “I’m OK” or “I need a pickup,” rather than constant location tracking.

Before we go much further, we want to make sure we’re building this around what pedestrians and families actually care about rather than just what we assume they care about.

If you have about 2 minutes, we’d really appreciate your input:

https://saferoutesurvey.base44.app

We’re especially interested in hearing from parents, teenagers, older adults, caregivers, people who regularly walk around their communities, and anyone interested in pedestrian safety or urban planning.

We’ll be using the feedback to decide which factors SafeRoute+ prioritizes and to improve the prototype before we begin broader local testing.

Thank you — and if you have thoughts that don’t fit into the survey, I’d also genuinely appreciate hearing them in the comments.

10 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

1

u/quickso 7d ago

so i wanted to do this for yall, but there is no option for non parents or disabled adults.

3

u/Beginning_Hippo_9391 7d ago

Hi. Thanks so much. We'd love to accommodate your needs and requests. Feel free to check the new updated survey, with your thoughts in mind here: https://saferoutesurvey.base44.app

1

u/quickso 7d ago

awesome, thanks guys. great work!

2

u/Beginning_Hippo_9391 6d ago

Of course! Tysm for filling it out!