Map and fix sidewalk gaps — crowdsourced reporting + municipal project pipeline

Where this came from

Bluesky

The pain

Crowd-sourced mapping and analytics for sidewalk gaps that gives cities, activists, and contractors a prioritized repair pipeline, grant-matching and reporting to accelerate fixes and measure walkability.

Who it is for

Ideal customer: small-to-mid sized municipalities (population 20k–400k) with limited GIS capacity and annual public-works budgets $1M–$20M; typical technology stack includes ArcGIS or no formal asset-management system, procurement cycles that can accept pilot agreements, and visible resident advocacy for walkability. Secondary customers include MPOs, state DOTs seeking statewide inventories, non-profits and advocacy groups, and engineering contractors that bid on municipal sidewalk projects.

Source pains

• Risk — long municipal procurement cycles can delay sales; mitigate with pilot projects, grant-funded pilots and partnerships with advocacy groups.
• Risk — data privacy and imagery collection concerns could limit data collection methods; mitigate with opt-in programs, clear consent and privacy-first capture rules.