[NFBSea] FW: GoodMaps app provides navigational tool for Westlake and International District/Chinatown Stations

[jacobstruiksma at gmail.com]

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GoodMaps app provides navigational tool for Westlake and International
District/Chinatown Stations

 

Hello accessibility stakeholders,  

 

This message is relevant for 1 Line passengers with smartphones who could
benefit from assistance in wayfinding through our stations. 

 

Sound Transit is excited to announce a new partnership with GoodMaps. This
new relationship will help introduce an accessible wayfinding tool that
passengers can use when navigating new or complex environments or who just
want to find their way through our stations more efficiently. By providing
real-time, turn-by-turn directions via a smartphone app, GoodMaps provides
resources to passengers to enable them to navigate more confidently and with
an increased sense of independence.

 

The GoodMaps service is currently being piloted at Sound Transit's Westlake
and International District/Chinatown stations (on the 1 Line), with plans to
introduce mapping across the whole network at a future date.   

 

Please note that, during the upcoming 1 Line service disruption (planned for
Jan. 13-Feb. 4)
<https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/1-line-service-disruption>  which
includes weekday platform closures at these stations, the GoodMaps app will
note that the Northgate platform is temporarily closed to prevent users from
navigating to the closed platform.

 

For more information on information on this project, visit:

 

*          Sound Transit <https://www.soundtransit.org/node/100962> 's
recent blog post on the launch

*          GoodMaps <https://goodmaps.com/> ' website

 

You can download the GoodMaps app on the Apple App Store or Google Play
Store through these links:

 

*          Download on the Apple App Store
<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/goodmaps-indoor-navigation/id6444539843> 

*          Get it on Google Play
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmapsapp&hl=en_US&gl=U
S&pli=1> 

 

The GoodMaps website provides instructions on getting started and using the
app <https://support.goodmaps.com/the-goodmaps-app> .

For product support on the GoodMaps app, please submit your request through
the GoodMaps Contact Us web page <https://goodmaps.com/contact-us/> .  

Please direct questions and feedback about the Sound Transit pilot to Arthur
Bachus, System Engagement Specialist at Sound Transit, at:
arthur.bachus at soundtransit.org <mailto:arthur.bachus at soundtransit.org> 

Best regards,

 

Beth Hamby (she/her)

Senior Program Manager-Accessible Services

Passenger Experience

Desk: 206.717.9075

Email: beth.hamby at soundtransit.org <mailto:beth.hamby at soundtransit.org> 

 

Sound Transit

www.soundtransit.org <http://www.soundtransit.org/> 



 

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