Last school year, three Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology juniors developed an algorithm meant to help students find safe walking routes to school. They called it “SafeWalkr.”
The project is now being put into practice. Fairfax County Public Schools is piloting SafeWalkr for families in the division’s walking zones.
FCPS News recently announced the pilot program.
Experience into Action
SafeWalkr was born from a real-life problem its developers faced. Daniil Prokofev followed Google Maps on an eight-mile jog home from school one day and found himself close to busy Braddock Road with no access to a sidewalk. In talking with fellow students Ashwath Muppa and Isaac Leetyn, he found they had encountered similar issues…