A positive community can bring a lot of reputation and encouragement. A community of sufficient size can attract businesses and NGOs to work with us. There may be objections that commercial partnerships and capital will sour the project, or that no commercial company will participate in a project that is not profitable. But maintaining a large enough platform can be costly, and active contributors need to be incentivized to some degree. On the other hand, it is extremely important for commercial companies to contribute to a project that is inexpensive and beneficial to their corporate social reputation. As long as these collaborations do not interfere with normal project maintenance and access to user information, appropriate Cooperation is necessary.

These collaborations and contributions make our projects more successful and allow us to participate in public affairs as established and trusted community contributors to sidewalk improvements. There are many problems in sidewalk accessibility. We know that our pro bono contributions to sidewalk maintenance and calls for maintenance are limited, and that this is a systemic issue in habitat and roadway planning. However we must act against these structural challeges immediately. Systemic bias against sidewalks and pedestrians cannot be eliminated without participation in policy and transportation development.This is certainly difficult and complex, but we believe we can do it gradually by bringing it to the public’s attention.

According to Williams (2005), investing in sidewalks have cost-effectveness in improving health condition, street connectivity and aesthetic quality, etc. Even though there’s challenges in retro-fitting established crowded neigborhoods, communities and government should unit together to improve our environment. Informing the public about this will allow the public to hear our opinions and have a voice in decision making.

Join us and get involved in sidewalk maintenance and improvement, from removing rocks and branches from the road to picking up a piece of trash from the sidewalk, your participation is the greatest support and encouragement in building a greener future for us.

Works Cited

Williams, Joel E., et al. “Development and Use of a Tool for Assessing Sidewalk Maintenance as an Environmental Support of Physical Activity.” Health Promotion Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, 2005, pp. 81–88., doi:10.1177/1524839903260595.

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