I wish Google Maps had a "I'm walking home by myself at night" mode that would show you a way with well lit paths and open spaces. It always seems to take you on narrow, dark pathways in cities 
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crowdsource lighted streets and safe streets tagged by other women
#womenintech
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Reminds me of this idea we submitted to
@OpenIDEO 5 years agohttps://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/womens-safety/ideas/guiding-women-away-from-dangerous-places … -
a key difference the original tweet highlighted is marking a safe route show me where I want to go - positive vs negative indicators avoids unintended consequence of negatively tagging/redlining streets while highlighting who has access to resources such as lighted streets
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That's a thoughtful input! Would have been great to see critiques like yours back then in the review process as the other similar ideas didn't remark about it. The challenge has concluded and here are the shorlisted conceptshttps://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/womens-safety/shortlist …
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Won't work. It will be highly inaccurate.
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Like waze but walking?
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because white women tagging streets they feel safest on couldn't possibly have unintended racist dimensions...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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