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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Replying to @kanocarra @sarahmei
crowdsource lighted streets and safe streets tagged by other women
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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 …1 reply 1 retweet 45 likes -
Replying to @qoncyclic @kanocarra and
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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Replying to @DeniseFafette @kanocarra and
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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This is such a good idea. @MAPS_ME is an open source, offline maps app (I've no connection, other than I use it a lot, especially when abroad). Maybe ping them as well?
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