City of New Braunfels Walkability Analysis

This project aims to digitize satellite imagery from the City of New Braunfels into a digital database of sidewalks, crosswalks, gaps, and disconnects defined by the provided schema. This is to create a foundation for the City of New Braunfels’ five-year plan to make the city both more accessible and navigable for students in areas with no transport zones. This database is important because of the age of the city, as older developments have a general lack of cohesive development of sidewalks and crosswalks, which can cause large gaps between sidewalks or general disconnections where sidewalks end. This affected older schools the hardest as they lacked sidewalks in surrounding developments, while new developments had ample sidewalks. This shows both the need for more accessible sidewalks and crosswalks in older developments that would increase student mobility.