curiousChallenge Explorer
Smart Citiesintermediate~35 mins

Create an innovation that improves accessibility for people with disabilities in cities.

Cities are full of barriers — steps, gaps, missing information — that exclude people with disabilities from moving freely.

Real-world context

Cities are full of barriers — steps, gaps, missing information — that exclude people with disabilities from moving freely. Inclusive design is often an afterthought.

The challenge

Create an innovation that improves accessibility for people with disabilities in cities. Study who is affected, dig past the obvious symptoms to the real root causes, and design a solution that could actually work in the real world. There is no single correct answer — what matters is the quality of your thinking, the stakeholders you consider, and how clearly you justify your chosen direction.

Reflection prompts

  • Who is most affected by this problem, and how did you account for them?
  • What is the single biggest risk to your solution working?
  • Which assumption, if wrong, would break your whole idea?