Mobility route optimization

A computer program product for guiding mobility-impaired pedestrians, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage media;
• first program instructions to receive a plurality of mobile tracking readings from each of multiple mobility assistance devices, wherein a tracking device is affixed to each of the multiple mobility assistance devices to generate the plurality of mobile tracking readings;
• second program instructions to identify a plurality of pedestrian routes taken by the multiple mobility assistance devices to a desired destination, wherein the plurality of pedestrian routes are identified by the plurality of mobile tracking readings generated by tracking devices affixed to the multiple mobility assistance devices;
• third program instructions to identify at least one optimal pedestrian route from the plurality of pedestrian routes, wherein said at least one optimal pedestrian route is identified as having more mobile tracking readings than any other pedestrian route from the plurality of pedestrian routes;
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• fourth program instructions to transmit directions that describe said at least one optimal pedestrian route, to the desired destination, to a current mobility-impaired pedestrian for traveling to a destination location;
• and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage media;
• first program instructions to receive a plurality of mobile tracking readings from each of multiple mobility assistance devices, wherein a tracking device is affixed to each of the multiple mobility assistance devices to generate the plurality of mobile tracking readings;
• second program instructions to identify a plurality of pedestrian routes taken by the multiple mobility assistance devices to a desired destination, wherein the plurality of pedestrian routes are identified by the plurality of mobile tracking readings generated by tracking devices affixed to the multiple mobility assistance devices;
• third program instructions to identify at least one optimal pedestrian route from the plurality of pedestrian routes, wherein said at least one optimal pedestrian route is identified as having more mobile tracking readings than any other pedestrian route from the plurality of pedestrian routes;
• and
• fourth program instructions to transmit directions that describe said at least one optimal pedestrian route, to the desired destination, to a current mobility-impaired pedestrian for traveling to a destination location;
• and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.