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I would love a distance map that includes public transport travel time. For example, if I live close to metro/subway/train and I want to do really big grocery s
by arafalov 9y ago
I would love a distance map that includes public transport travel time. For example, if I live close to metro/subway/train and I want to do really big grocery shopping. It would be interesting to see the nearest grocery that includes those I could reach by jumping on the metro and with minimal total walking.
It may be more effective to catch the train to a grocery in a completely different part of town than to walk 30 minutes to the one in your own neighborhood.
- forrestthewoods 9y agoI wrote a tool that kinda does that. It shows how far you can travel by different modes of transport, including public transit. It also work with time of day to account for both bus schedules and traffic. https://blog.forrestthewoods.com/visualizing-commute-times-378009330ffa https://blog.forrestthewoods.com/visualizing-commute-times-3...
- roywiggins 9y agoNot quite, but it will show you an area within X minutes of transit from a given location. https://www.mapnificent.net https://www.mapnificent.net
- jka 9y agoApplied to the maps in the article, this could end up introducing animation to the chart. If your local light rail arrives every 30 minutes, then your ETA to arrive at various different grocery stores is gradually changing, drawing nearer to the center, and climbs up a steep (half hour) cliff when you aren't close enough to the station to catch the train. You could even colour the destinations by level of urgency - blue for destinations where you can casually stroll to the station, or red for ones where you really need to leave right away to catch the train.
- avel 9y agoAlso check out https://citymapper.com https://citymapper.com for something close to what you describe.