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I think it's a very awesome idea, and I'm impressed with the visuals. However it seems that several people on here are claiming wildly inaccurate commute times

I think it's a very awesome idea, and I'm impressed with the visuals. However it seems that several people on here are claiming wildly inaccurate commute times, and I myself have noticed this as well. I think part of the problem is that it is hard to get a full understanding of what rush hour traffic is like, and that the actual volumes of traffic and slowdown differ depending on locality and road. Sever places, including my home town, have way overblown estimates, such as 40min commute on a road that never takes more than 15. and that's a two way, two lane road. However City driving can be much much different, and even dependent on end of day vs. morning. For example, my DC commute was 40min in the morning (it is reverse rush hour) but my commute home was always a hour and 15, on the same road, reverse commute both times. edit: and if I could make any other suggestion, I would be to allow me to continue to zoom out. The zoom sticks at a certain point, and it is not zoomed out far enough for me.

jmduke 14y ago
Agreed. The visualization concept itself is really great, but the data seems wildly incorrect in places.
Yen 14y ago
Hi, Talin from Trulia here. As many commentors have pointed out, our time-accuracy is not exactly 100% yet. :) This is our first iteration on this concept, so we are using some heuristics to try to get times roughly close, and accurate relative to each other. We're also validating the user experience, value as a product, etc. I'm still investigating a good set for nationwide traffic data, which will help give us a much more accurate picture of real-world commute times. Traffic varies so very much city to city :)
- rogerbinns 14y ago
  Where I live (Santa Cruz, CA) it doesn't know about a local highway that is virtually stationary every afternoon/evening. Have you considered partnering with someone like Waze to get anonymised actual trips, which will be far more accurate than pure traffic data (or they could be merged).
baddox 14y ago
Public transit estimates from Outer Sunset to Financial District and from Outer Sunset to Fort Mason are quite accurate.

jmduke 14y ago

Agreed. The visualization concept itself is really great, but the data seems wildly incorrect in places.

Yen 14y ago

Hi, Talin from Trulia here. As many commentors have pointed out, our time-accuracy is not exactly 100% yet. :) This is our first iteration on this concept, so we are using some heuristics to try to get times roughly close, and accurate relative to each other. We're also validating the user experience, value as a product, etc. I'm still investigating a good set for nationwide traffic data, which will help give us a much more accurate picture of real-world commute times. Traffic varies so very much city to city :)

rogerbinns 14y ago
Where I live (Santa Cruz, CA) it doesn't know about a local highway that is virtually stationary every afternoon/evening. Have you considered partnering with someone like Waze to get anonymised actual trips, which will be far more accurate than pure traffic data (or they could be merged).

baddox 14y ago

Public transit estimates from Outer Sunset to Financial District and from Outer Sunset to Fort Mason are quite accurate.