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We've spent the last few weeks building Locatable, a property search website for London. We've integrated lots of transport data (tube/rail/road) to help you fi

We've spent the last few weeks building Locatable, a property search website for London. We've integrated lots of transport data (tube/rail/road) to help you figure out where to live. Road travel times are a bit off at the moment, but we're working on it. Just looking to get feedback from other HNers, let us know what you think!

buro9 14y ago
I really like this. Do you think it would be possible to add cycling as a variable? As in... based on average commuter cycling speed of 14mph including lights, etc. If so, then great I'll go and tell a load of cyclists about it. I guess the next problem for you though is the chicken and egg of getting data in there.
- vsubramanian 14y ago
  Thanks! Cycling is one of the data points we are planning to add v soon, pretty much as you described (using average speed profile to calculate the travel times). We're also planning on integrating a lot more data - there's a whole load of open government stuff (think crime stats, schools data) in particular that we're looking at.
  - alanbyrne 14y ago
    > We're also planning on integrating a lot more data - there's a whole load of open government stuff (think crime stats, schools data) in particular that we're looking at. This would be great. I moved to London last year and I had no idea where I should live. I ended up travelling all over the city looking at dodgy flats before I found a place that had all the things I wanted. I could have avoided a lot of wasted time on thoughts such as "Elephant and Castle sounds like a lovely place"
  - buro9 14y ago
    Cycling is an interesting one as most avid cyclists want to live somewhere around a 30 to 45 minute cycle ride away from wherever they work. They appreciate that it's easiest to get fit and stay fit when a commute is built-in to the daily cycle of things. So they are enthusiastic about that not being a convenient place by public transport or car. Basically they can get really good value accommodation as not being near a train station has no impact on their ability to access an area. Most cyclists I know (a lot of them) have congregated in the South East of London purely because of these factors.

buro9 14y ago

I really like this. Do you think it would be possible to add cycling as a variable? As in... based on average commuter cycling speed of 14mph including lights, etc. If so, then great I'll go and tell a load of cyclists about it. I guess the next problem for you though is the chicken and egg of getting data in there.

vsubramanian 14y ago
Thanks! Cycling is one of the data points we are planning to add v soon, pretty much as you described (using average speed profile to calculate the travel times). We're also planning on integrating a lot more data - there's a whole load of open government stuff (think crime stats, schools data) in particular that we're looking at.
- alanbyrne 14y ago
  > We're also planning on integrating a lot more data - there's a whole load of open government stuff (think crime stats, schools data) in particular that we're looking at. This would be great. I moved to London last year and I had no idea where I should live. I ended up travelling all over the city looking at dodgy flats before I found a place that had all the things I wanted. I could have avoided a lot of wasted time on thoughts such as "Elephant and Castle sounds like a lovely place"
- buro9 14y ago
  Cycling is an interesting one as most avid cyclists want to live somewhere around a 30 to 45 minute cycle ride away from wherever they work. They appreciate that it's easiest to get fit and stay fit when a commute is built-in to the daily cycle of things. So they are enthusiastic about that not being a convenient place by public transport or car. Basically they can get really good value accommodation as not being near a train station has no impact on their ability to access an area. Most cyclists I know (a lot of them) have congregated in the South East of London purely because of these factors.