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Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

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Re: Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

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Post by HeavenFox »

ars wrote: post #9

I can't figure out how to add a route from Bay Ridge to Clinton in NJ. That's my wishlist subway - got to Newark Airport from Brooklyn without going through Manhattan. Edit: Actually Clifton is in NY, and playing with Google maps there's ZERO public transport from Staten Island to NJ, except by going through Manhattan! So my idea wouldn't help anyway, unless they extended that subway all the way over the Goethals Bri…

As a Brooklynite I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately this is more of a service designer as opposed to a track designer, and it only works with existing infrastructure :(

Re: Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

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Post by blehn »

I want to love this but the visual language makes it kind of unusable for me. Why not match the track and train colors to their line color (red for the 123) and then use different visual indicators for train state (stopped, at station, etc)?

For example: Selected: Black fill Normal operation: Color fill with 100% opacity Slowing down: 70% opacity Stopped: striped fill, 50% opacity At station: pulsing opacity

Re: Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

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Post by throwaway2037 »

ars wrote: post #9

I can't figure out how to add a route from Bay Ridge to Clinton in NJ. That's my wishlist subway - got to Newark Airport from Brooklyn without going through Manhattan. Edit: Actually Clifton is in NY, and playing with Google maps there's ZERO public transport from Staten Island to NJ, except by going through Manhattan! So my idea wouldn't help anyway, unless they extended that subway all the way over the Goethals Bri…

    > ZERO public transport from Staten Island to NJ
I only see three bridges off the island. Can you walk any of them? Hoboken light rail in Bayonne isn't so far.

Re: Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

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Post by acjohnson55 »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #15
ars wrote: post #9

I can't figure out how to add a route from Bay Ridge to Clinton in NJ. That's my wishlist subway - got to Newark Airport from Brooklyn without going through Manhattan. Edit: Actually Clifton is in NY, and playing with Google maps there's ZERO public transport from Staten Island to NJ, except by going through Manhattan! So my idea wouldn't help anyway, unless they extended that subway all the way over the Goethals Bri…

> ZERO public transport from Staten Island to NJ I only see three bridges off the island. Can you walk any of them? Hoboken light rail in Bayonne isn't so far.

There are 4 bridges: Goethals, Outerbridge, Bayonne, and Verrazano. You can walk on Goethals and Bayonne. I was actually thinking a few weeks ago about walking from Elizabeth to Bayonne someday, just for the heck of it.

Re: Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

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Post by HeavenFox »

blehn wrote: post #14

I want to love this but the visual language makes it kind of unusable for me. Why not match the track and train colors to their line color (red for the 123) and then use different visual indicators for train state (stopped, at station, etc)? For example: Selected: Black fill Normal operation: Color fill with 100% opacity Slowing down: 70% opacity Stopped: striped fill, 50% opacity At station: pulsing opacity

That is a good idea. I just added color for the tracks. I'm in the process of redesigning how trains look like.

Re: Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

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Post by ars »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #15
ars wrote: post #9

I can't figure out how to add a route from Bay Ridge to Clinton in NJ. That's my wishlist subway - got to Newark Airport from Brooklyn without going through Manhattan. Edit: Actually Clifton is in NY, and playing with Google maps there's ZERO public transport from Staten Island to NJ, except by going through Manhattan! So my idea wouldn't help anyway, unless they extended that subway all the way over the Goethals Bri…

> ZERO public transport from Staten Island to NJ I only see three bridges off the island. Can you walk any of them? Hoboken light rail in Bayonne isn't so far.

Looks like a 2 or 3 mile walk from the nearest public transport stops that I can find. Maybe someone local can find a closer stop.

Forest Ave/Goethals Rd North to Bayway Ave at Mckinley St.

Edit: This could be a fun game - find the two spots with the greatest ratio of driving vs public transport. I think those two are pretty good candidates.

Distance: 2.5 mile.

Drive 9AM: 5-9 minutes, 11PM: 4-6 minutes.

Public transport 9AM: 1:52, 11PM: 3:34.

Ratio (using the average drive time) 9AM: 16, 11PM: 42.8.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/WU1jzjYh8tkTCuh87

Re: Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer

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Post by HeavenFox »

kiwibyproxy wrote: post #6

Very cool! It would be nice to have a bit more information in the readme about the project structure and e.g. how to adapt it for other cities :)

I just tested it out. Since this uses OpenStreetMap data, it is very easy to adapt to other cities.

All input data and scripts are in src/data. Run the two Overpass queries, replacing New York with a city of your choice, and you will get JSON data on the infrastructure, as well as services. Replace the two existing JSON files, run the two transformation scripts, and you are done.

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