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But, the UI is great, I just wish they had better data, seems like it's just calculated with distance / avg mph, traffic in this problem has a lot to do to get an accurate calculation.
Hi, Sha from Trulia here. I worked on some of the frontend aspects of this visualization and would be happy to answer any questions. We're pulling in OSM road data and published GTFS files for public transit routing. I just linked to SF but you can also search for other cities: http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/new-york-ny http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/miami-fl http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/austin-tx
so that it is normalized by population density? Otherwise it's completely misleading and uninformative.
Thinking out loud: In an attempt to vastly improve the data, could a mobile app be written that can "detect" if you are driving (exact location, speed, alignment/frequency to your past paths, etc), in such a way that the data could be automatically collected and crowdsourced? Fire up the app, let it run in background, and it logs everything passively and adds it to global data set. Feasible?
Forgive me if I've heard wrong or if this is just wishful thinking, but doesn't Google do this with Navigation? I believe there's an option to view a traffic layer and from what I've seen in my commutes, it's fairly accurate for gauging traffic density. It should also be capable of calculate travel time based upon crowdsourced traffic information from Android users.
Hey Sha -- I can't speak for the rest of your cities, but Tampa, FL is VERY wrong. I drug the end point to downtown St. Petersburg and the times given appear to be almost double what it truly takes to commute, over a certain threshold. Under 20 minutes seems to be accurate, but it starts trending towards 30, 40, 60 minutes too quickly. I'll tell you what, though -- great UX and visualization. Very plain to read and u…
I work in Minneapolis and my commute is about 30-40% (15-20 min) less than what this site says. Neat idea, but certainly needs improvement for broad real-world use.
Hi, Sha from Trulia here. I worked on some of the frontend aspects of this visualization and would be happy to answer any questions. We're pulling in OSM road data and published GTFS files for public transit routing. I just linked to SF but you can also search for other cities: http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/new-york-ny http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/miami-fl http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/austin-tx
Hi, as a person looking for a home in Boston I've used every tool out there. Amongst your competitors I find myself gravitating back to you and Zillow for the superior user interface. I love you for being able to click "search entire map". However the main problem I have during my real estate search has nothing to do with UI. It seems like for every home I find through the site that I contact a realitor about the hom…
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, incl…
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 mu…
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).
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Agreed on DC - the places that I plugged in from northern va. (22102, 22213, 22046, etc.) all seemed to be showing the best-case times. Some places that it says are a 5-10 commute are more like 30-45 minutes at rush hour. Also, not related to the commute times, but the crime rates look strange. At least, it's showing Arlington, VA as almost completely red (very high crime). Maybe the data is right, but that would be…
This map is so inaccurate. I'm looking at Congress and the White House and it doesn't show any crimes committed at all!
Hi, Sha from Trulia here. I worked on some of the frontend aspects of this visualization and would be happy to answer any questions. We're pulling in OSM road data and published GTFS files for public transit routing. I just linked to SF but you can also search for other cities: http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/new-york-ny http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/miami-fl http://www.trulia.com/local#commute/austin-tx