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Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by ecopoesis »

greenyoda wrote: post #6

The major drawback of this map is that it gives you no clue as to how to actually get to the nearest subway station, and it doesn't tell you which subway station is close to your destination. By focusing only on travel time it has abstracted away a bit too much of the information that people expect to get from a subway map. (For example, the NYC subway map shows the locations of subway stations with respect to major…

The regular T map (http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/) is also abstract, just not as usefully. It doesn't show where stations are or what's near them.

Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by crazygringo »

Would be very cool to see this for NYC. Obviously, there's no "center" like Boston has, but if you just considered the center to be the square of 'midtown' from 14th to 57th st, and 8th ave to Lexington, and only drew the lines emanating from outside that, it would work the same.

And have a separate version where everything emanates from the Financial District.

Would be AWESOME for comparing commute times when looking at job/apartment locations. You could even add half the interval between trains, to make it even more realistic for planning.

Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by potatolicious »

crazygringo wrote: post #12

Would be very cool to see this for NYC. Obviously, there's no "center" like Boston has, but if you just considered the center to be the square of 'midtown' from 14th to 57th st, and 8th ave to Lexington, and only drew the lines emanating from outside that, it would work the same. And have a separate version where everything emanates from the Financial District. Would be AWESOME for comparing commute times when lookin…

This would be very cool as an interactive thing where you can select your own center. Hell, it'd be great for apartment hunters who can just select wherever their work is and go from there.

Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by evanb »

wtvanhest wrote: post #10
greenyoda wrote: post #6

The major drawback of this map is that it gives you no clue as to how to actually get to the nearest subway station, and it doesn't tell you which subway station is close to your destination. By focusing only on travel time it has abstracted away a bit too much of the information that people expect to get from a subway map. (For example, the NYC subway map shows the locations of subway stations with respect to major…

I'd guess from your comment that don't likely live in Boston or have spent very little time here. The way the city is set up, the T lines basically just run out toward other stuff. Only when you are in downtown can you find multiple lines close so most of the time you have only one option if any. Check this map out: http://mapsof.net/map/boston-metro-map#.UVnvrodOTYg In NYC, you can usually walk to different lines qu…

There aren't express trains, but it would still be useful to have some weekend service posted, especially for the green line (of which there are 5 once you get west enough!).

Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by glenntzke »

bo1024 wrote: post #15

Sorry, but I only made it halfway because I had to squint to read the text. More contrast would be nice.

Fix with your browser's style inspector or if you can access a javascript console:

document.getElementsByClassName('paragraph')[1].style.color = '#000000 !important'

I find alternate maps like this fascinating. You really don't need to bother with much of the description though - the maps speak for themselves!

Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by greenyoda »

anateus wrote: post #9
greenyoda wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Housing prices also depend heavily on a neighborhood's crime rate, school rankings and other quality of life issues which vary significantly even among physically adjacent neighborhoods (at least there are lots of examples of that in NYC). So I doubt you'd find a simple relationship between time from the city center and real estate prices.

At least in Boston, distance to a T station seems to be the strongest factor correlating with apartment prices: http://www.wbur.org/2013/01/30/boston-apartments-heat-map

But there are many exceptions. For example, Cambridge (red), Somerville (yellow), Chelsea (green) and Roxbury (blue) are all within approximately the same distance of the center.

Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by natrius »

potatolicious wrote: post #13
crazygringo wrote: post #12

Would be very cool to see this for NYC. Obviously, there's no "center" like Boston has, but if you just considered the center to be the square of 'midtown' from 14th to 57th st, and 8th ave to Lexington, and only drew the lines emanating from outside that, it would work the same. And have a separate version where everything emanates from the Financial District. Would be AWESOME for comparing commute times when lookin…

This would be very cool as an interactive thing where you can select your own center. Hell, it'd be great for apartment hunters who can just select wherever their work is and go from there.

Mapnificent might be what you're looking for: http://www.mapnificent.net/

Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by michaeltoth »

potatolicious wrote: post #13
crazygringo wrote: post #12

Would be very cool to see this for NYC. Obviously, there's no "center" like Boston has, but if you just considered the center to be the square of 'midtown' from 14th to 57th st, and 8th ave to Lexington, and only drew the lines emanating from outside that, it would work the same. And have a separate version where everything emanates from the Financial District. Would be AWESOME for comparing commute times when lookin…

This would be very cool as an interactive thing where you can select your own center. Hell, it'd be great for apartment hunters who can just select wherever their work is and go from there.

It's a bit slow and prone to crashes, but mapnificent is a decent tool for this: http://www.mapnificent.net/

Re: Boston Subway Time-Scale Map

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Post by crazygringo »

natrius wrote: post #18
potatolicious wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This would be very cool as an interactive thing where you can select your own center. Hell, it'd be great for apartment hunters who can just select wherever their work is and go from there.

Mapnificent might be what you're looking for: http://www.mapnificent.net/

Wow! What a totally crazy and awesome tool.

The "bubble map" you get is quite clever.

Would be even more interesting if you could overlay different commute times, e.g. in 5-minute intervals, and produce something topographic-map-style.

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