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Re: NYC Subwaysheds

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Post by gipp »

wnolens wrote: post #14

Love it, but UWS to Bushwick in 40 minutes - I wish! This feels like a 10th percentile stat. Change the 10-40m range to be 15-55m and it will be closer to what I experience on a daily basis. Great resource for visitors to NYC to set expectations.

Just comparing to my own intuition, I'd guess it's using a train's departure from the origin station as the "start" time for a trip.

Re: NYC Subwaysheds

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Post by gipp »

dylan604 wrote: post #15

I'm not from NYC, so maybe this is obvious, but why can you not get from Staten Island to Manhattan in 40mins? Is there really not bridge/tunnel that can get you there?

It's far too long for a bridge, which would also then cut the harbor in half anyway.

Re: NYC Subwaysheds

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Post by woodruffw »

dylan604 wrote: post #15

I'm not from NYC, so maybe this is obvious, but why can you not get from Staten Island to Manhattan in 40mins? Is there really not bridge/tunnel that can get you there?

On top of what 'sempron64 said: there was a plan to construct a subway tunnel between Brooklyn and Staten Island[1], but construction was canceled nearly a century ago.

The Verrazano Bridge itself was designed under Robert Moses's eye, and he shut down the idea of a subway link early on[2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island_Tunnel

[2]: https://www.nytimes.com/1956/04/09/archives/moses-bars-train...

Re: NYC Subwaysheds

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Post by weatherlight »

very cool. but I noticed some of the stop information is incorrect. for example, the franklin stop on the C train in Brooklyn, isn't connected to the franklin stop on the shuttle.

(I live like 2 blocks from that station)

Re: NYC Subwaysheds

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Post by woodruffw »

weatherlight wrote: post #25

very cool. but I noticed some of the stop information is incorrect. for example, the franklin stop on the C train in Brooklyn, isn't connected to the franklin stop on the shuttle. (I live like 2 blocks from that station)

Is this true? I haven't taken the Franklin Ave shuttle in a decade, but I remember it being on the top floor of the Franklin Ave station (with the C platform being in the basement).

Re: NYC Subwaysheds

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Post by pc86 »

dylan604 wrote: post #20
IIAOPSW wrote: post #2

Nice first pass, but its clearly calculating these as the pigeon flies and not taking the various stitched together street grids into account. You should get diamond and square shapes, not circles, for the most part. I'm working on a redesigned subway map / nomenclature an indicators of walking time to nearest stations is a subtle feature I want to build in. Something between a watershed like this and a vornoi diagra…

>I'm working on a It's all bravado commenting on something you're working on in the comments of someone else's actual working site. Let's see the comments from a link to your site? Thought not

I didn't take the GP's comment as overly negative or unconstructive. Yours, on the other hand, is needlessly aggressive.

Re: NYC Subwaysheds

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Post by napsterbr »

thih9 wrote: post #7

I enjoyed it, nice idea and execution, it feels very intuitive. One thing surprised me after I clicked around, I did not expect each station to become a separate browser history entry.

I had the same surprise. Which raises an interesting question: does that count as "breaking the back button"?

Theoretically, no: the back button is working as expected. At the same time, it was a significantly worse experience for me because it took a lot longer to go back to the "parent" page (HN).

Re: NYC Subwaysheds

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Post by afavour »

weatherlight wrote: post #25

very cool. but I noticed some of the stop information is incorrect. for example, the franklin stop on the C train in Brooklyn, isn't connected to the franklin stop on the shuttle. (I live like 2 blocks from that station)

I’ve taken that connection so I assure you it is! The S train is elevated and quite a walk from the C platform but they are accessible from each other (including via elevator, which is a rarity)
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