Comments on Travel time map distorts Metro temporally - Greater Greater Washington

Comment by Payton

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:27:59 EDT

BTW, Metro Pac-Man is pretty hilarious (and short-lived) with some of the odder map configurations, like "single ring."

Comment by Payton

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:15:29 EDT

It will be very interesting to see how it changes with actual travel time and transfer times -- right now, it seems to encourage a lot of double transfers (dubious given Metro's headways) unless you force a high time penalty onto transfers. A friend of mine made a map based on scheduled travel times (and average transfer times, I think) around Petworth station -- proving that Petworth to Union Station via Fort Totten is faster than via Gallery Place.

The stretch between DCA and Braddock does take a while, but it's also a much longer distance than between the other stations.

Comment by Another Josh

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:37:54 EDT

Interesting, and it'll be kinda cool to see once actual travel time data is incorporated. It'd finally give me proof that the stretch between National Airport and Braddock Rd takes forever to go between.

Comment by Ward 1 Guy

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:24:10 EDT

Psychedelic.

Comment by andrew

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:42:43 EDT

@JohnDC This is more or less right. The "zero" mile marker ("chaining" in railroad parlance) for Metro's tracks is set at the center of Metro Center, at the point where the ceiling vaults intersect. The Yellow and Green lines don't go through Metro Center, so those two are chained from the middle of Gallery Place.

Personally, I like how U Street's station name completely dominates the entire map.

Comment by Tom A.

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:36:08 EDT

A fun, kinda meaningless, time suck!

Comment by Tim

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:15:49 EDT

Does this count stops at stations? And is it based only on official Metro data? Cause those data just round to the nearest minute.

Comment by MarkDC

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:14:29 EDT

Should it be the left or right arm, JohnDC?

Comment by JohnDC

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:31:25 EDT

Humerus that metro center indeed seems to be metro's center.