An interactive exploration of Boston's subway system
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HN comment orderI wish the MBTA was more transparent with this type of data and visualization. If they themselves charted things like this for the public, and then made commitments to improve (or at least not get worse) based on metrics that the community agrees are important, then I think that would be a significant move forward. The GM of the MBTA right now just doesn't seem to really care about addressing these issues in a clear and accountable way (ie. fire…
I have been hacking on a better calculation environment for train speed zones. Alon Levy wrote some python code that calculates how long it takes a train to accelerate and decelerate between different speed zones. I have been cleaning up the code and adding more to it. I'm bringing it into a jupyter notebook so transit advocates can better present their routings. So far I have a framework that allows easy expression of alternate options along a segment of track…
Wow that's super interesting. I'm glad that the MBTA is publishing more detailed stats so we can get super interesting visualisations like that. I'd be curious to see how the charts update as Boston fixes its recent delays.
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-10 | An interactive exploration of Boston's subway systemFirst breakout · Best thread | mbtaviz | 311 | 63 |
| 2022-07-23 | An interactive exploration of Boston's subway system (2014) | reimbar | 53 | 4 |
| 2023-11-09 | An interactive exploration of Boston's subway systemLatest 20+ point return | parksb | 117 | 28 |