Combining mass transit and biking data,
Mapnificient creates an interactive google map overlay of Los Angeles to display how far you can travel without a car during a certain time frame. Depending on the time of day and how long you're willing to travel, i.e. 15 minutes or 30 minutes, it creates an interesting visual illustration of what I call your
transit-shed - the distance one can travel in a given amount of time by mass transit. Since Mapnificient layers its information (taken from Metro Trip Planner) on top of a google map, you can search for things like "ice cream" to see how accessible certain attractions are without a car.
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| Sunset Junction |
Drag the pin around and adjust the time cursor to test your transit-shed. Maybe you could increase your transit mobility if you moved to another neighborhood? This tool allows you to test those hypotheses.
Try it out.
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| Warner Center Orange Line Terminus |
