A different view of commuting

This map includes hot spots where you can reach the London city centre in a
quicker than expected time.

http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/

An addition to the concept is to compare different variables. For instance, time taken to travel via different transport options. This map shows areas where public transport is quicker than travel by car.

http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/EH12QL_driving_800.png

Using a bike seems to be the optimum choice if you live within reasonable distance to the city centre:

http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/SW1P4DR_20km_cycling_800.png


Starting to conceptualise space in terms of travel time, emotion, and pollution variables using graphing and weather systems type visualisations is something that is being pushed forward by a small group of programmers and artists resulting in alternative city maps..

One useful function is that they have modeled house prices and commuting time in a visualisation programme meaning you can see the optimum areas in terms of these two variables..

http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/

Interactive map

http://www.tom-carden.co.uk/p5/tube_map_travel_times/applet/