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Ooh, I've been investigating this lately, and I can't sleep. Here are some entries from my bookmarks:

* BART map, one minute per hexagon - http://transitmaps.tumblr.com/post/133579339455/lopato-bart-...

* Mapnificent, covering dozens of cities - http://www.mapnificent.net/

* OneBayArea, including housing prices - http://maps.planbayarea.org/travel_housing/

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Huh. Mapnificent is exactly what I've been looking for recently after a change-up in local transit routes. It would certainly make it easier to eyeball "short trips" when considering the intersection of multiple transit modes, assuming it's accurate enough.

Walkscore uses a similar method for showing how long public transit would take from an address

https://www.walkscore.com/

It's a nice idea, but London is hopeless - looks like they've missed out the rail network completely. I guess other cities may be better, but you really only need to miss out one key route or mode and you change the map completely

I reckon it is because tfl is the data provider, and the rail network isn't a part of that?

I still found it very useful when looking for central accomodation with short commutes (<20') to centrally located places.