| ADDED NOTE: In my posted I mentioned using tools to heat-map travel times to select residences for optimized commutes. Here’s a great writeup of “isochrone map generator” tooling: https://traveltime.com/blog/free-isochrone-map-generator Here is an example, note outer bubbles tied to faster roads: https://assets-global.website-files.com/60759e0794bb7b3714fb... Similar map, with outer bubbles tied to commuter rail: https://assets-global.website-files.com/60759e0794bb7b3714fb... So for instance we selected our office to be at an Interstate off ramp and also at a commuter rail station, and I selected my residence to be two blocks up from one exit away against rush hour traffic, and another commuter rail station. Note that when there’s a train, if I don’t count waiting, the train is faster than the car. Unfortunately, trains “on average” make you wait for 1/2 the time between trains, and in the US, the train and the delay may not be predictable. |
