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TravelTime_LKB OP t1_jdw35b9 wrote

Reply to comment by icelandichorsey in Compare Public Transport Network Connectivity In 10 European Countries [OC] by TravelTime_LKB

Just want to check I'm answering correctly, what do you mean as underserved? As the maps were created by pinpointing where public transport stops are, and a surrounding 15 min walking area, locations where there's large bodies of water would not be coloured purple as there's no station.

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icelandichorsey t1_jdwpni6 wrote

I understand what you did but I think large bodies of water should have a separate colour. Otherwise the interpretation of your map is that there's no transport on lake Zürich because the government can't be bothered to put public transport there, rather than.. It's a lake

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mc_enthusiast t1_jdwvam1 wrote

Same as for mountains. You just need to be carefull what information you deduce from this graphic. If you care about service quality, this is the wrong graphic to pick.

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icelandichorsey t1_jdx5acz wrote

Yeha you make a good point but I mean... Isn't that the whole point of the graphic?

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mc_enthusiast t1_jdx7sav wrote

Not sure what exactly OP had in mind, but it certainly better illustrates structural differences between the countries, as well as oddities within the countries.

People already explained why Galicia in northwestern Spain looks so different (the settlements are smaller, making the population more spread out), but there are also details in other countries that make me curious. For example why Saxony has such a noticeably denser network than the rest of eastern Germany (with the exception of Berlin, of course).

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panick21 t1_jdxbdf5 wrote

There is actually public transport across the lake. And its included in the same standard ticket. That should really be on the map.

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icelandichorsey t1_jdz0lqa wrote

Yeah I know and it's great. I didn't want to get into that because OP didn't know/account for it

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panick21 t1_je03x8o wrote

I think I have almost never used one, but I knew somebody who commuted to school across the lake.

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