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A Commute Report vs asking the neighbours
Residents know the area in ways no data source does: which gate floods, which road jams on Mondays, which feeder never comes. Their trip is not your trip, though.
To be fair
What asking current residents does well.
- Residents know local quirks: shortcuts, flooding, unsafe stretches.
- Their experience covers seasons a ten day window cannot.
| Dimension | Asking current residents | Commute Report |
|---|---|---|
| Whose commute | Theirs, to their office | Yours, to your destinations |
| Hours | Their hours | Your windows |
| Method | Memory | Sampled, dated and written down |
Use both
How to combine them.
- Step 1
Ask residents what to watch for.
- Step 2
Measure your own trips, and remeasure in the season they warn you about.
Measure the trip you’ll actually make.
Your home, your office, your hours, across ten working days. Typical and bad day time, with the method on the page.