About Stationside Guide

Making public transit more accessible by showing you what's within walking distance of every station

Our Mission

Public transit is a sustainable and affordable way to explore cities, but one question remains: what's accessible from each station?

Stationside Guide solves this problem by visualizing the walking distance from every transit station. We show you restaurants, coffee shops, gyms, parks, and more within 5, 10, and 20-minute walks, making it easy to plan your journeys.

Our goal is to encourage more people to use public transit by showing them everything that's within reach, supporting the vision of walkable, 15-minute cities where daily needs are accessible without a car.

How It Works
1

Select a Station

Choose any transit station on our interactive map or use the search function.

2

See Walking Zones

View colored isochrones showing 5-minute (green), 10-minute (yellow), and 20-minute (red) walking distances using real street networks. Paths represent sidewalks, bikeways, and roads.

We try and prioritize showing sidewalks, walking paths, and bike lanes, but if there are none, we will switch to roads and other trunk lines in order to keep the path as continuous as possible.

3

Explore Points of Interest

Browse restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, gyms, parks, and more. Filter by category and see exact walking times and distances.

While we try to get as many places on the map as we can, we often miss things. If you think there is something that should be on the map, let us know and we will do our best to add it.

We usually are able to pull in enough points of interest so that you can start to see where things like restaurants are clustered. This will give you a good indication of what direction to walk when you head out of a particular station.

4

Plan Your Trip

Use this information to book a hotel, plan errands, find restaurants near your destination, or discover new places along your commute.

Data Sources

We aggregate data from multiple trusted sources to provide accurate, comprehensive information:

Transit Agency GTFS Feeds: Official station locations and line information from local transit authorities
Google Places API: Business listings with ratings, hours, and contact information
OpenStreetMap: Geographic data and walkable street networks
OpenRouteService: Isochrone calculations based on real pedestrian routes
Built With

Stationside Guide is built with modern, open-source technologies:

SvelteKit
Web framework
MapLibre GL
Interactive maps
Supabase
Database & backend
Protomaps
Vector tiles
Cloudflare
Hosting & CDN
Tailwind CSS
Styling
Frequently Asked Questions
Have More Questions?

We'd love to hear from you! Whether you have feedback, found an error, or want to suggest a feature.