Commute Map England & Wales

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Notes:
* Choose a region and a Local Authority District (LAD) at upper left to launch visualization.
* Click "PAUSE" to toggle between play and pause modes. "+" and "-" will adjust Speed or Zoom.
* Click "WORKPLACE" to toggle to "RESIDENTIAL" and show commutes with workplace in selected LAD.
* When paused, click on a dot to see options. You can re-center the map on a dot. Click again to close callout.
* Click and hold on map to enter 'PAN' mode. Release and reclick, drag map to new position, release button to exit 'PAN' mode.
* Click on a LAD name in the color key below map to select that LAD.
* Click on commute length text ("30 to 60 km") to change distance criteria of commute. Use arrow keys for finer adjustment of slider.
* 'Commuter Workers' are commuters who work in the LAD, regardless of where they live. 'Commuter Residents' are commuters who live in the LAD regardless of where they work.
* Thanks to Alasdair Rae for supplying the data and suggesting this new version of the original US version of the commute map.
Data for this visualization is National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2016 combined with Google MAPS API. See my blog post for more information on how the page was put together. Email mark@mobyus.com if you have any questions.