How far is 30 minutes drive?

About this tool

This demo was built to showcase the TravelTime API. To use the full capabilities of the API you will need coding skills, or experience with one of our integrations: QGIS, Alteryx or ArcGIS. Access to the API gives you larger travel time catchment areas, more transport mode options and large request volumes. Access the developer playground here.

What is a travel time map?

Our map tool allows you to create a 'How far can I go map' by transport mode and time limit. For example someone can ask how far can I drive from my home in 30 minutes. The tool outputs shapes, also known as a travel time isochrones visualise where's reachable. Sometimes these shapes are incorrectly labelled as a 'travel time radius map'. A radius is always just a circular shape, but a travel time shape is completely unique as it analyses all locations reachable using a specific mode of transport.

How to create a drive time radius map or other modes

  1. Select a start location
  2. Select a maximum travel time limit
  3. Select a mode of transport, for example driving
  4. Voila! There's your driving radius map

Use cases for consumers

  • Create a commute time map so you can see where to live based on commute time.
  • How far can i travel in a given time: compare transport coverage for different areas.
  • Create a drive time radius map: explore how far you can travel on a road trip.

Use cases for businesses

  • Travel time mapping up to 4 hours & cross reference other data sets in GIS such as population data
  • Site selection analysis: analyse the best location to locate a business by adding thousands of analysis points
  • Create a distance matrix or travel time matrix & calculate travel times from thousands of origins to thousands of destinations
  • Network analysis / travelling salesman problem: use spatial analytics to solve routing problems
  • Commute time map - plot thousands of employee commute times for an office relocation

Demo only

This web page is a limited demo that can do the following:

  • Create up to 3 time polygons (Demo limited to 15, 30 & 45 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 30 minutes but full service is larger than this)
  • Calculate travel times from an origin to various points of interest - in this demo we use points from Foursquare Give A to B routing details

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I am trying to map out an itinerary for a road trip through the desert that I’m planning with friends. We’re trying to distribute the driving duties into smaller increments between all of us. How many miles can someone drive in one hour and 30 minutes?

Answer provided by

Wow, sounds like you guys are planning something fantastic! If you consider the average speed you’ll be driving between city and highway as 40 miles per hour, one hour and 30 minutes of driving will cover about 60 miles.

If the trip mostly consists of highway driving and you’re averaging a speed of 60 miles per hour, then you may be able to increase the distance you travel in 1.5 hours to 90 miles.

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This map shows how far a 30-minute drive can get you from the CBD during evening peak-hour. Enter your own address to see how traffic cuts into the distance you can travel throughout the day.

by Soren Frederiksen

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Data and map tiles: HERE Technologies. About the data

All estimates of travel distance are calculated based on historic traffic conditions. The 'weekday' estimates use Monday as the prototypical weekday, while 'weekend' estimates use Sunday. The test time for the 'Evening peak hour' period is 5:30pm; for 'Weekday off-peak', it's 11:00am; for 'Weekened midday', it's 12:00pm; and for 'Weekend morning' and 'Morning peak hour', it's 8:00am. While these figures can be taken as indicative of how travel times typically change throughout the day, they are only averages: actual travel times range considerably above and below these estimates, varying with traffic incidents, public transport issues and other events. Data quality varies throughout Australia, with better-travelled routes providing more accurate estimates. Leaflet and D3 were used to visualise the data.

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Credits

  • Development Soren Frederiksen
  • Design Trisnadi Kurniawan & Mark Stehle

Perth peak hour hack: When you need to leave home to cut travel time

A Fairfax Media analysis of real-time traffic data on 10 of Perth’s busiest roads offers a tactical advantage with a tool that can help you hack your travel time, if you can get a little creative with your commute.

How long is a 30 mile drive?

The downside is that 30 miles driving will take about 30 minutes on the highway and up to an hour if you're on city streets. However, many factors play into this, including: Your speed. How many traffic signals are on the route.

How many minutes is 1 mile?

For example, if you're driving 60 mph, that means you'll travel 60 miles in one hour, so it'll take just one minute to travel one mile. Here are a few other examples: 15 mph = 1 mile every 4 minutes. 30 mph = 1 mile every 2 minutes.

How far is 28 miles in minutes driving?

Answer provided by Not to mention that taking kids on the road can be a huge hassle. Still, you should expect the trip to take 26-31 minutes on a 2-lane highway with a speed limit of 55-65 mph, and 24-31 on a multi-lane highway at 55-70 mph.

How long of a drive is 20 miles?

Answer provided by That said, 20 miles should take between 20 to 40 minutes to drive. Of course, the time it actually takes depends on the speed limit: If you are driving 20 miles on the interstate, where the speed limit is 65 mph, it should only take around 20 minutes.