New Yandex office walkability analysis

Analysis of the walkability of the Yandex new office

I work at Yandex and when I found out about the new Yandex office, I decided to check prices of flats near the place for the new office. I wondered how much it would cost to rent an apartment next to the new office and which areas are within walking distance of the office.

To solve this task I decided to use Google Maps API and collected data about walkability around the new place for the campus. I had never used this API before, but Google employees wrote excellent documentation and a Python library, which helped me solve my problem pretty quickly.

Unfortunately, around the new office there will only be public buildings/areas - universities, hospitals, parks:

Lines description:

• green - up to 10 minutes on foot
• orange - up to 15 minutes on foot
• red - up to 20 minutes on foot

Well, in 20 minutes from the new office you cannot reach any aparment, but what about public transport? I propose to look at areas that can be reached by public transport within 30 minutes.

Accessibility of the office by public transport

All public transport of Moscow was analyzed: subway, buses, trolley buses, trams, electric trains, etc:

Lines description:

• green - up to 10 minutes by public transport
• yellow - up to 20 minutes by public transport
• red - up to 30 minutes by public transport

It can be seen how the channel of the Moscow River greatly changes the map of the public transport accessibility of the new Yandex office. Also the “islands” of public transport accessibility are visible near the subway stations. I have marked some of them with arrows.

Conclusion

Now, based on the data, I understood exactly where to look for apartments for rent and using the apartment search service for rent (for example, Yandex Realty), I was able to estimate the cost of renting near the office, which I originally wanted.