[1] - https://docs.mapbox.com/api/navigation/isochrone/
If they were using the Isochrone API, the buffers around the subway stations would take in account the street grid vs a circle.
That's really cool that Mapbox now offers an API to do this. It seems like it also factors in elevation as well!
[1] - https://docs.mapbox.com/api/navigation/isochrone/