General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS)

Assessment

• Open License Yes

• Transferable to Other Jurisdictions Yes

  JSON format includes a root page on a gbfs domain with auto-discoverable links to JSON files

• Stakeholder Participation Yes

  Stakeholders can collaborate and communicate on Github

• Consensus-Based Governance Yes

  Documentation is completely open on Github

• Extensions No

  Possible future enhancements such as distinguishing between multiple bike types in a system were proposed but do not fit into the current specification

• Human Readable Yes

  Standard uses long, descriptive attribute names. Root page includes links and names for all the feeds provided by the operator

• Machine Readable Yes

  JSON only

• Requires Up-To-Date / Real-Time Data Yes

  First two attributes in JSON are last_updated in epoch time, and ttl, which specifies the number of seconds until the data will be updated

• Metadata No