General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)

by Google

Standard format for handling public transportation and geographic data. Developed by Google and the TriMet public transportation agency

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Assessment

Open License Yes
Transferable to Other Jurisdictions Yes

Zip file containing CSV files with information about routes, stops, and agencies (saved as .txt)
Stakeholder Participation Yes

GTFS is a collaboration between private and public sectors. Google and public transit agencies as partners - some government bodies initially hesitant to hand over the data to Google
Consensus-Based Governance No

No opportunity to be included in decisions made about the standard's evolution. Technical committee not open to the public
Extensions Yes

GTFS - Real Time: protocol buffers (as an alternative to XML) hosted over HTTP and gtfs realtime.proto produces source code to read and write the structured data and then retrieves it to and from a data stream using a variety of programming languages
Human Readable Yes

Standard aims to be easily readable and use description, universally understood vocabulary
Machine Readable Yes

CSVs saved as text files stored in a zip file.
Requires Up-To-Date / Real-Time Data Yes

GTFS-RT handles real time transit data in a feed over HTTP
Metadata No

Data Providers (491)

Aachen, Germany
Addison County, VT
Adelaide SA
Airlie Beach QLD
Alabama
Albany, NY
Albany, OR
Albuquerque, NM
Alexandria, VA
Alice Springs NT
Allegany, MD
Allentown, PA
Amador County, CA
Anaheim, CA
Anchorage, AK
Andalusia, Spain
Ann Arbor, MI
Annapolis, MD
Arlington, VA
Asheville, NC
Astoria, OR
Athens, Greece
Athens, OH
Atlanta, GA
Attleboro, MA
Auckland, New Zealand
Austin, TX
Bagé, RS, Brazil
Bakersfield, CA
Baltimore, MD
Bari, Italy
Barrie, ON
Beaumont, CA
Belgium
Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Beloit, WI
Bend, OR
Bennington, VT
Benton County, OR
Berkshire, MA
Berlin, Germany
Big Bear, CA
Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
Birmingham, AL
Bishop, CA
Blacksburg, VA
Bloomington, IL
Bloomington, IN
Bogor, Bogor City, West Java, Indonesia
Boston, MA
Bowen QLD
Bozeman, MT
Bradenton, FL
Brampton, ON
Brecksville, OH
Bremerton, WA
Brest, France
Brisbane QLD
British Columbia
Brockton, MA
Bronx, NY
Brookings, OR
Brooklyn, NY
Brooksville, FL
Brussels, Belgium
Budapest, Hungary
Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buffalo, NY
Bullhead City, AZ
Bundaberg QLD
Burlington, ON
Burnie TAS
Butte, MT
Byron Bay NSW
Cabarrus County, NC
Cairns QLD
Calgary, AB
Canberra ACT
Canby, OR
Cape Cod, MA
Carroll County, MD
Cary, NC
Cecil County, MD
Champaign, IL
Chapel Hill, NC
Charleston, SC
Charlottetown, PE
Chattanooga, TN
Chesterton, IN
Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chicago, IL
Chittenden County, VT
Christchurch, New Zealand
Cincinnati, OH
Citrus County, FL
Clackamas County, OR
Clemson, SC
Cleveland, OH
Cobb County, GA
Cologne, Germany
Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO
Columbia County, OR
Columbus, OH
Concord, CA
Connecticut
Coos County, OR
Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Corona, CA
Corpus Christi, TX
Corvallis, OR
Cottage Grove, OR
Cottonwood, AZ
Crescent City, CA
Cumberland County, ME
Cuneo CN, Italy
Dallas County, TX
Dallas, TX
Darwin NT
Davis, CA
Daytona Beach, FL
Delaware
Denmark
Denver, CO
Des Moines, IA
Detroit, MI
Druskininkai, Lithuania
Duarte, CA
Dublin, Ireland
Duluth, MN
Durham, NC
Durham, ON
Eagle County, CO
Edmonton, AB
El Dorado County, CA
El Paso, TX
Emeryville, CA
Escalon, CA
Estonia
Eugene, OR
Europe
Everett, WA
Fairbanks, AK
Fairfax, VA
Fairfield, CA
Fargo, ND
Farmington, NM
Finland
Flagstaff, AZ
Flanders, Belgium
Florence, Italy
Florence, OR
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fort Wayne, IN
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Wright, KY
Franklin, MA
FresNo, CA
Gainesville, FL
Gatineau, QC
Germany
Gladstone QLD
Glendale, CA
Grand Forks, ND
Grand Rapids, MI
Grant County, OR
Greensboro, NC
Grenoble, France
Guelph, ON
Gwinnett County, GA
Gympie QLD
Halifax, NS
Hamilton, ON
Hampton, VA
Harford County, MD
Harrisonburg, VA
Hartford, CT
Hartford, VT
Helsinki, Finland
Hesperia, CA
Hobart TAS
Honolulu, HI
Hood River County, OR
Houston, TX
Humboldt County, CA
Huntsville, AL
Indianapolis, IN
Innisfail QLD
Israel
Jackson, MS
Jacksonville, FL
Janesville, WI
Jefferson County, MO
Jersey City, NJ
Joensuu, Finland
Johnson County, KS
Josephine County, OR
Juneau, AK
Jyväskylä, Finland
Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Kansas City, MO
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ketchikan, AK
Ketchum, ID
Kilcoy QLD
Kingston, ON
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Klamath Falls, OR
Kuopio, Finland
La Grande, OR
Laguna Beach, CA
Lansing, MI
Las Vegas, NV
Launceston TAS
Laurel, MD
Laval, QC
Lecce, Province of Lecce, Italy
Lexington, KY
Lincoln County, OR
Lincoln, NE
Linn County, OR
Little Rock, AR
Livermore, CA
Lodi, CA
Lombardy, Italy
London, ON
Long Beach, CA
Long Island, New York
Longueuil, QC
Longview, WA
Los Angeles, CA
Louisville, KY
Lowell, MA
Lower Lake, CA
Luxembourg
Lynchburg, VA
Mackay QLD
Madera, CA
Madison, WI
Madrid, Spain
Magnetic Island, Queensland
Maleny QLD
Malheur County, OR
Manatee County, FL
Manchester, UK
Mannheim, Germany
Marche, Italy
Marin County, CA
Maryborough QLD
Maryland
Mason County, WA
Massachusetts
Medford, OR
Melbourne VIC
Melbourne, FL
Mendocino County, CA
MendociNo, CA
Merced, CA
Meriden, CT
Metz, France
Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Miami, FL
Middlesex County, CT
Milan, Italy
Milton-Freewater, OR
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Miskolc, Hungary
Mississauga, ON
Missoula, MT
Modesto, CA
Modoc County, CA
Molfetta BA, Italy
Moncton, NB
Monroe County, PA
Monterey Park, CA
Monterey, CA
Montgomery, AL
Montgomery, MD
Montreal, QC
Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Mountain View, CA
Mugello, Borgo San Lorenzo FI, Italy
Nairobi, Kenya
Nancy, France
Nantes, France
Nantucket, MA
Nashville, TN
Nassau, NY
Nevada County, CA
New Britain, CT
New Haven, CT
New Jersey
New Orleans, LA
New South Wales
New York
New York, NY
New Zealand
Newport, OR
Niagara Regional Municipality, ON
Nice, France
North Karelia, Finland
Norwalk, CA
Norway
Oakland, CA
Oakridge, OR
Oakville, ON
Ocala, FL
Ocean City, MD
Okaloosa County, FL
Oklahoma City, OK
Olympia, WA
Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Ontario, OR
Orange County, CA
Orange County, VT
Orlando, FL
Oshkosh, WI
Oslo, Norway
Ottawa, ON
Oulu, Finland
Oxnard, CA
Pacific County, WA
Painesville Township, OH
Palermo, Italy
Palo Verde Valley, California
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Panama City, FL
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Paris, France
Pécs, Hungary
Pendleton, OR
Pensacola, FL
Peoria, IL
Perth WA
Petaluma, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Philippines
Phoenix, AZ
Pierce County, WA
Pinellas, FL
Pinole, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
Placer County, CA
Plumas County, CA
Pompano Beach, FL
Portland, OR
Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil
Prague, Czechia
Providence, RI
Pulaski, VA
Quebec City, QC
Queen Anne's County, MD
Queens, NY
Racine, WI
Radford, VA
Raleigh, NC
Redding, CA
Redmond, OR
Regina, SK
ReNo, NV
Rīga, Latvia
Rio Vista, CA
Riverside, CA
Roanoke, VA
Rochester, MN
Rochester, NY
Rockhampton QLD
Rocky Mount, NC
Rogaland, Norway
Rome, Italy
Roseburg, OR
Royan, France
Rutland, VT
Sacramento, CA
Saint Albert, AB
Saint Louis, MO
Salem, OR
Salt Lake City, UT
San Andreas, CA
San Antonio, TX
San Benito County, CA
San BernardiNo, CA
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Gabriel Valley, Avocado Heights, CA
San Jose, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Sandy, OR
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Santa Monica, CA
Sarasota, FL
Saskatoon, SK
Seattle, WA
Sedona, AZ
Sherbrooke, QC
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Sioux Falls, SD
Siskiyou County, CA
Sitka, AK
Skamania County, WA
Solano County, CA
Sonoma County, CA
Spokane, WA
Springfield, IL
St Augustine, FL
St Petersburg, Russia
St. John's, NL
Stamford, CT
Stanford, CA
Stanislaus County, CA
State College, PA
Staten Island, NY
Stockton, CA
Sudbury, ON
Susanville, CA
SusoNo, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Sweden
Switzerland
Szczecin, Poland
Szeged, Hungary
Tampa, FL
Tampere, Finland
Tehama County, CA
Terre Haute, IN
The Netherlands
Thousand Oaks, CA
Thousand Palms, CA
Thunder Bay, ON
Tillamook, OR
Toowoomba QLD
Toronto, ON
Torrance, CA
Toulouse, France
Town of Rockingham, VT
Townsville QLD
Trento, Italy
Trinity County, CA
Tucson, AZ
Tulsa, OK
Turin, Italy
Turku, Finland
Ulm, Germany
United Kingdom
Utah
Valencia, Spain
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, WA
Varese VA, Italy
Venice, Italy
Ventura County, CA
Vermont
Vilnius, Lithuania
Virginia
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain
Walloon Region, Belgium
Wallowa County, OR
Waltham, MA
Warsaw, Poland
Warwick QLD
Washington, DC
Waterbury, CT
Waterloo, ON
Waukesha, WI
Wellington, New Zealand
Wenatchee, WA
West Palm Beach, FL
Westchester County, NY
Wichita, KS
Wilmington, NC
Wilmington, VT
Wilsonville, OR
Windsor, ON
Winnipeg, MB
Woodbridge, VA
Woodburn, OR
Worcester, MA
Wrocław, Poland
Yakima, WA
Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Yamhill County, OR
Yeppoon QLD
York, PA
York, Toronto, ON
Yosemite Valley, CA
Yuba City, CA
Yuma, AZ

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