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GTFS

GTFS, or the General Transit Feed Specification, is a general transit feed specification which defines a common data format for public transportation schedules and associated geographic information. GTFS contains only static or scheduled information about public transport services, and is sometimes known as GTFS Static or GTFS Schedule to distinguish it…

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Developed by
Google
Extended from
CSV
Initial release
27 September 2006 (19 years ago) (2006-09-27)
Open format?
Yes, CC BY 3.0
Standard
De facto standard
Type of format
Transit schedule format

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GTFS

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples81
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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GTFS

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related to history · 22
GTFS → Bibiana, Bibiana McHugh, Chris Harrelson, CSV, Google, Google Maps, Google Transit Feed Specification, Google Transit Trip Planner, Google's, In December, In September, IT, McHugh, Oregon, Portland, Tim, Tim McHugh, Transit Trip Planner, TriMet, TriMet's
related to Structure · 15
GTFS → CSV, Each, European, Following, GTFS Realtime, However, In, It, Preferred, So, The, Together, Transmodel, UTF-8, VDV-45X
related to Feed registries · 12
GTFS → APIs, April, GTFS Data Exchange Archived, GTFS Realtime, Interline Technologies, Mapzen, Mobility Database, Public GTFS, The, TransitFeeds, Transitland, Wayback Machine
related to Journey planning · 8
GTFS → ArcMap Network Analyst, Google Transit, GTFS-Realtime, In, OpenStreetMap, OpenTripPlanner, Other, This
related to External links · 5
GTFS → Google, GTFS SpecificationHistory, GTFSGTFS ToolsGTFS, MobilityDataGeneral Transit Feed Specification, TransitWiki
related to Comparing service levels · 2
GTFS → Analysis, For
Developed by · 1
GTFS → Google
Extended from · 1
GTFS → CSV
Filename extension · 1
GTFS → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .zip
Initial release · 1
GTFS → 27 September 2006 (19 years ago) (2006-09-27)

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transit data table feed service format information google applications id public fare csv routes part name used specification journey file

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GTFSDeveloped byGoogle1.00infobox
GTFSExtended fromCSV1.00infobox
GTFSFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .zip1.00infobox
GTFSInitial release27 September 2006 (19 years ago) (2006-09-27)1.00infobox
GTFSOpen format?Yes, CC BY 3.01.00infobox
GTFSStandardDe facto standard1.00infobox
GTFSType of formatTransit schedule format1.00infobox
GTFSWebsitegtfs.org1.00infobox
the ArcMap Network Analyst extension which can incorporate GTFS for transit routing.GTFS was originally designed for use in Google Transitinstance ofOther general purpose applications exist0.80text
an online multi-modal journey planning application.Accessibility researchGTFS is often used in research on transit accessibility where it is typically used to estimate travel times by transit from one point to many other points at different times of dayinstance ofOther general purpose applications exist0.80text
an online multi-modal journey planning applicationinstance ofOther general purpose applications exist0.80text
analysis of service levelsinstance ofbut is also useful for other applications0.80text

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