General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)

The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) is an Open Standard used to distribute relevant information about transit systems to riders. It allows public transit agencies to publish their transit data in a format that can be consumed by a wide variety of software applications. Today, the GTFS data format is used by thousands of public transport providers. GTFS consists of two formats: GTFS Schedule and GTFS Realtime.

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Useful Resources

Getting Started with GTFS

• Visit GTFS.org to learn more about GTFS
  • An overview of GTFS Schedule
  • An overview of GTFS Realtime

Contribute to GTFS and join the Community

• Learn how you can contribute to GTFS Development
• Join Slack and introduce yourself to the community.
• Join GTFS Changes and GTFS Realtime Google Groups to stay informed on development.

What is GitHub?

• Getting Started with GitHub