Opening the Door to Multimodal Applications - Creation, Maintenance, and Application of GTFS Data
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Opening the Door to Multimodal Applications GTFS Powers Many Applications Takeaways Why Open Transit Data? • Passengers have trouble using paper transit maps and timetables[8]. Trip planners make transit more approachable. • Real-time info leads to shorter perceived and actual wait times[1], lower learning curve for new riders[2], increased ridership[3][7], and increased feeling of safety at night[5][6] • Need a common data format to power apps and open new opportunities for planning & analysis Creation, Maintenance, and Application of GTFS Data GTFS – A Successful Spec Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank San Benito County Local Transportation Authority in Hollister, California, Eastern Sierra Transit Authority, in Bishop, California, as well as the Florida Department of Transportation, for funding in part the collection and organization of this information. It should be noted that this paper is intended as an informational resource. Mention of an application or vendor service does not imply endorsement of that application or vendor. • GTFS is used for a lot of applications • GTFS is foundation of a multimodal data stack • Work still to be done • Best practices for GTFS • Interactions with related data formats • Collect community knowledge - http://bit.ly/transitwiki-gtfs Part of a Multimodal Data Stack GTFS producers across the world (TransitFeeds.com) Trip planning and real-time info Open data communities World-wide GTFS feed registries: • GTFS Data Exchange (shutting down) • Transitland (http://transit.land) • TransitFeeds.com USDOT National Transit Map (bit.ly/USDOT-NTM) Aaron Antrim [email protected] [email protected] Paper #17-03702 Scan for full paper What’s Next Related data formats • GTFS-realtime – Arrival predictions & vehicle locations • GTFS-flex – Flexible route transit service • GBFS – Bikeshare availability/locations • GTFS best practices and governance • How to incentivize adoption of other formats Trillium Solutions CUTR @ University of South Florida Planning & analysis Remix TBEST OpenTripPlanner Analyst Disseminating GTFS Data Accessibility Sean J. Barbeau, Ph.D. [1] Kari Edison Watkins, Brian Ferris, Alan Borning, G. Scott Rutherford, and David Layton (2011), "Where Is My Bus? Impact of mobile real-time information on the perceived and actual wait time of transit riders," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 45 pp. 839-848. [2] C. Cluett, S. Bregman, and J. Richman (2003). "Customer Preferences for Transit ATIS," Federal Transit Administration. Available at http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13935/13935.pdf#sthash.jwn5Oltr.dpuf [3] Lei Tang and Piyushimita Thakuriah (2012), "Ridership effects of real-time bus information system: A case study in the City of Chicago," Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 22 pp. 146-161. [4] Aaron Steinfeld and John Zimmerman, "Interviews with transit riders in San Francisco and Seattle," ed, 2010. [5] Brian Ferris, Kari Watkins, and Alan Borning (2010), "OneBusAway: results from providing real-time arrival information for public transit," in Proceedings of the 28th International CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, pp. 1807-1816. [6] A. Gooze, K. Watkins, and A. Borning (2013), "Benefits of Real-Time Information and the Impacts of Data Accuracy on the Rider Experience," in Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2013. [7] Brakewood, Macfarlane and Watkins (2015). The Impact of Real-Time Information on Bus Ridership in New York City. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 53, pp. 59-7 [8] Cain, A. (2004, November). Design Elements of Effective Transit Information Materials. Available at http://www.nctr.usf.edu/pdf/527-12.pdf Microsoft Bing Maps FTA STOPS Timetable generation GTFS-to-HTML • General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) • Started in 2008 with TriMet and Google • Now over 1000 agencies offer data in GTFS format OneBusAway Moovit Google Maps Apple Maps Transit App OpenTripPlanner Humanware BrailleNote
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Transcript of Opening the Door to Multimodal Applications - Creation, Maintenance, and Application of GTFS Data
Opening the Door to Multimodal Applications
GTFS Powers Many Applications
Takeaways
Why Open Transit Data?• Passengers have trouble using paper transit maps and
timetables[8]. Trip planners make transit more approachable.
• Real-time info leads to shorter perceived and actual wait times[1], lower learning curve for new riders[2], increased ridership[3][7], and increased feeling of safety at night[5][6]
• Need a common data format to power apps and open new opportunities for planning & analysis
Creation, Maintenance, and Application of GTFS Data
GTFS – A Successful Spec
AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank San Benito County Local Transportation Authority in Hollister, California, Eastern Sierra Transit Authority, in Bishop, California, as well as the Florida Department of Transportation, for funding in part the collection and organization of this information. It should be noted that this paper is intended as an informational resource. Mention of an application or vendor service does not imply endorsement of that application or vendor.
• GTFS is used for a lot of applications• GTFS is foundation of a multimodal data stack• Work still to be done
• Best practices for GTFS• Interactions with related data formats• Collect community knowledge - http://bit.ly/transitwiki-gtfs
Part of a Multimodal Data Stack
GTFS producers across the world (TransitFeeds.com)
Trip planning and real-time info
Open data communities
World-wide GTFS feed registries:• GTFS Data Exchange (shutting down)• Transitland (http://transit.land)• TransitFeeds.comUSDOT National Transit Map (bit.ly/USDOT-NTM)
Aaron Antrim
[email protected]@cutr.usf.edu
Paper #17-03702 Scan for full paper
What’s NextRelated data formats• GTFS-realtime – Arrival predictions & vehicle locations• GTFS-flex – Flexible route transit service• GBFS – Bikeshare availability/locations
• GTFS best practices and governance• How to incentivize adoption of other formats
Trillium Solutions CUTR @ University of South Florida
Planning & analysis
Remix TBEST OpenTripPlanner Analyst
Disseminating GTFS Data
Accessibility
Sean J. Barbeau, Ph.D.
[1] Kari Edison Watkins, Brian Ferris, Alan Borning, G. Scott Rutherford, and David Layton (2011), "Where Is My Bus? Impact of mobile real-time information on the perceived and actual wait time of transit riders," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 45 pp. 839-848.[2] C. Cluett, S. Bregman, and J. Richman (2003). "Customer Preferences for Transit ATIS," Federal Transit Administration. Available at http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13935/13935.pdf#sthash.jwn5Oltr.dpuf[3] Lei Tang and Piyushimita Thakuriah (2012), "Ridership effects of real-time bus information system: A case study in the City of Chicago," Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 22 pp. 146-161.[4] Aaron Steinfeld and John Zimmerman, "Interviews with transit riders in San Francisco and Seattle," ed, 2010.[5] Brian Ferris, Kari Watkins, and Alan Borning (2010), "OneBusAway: results from providing real-time arrival information for public transit," in Proceedings of the 28th International CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, pp. 1807-1816. [6] A. Gooze, K. Watkins, and A. Borning (2013), "Benefits of Real-Time Information and the Impacts of Data Accuracy on the Rider Experience," in Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2013. [7] Brakewood, Macfarlane and Watkins (2015). The Impact of Real-Time Information on Bus Ridership in New York City. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 53, pp. 59-7[8] Cain, A. (2004, November). Design Elements of Effective Transit Information Materials. Available at http://www.nctr.usf.edu/pdf/527-12.pdf
Microsoft Bing Maps
FTA STOPS
Timetable generation
GTFS-to-HTML
• General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) • Started in 2008 with TriMet and
Google• Now over 1000 agencies offer
data in GTFS format
OneBusAway Moovit Google Maps Apple Maps
Transit App OpenTripPlanner
Humanware BrailleNote
