BayAreaMetro/RegionalTransitDatabase

Tools for Processing 511 RTD API Datasets

Regional Transit Database

Tools for Processing 511 API Datasets for MTC's Regional Transit Database 511 API Documentation

Goal

Process transit data from The Bay Area's Transit operators to satisfy statutory requirements and answer policy question.

Data Sources

GTFS as published by operators and collected by MTC 511, GTFS Data Exchange, and MTCGIS

data/cached_gtfs.csv contains a reference to cached GTFS data that are available to us.

Methodology

• Transit Priority Areas

• Routes, Stops, and Frequencies by Transit Provider from 2008 to 2017

Folders

• R: scripts for analysis of regional transit data
• data: small, important inputs and outputs
• docs: documentation
• images: used in documentation
• rtd: python scripts for fetching and processing data