MobilityData/awesome-transit

Add Getting Started section

luqmaan opened this issue · 1 comments

luqmaan commented

Any thoughts on adding a beginners/introduction section?

Getting started

If this is your first time dealing with transit data, you might find these links useful:

  • GTFS - GTFS is a of text files that contains infrequently changing transit data, like stops, routes, trips, and other schedule data. Most transit agencies typically update their GTFS feed every few months.
  • GTFS Realtime - GTFS Realtime consists of three binary files that contain realtime vehicle positions, realtime arrival information, and service alerts. Transit agencies typically update these files every minute.
  • Transitland - A community curated list of GTFS/GTFS-realtime data feeds from around the world. If you're trying to get realtime data for some agency, this is a good place to start.

Some other things we could add:

  • Explain what OneBusAway is
  • Mention some of the other common transit data formats like SIRI
barbeau commented

Yeah, that's a great idea. Reference to Transitwiki.Org GTFS page would be good to for non technical folks.