On behalf of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), the American Public Transit Association (APTA), the National Transit Institute (NTI), and the US Department of Transportation, Office of The Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, we would like to invite you to attend the FREE web pilots for the Transit ITS Professional Capacity Building Program. Limited space, registration accepted based on first-come, first-serve. By providing your feedback you earn professional development hours!
Time: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. CDT/9:00 am-11:00 a.m. MDT/8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. PDT
Course credit: 1.75 PDH/1.75 CM
Suggested Prerequisites: Introduction to ITS Transit Standards, Transit Management Standards, Parts 1 and 2 and Traveler Information, Parts 1 and 2. https://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/stds_training.aspx
Course Description: The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) defines a common format for public transportation schedules and associated geographic information that is “open,” available, and widely adopted by transit agencies. GTFS "feeds" allow public transit agencies to publish their transit data and developers to write applications that consume that data in an interoperable way. GTFS is also a key component of Travel Information System (TIS).
GTFS subject matter discussion is presented in two parts: Module 14 Part 1 of 2: GTFS Static data and Module 14 part 2 of 2: GTFS-realtime.
Module 14 Part 1 covers static GTFS data such as, schedule, bus stops, station and terminus information, and general fare policy data commonly utilized by transit agencies. This module provides an overview of GTFS and training about the structure and content of GTFS.
Instructor:
Scott Altman has been a Member of the Technical Staff at Consensus Systems Technologies, or ConSysTec, since 2011. He has experience with various specifications for transit data, including transit schedule data and real-time information. He currently manages quality control and testing of GTFS data for the New York State Department of Transportation’s 511NY Transit Trip Planner. This effort involves collecting and creating GTFS covering approximately one-hundred transit operators throughout the state. Scott has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a registered Intern Engineer in New York, known as an EIT in other states.
Learning Objectives:
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Define the scope of, uses for and users of the GTFS specifications.
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Apply the steps for translating your transit source data to GTFS files.
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Improve GTFS Data Quality.