Hello,
To answer this query https://groups.google.com/d/msg/datameet/exEoW8aGHu0/942hbIAtAwAJ asked under Delhi transit data thread, Yes, Bangalore's transit schedules data CAN be made to static-GTFS format, the global data standard for transport systems that the Delhi data has been released in. The BMTC site is currently not able to show the schedules on its page because of a https-http conflict. But here is the same URL seen separately: http://223.30.102.30:8080/Trip_Planner/TimeTableDetails.jsp?select=gens&count=0&page=0 These are the bare-minimum ingredients needed to make a working static-GTFS feed: 1. Centralised list of stops with latitude, longitude and unique-identifier stop_id 2. All routes listed, again having unique identifier route_id 3. Sequences of stops in each route, in both directions. Sequence to be by id, not by names which can have typo's 4. Starting times of trips in the day, or frequency of trips with first and last trip time. There are other parameters too, but you can pull it off if you have the above. All of these are present on the BMTC's trip planner pages. >From various contacts it seems that BMTC has not been willing to release static GTFS for monetization reasons. But with Delhi's data release (https://otd.delhi.gov.in/) changing the field, this could be made to change. Public pressure can definitely help. Otherwise, can it be independently made? Yes. In terms of capacity, I can do this as a one-off, it'll be time-taking so I'll get to it when I can. But I want to reach out in case there's interest in this network for: 1. making an integrated dataset that combines ALL of Bangalore's public transport systems, including the bus, metro and the suburban rail. 2. keeping it updated, making corrections, not letting it go obsolete. That's something which can't happen one-off and needs sustained work. So, looking for collaboration on this! References: past conversations, postings around this topic: - http://opencity.in/?s=bmtc&id=m - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/datameet/transit$20bangalore%7Csort:date The GTFS specifications: https://github.com/google/transit/blob/master/gtfs/spec/en/reference.md Other data sources for BMTC: - https://github.com/geohacker/bmtc/ - https://github.com/nihar1024/bengaluru_buses Regards Nikhil VJ Pune, India -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
