[pgrouting-dev] Fwd: [transit-developers] Re: Open transit database

[Daniel Kastl]

Hi Kishore (and Jay),

Because we talked about GTFS I thought to forward this message.
I haven't heard about gtfs-data-exchange.com, but there was also Bangalore
transit agency listed:
http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/agency/bmtc-bangalore/

 <http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/agency/bmtc-bangalore/>Daniel


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From: Joe Hughes <joe.hughes.code at gmail.com>
Date: 2011/5/4
Subject: [transit-developers] Re: Open transit database
To: Transit Developers <transit-developers at googlegroups.com>


Hi Patrick!

I recommend having a look at gtfs-data-exchange.com — that site
aggregates not only officially-released GTFS data, but also feeds
created/converted by volunteers.  In this view, you can see the all
the "unofficial" data denoted by gray stars:
http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/agencies/bylocation

There's also an embryonic project called Transiki to crowdsource
transit data, but I haven't seen much activity around it since last
fall.

Cheers,
Joe

On May 1, 4:29 pm, Patrick J Collins <patrickjcoll... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> While we're waiting for transit agencies to open up their data, which
> here in Europe seems to be proceeding at a snail's pace, how about
> creating an open volunteer-maintained database of transit data?  The
> examples of Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap clearly indicate that
> community-maintained information stores can exist and be viable.
> While this data probably wouldn't be usable by Google Transit, which
> relies on official agency-supplied data, it could be exported to GTFS
> and fed into a tool like the OpenTripPlanner, thus enabling people
> like me who live in cities without public data to still go ahead and
> use a route planner to get about on public transport.
>
> Perhaps an initiative like this already exists or has at least been
> talked about; I look forward to any and all comments from fellow
> transit developers on this subject.
>
> Regards,
>
> Patrick Collins
> Marseille, France

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