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Objectives

The objectives of maintaining GTFS Realtime Best Practices are to:

  • Improve end-user customer experience in public transportation apps
  • Make it easier for software developers to deploy and scale applications, products, and services

How to propose or amend published GTFS Realtime Best Practices

GTFS applications and practices evolve, and so this document may need to be amended from time to time. To propose an amendment to this document, open a pull request in the GTFS Realtime Best Practices GitHub repository and advocate for the change.

Linking to This Document

Please link here in order to provide feed producers with guidance for correct formation of GTFS Realtime data. Each individual recommendation has an anchor link. Click the recommendation to get the URL for the in-page anchor link.

If a GTFS Realtime-consuming application makes requirements or recommendations for GTFS Realtime data practices that are not described here, it is recommended to publish a document with those requirements or recommendations to supplement these common best practices.