This is an update to the Multimodal transportation data formats (& gaps) roundup, July 2016. How do we describe the whole transportation network? Introduction: towards comprehensive data The multimodal transportation network is greater than the sum of its parts. Abundant mode options — including public transit, bikeshare, carshare, ride hailing (TNC), rideshare, and vanpool — complement each other […]
This month, Trillium started covering the all public transit costs for our employees. As a company that is always working to make public transit easier to use, we are excited to offer this benefit to our team. Costs like this at a small company are tough. Even though we wanted to do this for a […]
One of the remarkable things about an open data specification such as GTFS is that it finds itself in all kinds of places—from trip-planners and mapping applications to network planning software. Now, it has infiltrated website development thanks to a grant from ODOT through the Northwest Oregon Transit Alliance (NWOTA). We’re excited to announce the […]
Checklists are a powerful tool for ensuring reliable process and consistent outcomes. At Trillium, we use checklists to evaluate our GTFS datasets and before we push new code to our GTFS manager. This step makes sure everything is complete, accurate, and standardized. While it might sound excessive to suggest employing checklists for all projects and […]