Trillium started because of GTFS (the General Transit Feed Specification). Since then, a primary mission of this company has been to facilitate the development and adoption of open GTFS and other transportation data. Today, GTFS adoption has far exceeded critical mass. The Specification has transformed the transit software marketplace. In conversations with GTFS stakeholders, I […]
In May, I spoke with Scott Bogren of the Community Transportation of America on the CT Podcast. We discuss how information helps to make public transportation easier-to-use in the 30 minute podcast episode — how open data enables new transportation in multi-modal networks, how it opens doors for transit innovation, and reduces cost.
Many public transit agencies use a Google trip planning widget on their website homepage to provide easy access to schedules without the need to wade through timetables. It’s clear in this way that GTFS data—the data that feeds not just Google’s trip planner, but basically every online trip planner—is great for customer information. It has […]
Exciting developments from Colorado, not just for public transit technology there, but for all users of Google Transit: On July 13, Bustang, a new intercity service managed by the Colorado Department of Transportation, will begin running three lines to and from Denver. Your commute from Colorado Springs or Loveland, and those long weekend trips to […]