Putting Your GTFS to Work
This hands-on workshop is geared toward transit agency staff, with little to no previous experience using GTFS, who want to create, analyze, and publish a GTFS feed for both public-facing and agency-facing applications.
What This Course is About
Who We Are
Important Course Information
Data Download
Folder Organization
Chapter 2 Learning Objectives & Skills of Focus
GTFS Overview and History
GTFS Data Structure
Hands-on: Explore a GTFS Feed
Chapter 2 Quiz
Chapter 3 Learning Objectives & Skills of Focus
Creating a GTFS Feed
Hands-on: Getting Set Up in Microsoft Excel
Routes and Stops Tables
Hands-on: Create Routes and Stops Tables
Calendar and Calendar Dates Tables
Hands-on: Create Calendar and Calendar Dates Tables
Trips and Stop Times Tables
Hands-on: Create Trips and Patterns Tables
Hands-on: Create Stop Times Table
Finalizing Your GTFS Feed
Optional Homework: Modifying a GTFS Feed
Chapter 3 Quiz
Chapter 4 Learning Objectives & Skills of Focus
Public-Facing GTFS Applications
Best Practices for Creating GTFS
Shapes Table
Demo: Create the Shapes Table
Validating a GTFS Feed
Hands-on: Validating a GTFS Feed
Best Practices for Publishing and Hosting GTFS
Hands-on: Hosting with Google Drive
Optional Homework: Fixing a GTFS Feed
Chapter 4 Quiz
Chapter 5 Learning Objectives and Skills of Focus
Using GTFS for Transit Planning
Hands-on: Importing GTFS into Excel
Calculating Span of Service
Hands-on: Calculating Span of Service
Calculating Headways
Hands-on: Calculating Headways
Stop-Level Analysis
Hands-on: Stop-Level Analysis
Advanced GTFS Analysis
Optional Homework: Calculating Span by Stop
Chapter 5 Quiz