Metros
Below, in no particular order, a few selected metro areas that showcase the integration of data feeds by TransiCast. The plots show stops with next bus and train times in the corresponding metro area.
In blue, stops with real-time next bus and train times that are based on vehicle locations. Red shows stops with only schedule-based next bus and train times. The schedule based feeds are based on the agency published GTFS data feeds.
Boston
 October 2013 |
The Boston metro area consists of the data feeds of MBTA Bus, MBTA Subway, MBTA Commuter, Charles River, MIT, Lasell and the MBTA service messages feed. All feeds are real-time feeds based on vehicle locations, except for MBTA's Green Line, which is provided in estimated departures based on GTFS data. This amounts to seven feeds in four different formats, plus the corresponding GTFS feeds for the underlying static data. |
Next Orange Line trains and Messages at Community College Station
San Francisco Bay Area
 January 2014 |
The San Francisco Bay Area consists of the real-time data feeds of SFTMA, UCSF, AC Transit, BART, Emery Go-Around and Dumbarton Express. Golden Gate Transit, Sonoma County and Marin Transit cover the North Bay, while SamTrans, Caltrain and SCVTA cover the Peninsula and Silicon Valley. Service messages are provided for all real-time feeds, although only SFMTA, BART and AC Transit fill their feeds with content at this time. The Bay Area has three different real-time feed formats and two different service messages formats, all integrated with the corresponding static GTFS data. |
AC Transit at Embarcadero West & Broadway
Washington-Baltimore
 October 2013 |
On the Washington side, Washington-Baltimore combines the data feeds of WMATA Bus, WMATA Rail, DC Circulator, Fairfax, Ride-On (real-time feeds) and ART and Fairfax County. Baltimore consists of Baltimore, Loyola, Collegetown and Charm City. The latter are real-time data feeds as well. Washington-Baltimore requires the integration of three different real-time feed formats and the service messages feed of WMATA with the static GTFS data of the metro area. |
Route list of Fairfax Transit
Route details WMATA Bus 2A. Next buses at Washington Blvd + Harrison St
Los Angeles
 October 2013 |
LA metro consists of the real-time based feeds for LA Metro, Metrorail, Foothill Transit and Omnitrans. Metrolink, OCTA, Riverside, PVPTA, Corona Cruiser, Laguna Beach, Torrance and others are covered through schedule based next bus and train times. |
Chicago
 October 2013 |
The Chicago metro area is covered by the two real-time feeds of CTA, and the schedule based data feeds for Metra and Pace. CTA provides extensive service messages. |
Red Line next trains and messages at Lake station
Route details Metra UP-NW Union Pacific Northwest line
Montréal
 October 2013 |
Montréal metro consists of 19 agencies, with Laval and AMT Train providing real-time next bus and train times. |
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