Welcome to the download site for the Longview Transit GTFS data.

Longview Transit provides public transit services in the City of Longview, Texas.

WHAT IS GTFS?

GTFS stands for General Transit Feed Specification. The GTFS is a worldwide, common format for sharing public transportation schedules and associated geographic information. GTFS data is used in many trip planning applications including Google Maps, Roadify, Transit App, and more.

GTFS datasets, or “feeds,” allow public transit agencies to publish their transit data in a standardized way. A GTFS feed is presented as a series of text files with comma-separated values that conform to the specification. Each file is essentially a table in the relational database that is the whole package.

For more information, please visit:

• GTFS Standards published May 9, 2022 are used for annual submissions of static GTFSs data.
• The National Transit Map (NTM) includes voluntary submissions from web links.
• GTFS.org is the central documentation platform for the General Transit Feed Specification.
• The gtfs.org best practices page provides recommended practices for describing public transportation services in the General Transit Feed Specification.

MANDATED GTFS REPORTING

As of July 7th, 2022, the Federal Transit Association (FTA) requires agencies with fixed service routes to annually submit their static GTFS data to the National Transit Database (NTD). Additionally, agencies must create and maintain a public domain GTFS dataset that reflects their fixed route service. Specifically, agencies must provide a web link from which their GTFS feed can be collected. Each web link must link to a compressed (.zip or `zip') archive containing at least one copy of each of the required text files listed in GTFS Data Requirements.

ABOUT THIS SITE

This website is maintained by the City of Longview. This data is updated as transit data changes, or at least annually.

DOCUMENTATION

We currently include the following tables in our GTFS Feed:

• agency.txt - includes basic agency information for Longview Transit.
• stops.txt - includes a list of bus stop locations.
• routes.txt - includes a route list with unique identifiers.
• trips.txt - has information about each trip taken by a Longview Transit vehicle.
• stop_times.txt - includes scheduled arrival/departure times for each stop on each trip.
• calendar.txt - defines which service IDs operate on which days.
• calendar_dates.txt - has exceptions to calendar (such as a holiday when a Monday schedule is operated).
• shapes.txt - defines how to draw a route line on a map.

LINK TO GTFS FEED

For questions related to this data, please contact gis@longviewtexas.gov.