How does the Public Transport model work?

Overview

• We have our own proprietary public transport routing models, built by us from the ground up
• The models traverse every possible route based on public transport timetables and data gathered from a huge list of public transport agencies
• Built for true human routing, we incorporate our own walking model to provide door-to-door journey times that represent how people actually travel
• All combinations of public transport methods are included - bus, coach, train, underground, tram, etc

 

Where the data comes from

• Data is at the heart of what we do, and we have a dedicated data team whose job it is to source complete, accurate, up-to-date public transport timetable data, and incorporate it into the public transport model
• We pull data out of every imaginable source - where GTFS data doesn’t exist, but we can find timetables in other formats, we create our own GTFS data
• The data is updated at least every two weeks, so it is always right up-to-date
• We are fully transparent about what data we have and where, including providing an interactive online tool to explore the data in detail:

 

 

For access to our data coverage tool, please contact sales@traveltime.com