The latest articles on DEV Community by Emma Blue (@emmajaeblue). https://dev.to/emmajaeblue https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3192939%2F85f0e3e9-bbc4-411d-acc4-72d16ff090dc.jpg https://dev.to/emmajaeblue en Emma Blue Wed, 21 May 2025 20:22:19 +0000 https://dev.to/mobilitydata/whats-new-in-the-mobility-database-may-2025-update-4hl1 https://dev.to/mobilitydata/whats-new-in-the-mobility-database-may-2025-update-4hl1 <p><a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Mobility Database</a> is an international catalog of public transit data for transit agencies, rider-facing apps, technology vendors, researchers, and others to use. It features over 3,000 General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) and GTFS Realtime feeds.</p> <p>Here's what we did in May: </p> <h2> ✨ Features and Updates </h2> <p><strong>Search by GTFS feature</strong></p> <p>🤔 Curious to know which <a href="https://gtfs.org/getting-started/features/overview/" rel="noopener noreferrer">GTFS features</a> different agencies support? This new search filter allows you to easily discover feeds based on the features they’ve implemented, such as Fares, Flex or Pathways. <a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds?gtfs=true" rel="noopener noreferrer">Explore here</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fpwsngiovydprdeqbjg9n.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fpwsngiovydprdeqbjg9n.png" alt="screenshot of feature search filter on the Mobility Database" width="800" height="440"></a></p> <p><strong>Update: TransitFeeds will be deprecated by December 2025</strong></p> <p>The Mobility Database is replacing <a href="https://transitfeeds.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">TransitFeeds.com</a> as the central open platform for discovering transit data. We’ll be adding two more features before removing access to TransitFeeds at the end of this year: </p> <ul> <li>Moving historical TransitFeeds data to the Mobility Database</li> <li>Adding routes and stop visualizations for each feed </li> </ul> <h2> GTFS data added last month </h2> <p>🇨🇦All data from Statistics Canada’s <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/23-26-0003/232600032025001-eng.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Canadian Public Transit Database</a> has now been added. </p> <p>18 new locations: </p> <p>🇧🇷Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: <a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/mdb-2632" rel="noopener noreferrer">Angra dos Reis</a><br> 🇨🇦Canada</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds?q=british+columbia&amp;gtfs=true&amp;gtfs_rt=true" rel="noopener noreferrer">11 new British Columbia static and real time feeds</a></li> <li>Quebec: <a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/mdb-2603" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rouyn-Noranda</a> </li> </ul> <p>🇫🇷France: <a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/mdb-2604" rel="noopener noreferrer">Occitanie</a> <br> 🇬🇬<a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/mdb-2615" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guernsey: Sark Shipping</a><br> 🇬🇱Greenland: <a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/mdb-2596" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sermersooq</a><br> 🇯🇵Japan: <a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/mdb-2606" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tsu Airport Line</a> and <a href="https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/mdb-2605" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kuwana City</a></p> <p>24 updated locations including data from 🇨🇦Canada, 🇮🇳 India, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇪🇸 Spain, and the United States. </p> <p><a href="https://github.com/MobilityData/mobility-feed-api/discussions/1207" rel="noopener noreferrer">Detailed data breakdown here</a></p> <h2> 👋 Add yourself to the app list </h2> <p>Are you using the Mobility Database for your app or website? Let us know so your needs can be considered in our roadmap. <a href="https://forms.gle/7wSuPnAPcmroBc4V8" rel="noopener noreferrer">You can add your app to our list here.</a> Many thanks to <a href="https://transitous.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Transitous</a> and <a href="https://www.rome2rio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rome2Rio</a> who added themselves this month!</p> <h2> 🤩 Thanks to our 11 contributors this month </h2> <ul> <li>Byron Williams</li> <li>Christoffer Søndergaard</li> <li>Dan Cory <a href="https://urbanfootprint.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">(Urban Footprint) </a> </li> <li>Diego Canales <a href="https://actionfigure.ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer">(ActionFigure)</a> </li> <li>Giovanni R. Ferreora <a href="https://angra.rj.gov.br/" rel="noopener noreferrer">(City Hall of Angra dos Reis)</a> </li> <li>Hiroyuki Ito <a href="http://Rosenzu.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">(Rosenzu.com)</a> </li> <li><a href="https://github.com/derhuerst" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jannis R</a></li> <li>Karl von Weyhe</li> <li>Michael Salaverry</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/Solain" rel="noopener noreferrer">@Solain</a></li> <li>Radha Krishna</li> </ul> gtfs transit opensource