GTFS in Oregon: Come one, Come all! 2016 RIBTC Conference Joel Manning, Traveler Information Coordinator Oregon Department of Transportation
Est. 2009 5 routes 3 contract operators 10,000 riders/month 2
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Project Origins 2005: Google launches beta version of Transit 2007: ODOT launches transit trip planner 8
Project Motivation Easier access to transit service information leads to higher ridership 9
Contracting begins 2009-12 3-year contract with Trillium Insight, Inc. via NextSource s Managed Services Program Priority: Thruways and interlined services 2012-present Contract with Trillium Solutions, Inc. Priority: Any public, fixed route services in Oregon 10
Nuts & Bolts (i.e., the boring part) Task Task Description Unit Price Anticipated Quantity NTE 1 & 2 Agency Setup $600.00 14 $8,400 1 Route Setup $65.00 105 $6,825 1 Stop Setup $0.37 1512 $559.44 1 & 2 Additional Public Launch $50.00 3 $150 3 Third Party Itinerary Planner Review $400.00 10 $20,000 4 5, 6, & 7 Third Party Non Itinerary Planner Review (price for simpler applications such as non-itinerary planner applications) *Annual Maintenance Price (expressed as a % of GTFS transit agency creation price) $200.00 10 $10,000 95% - $209,000 8.1 **Itinerary Planner Maintenance Price (expressed as a % of GTFS transit agency creation price per additional Itinerary planner) 5% - $39,600 8.2 a Annual web page change monitor charge for the first 3 $1,500 $500 3 years of cost 8.2 b Annual web page change monitor charge, for the $1,416 $708 2 next 2 years of cost. 8.2 c Annual Url monitoring fee $780 5 $3,900 Total Not To Exceed Amount: $301,350.44 11
PHASE 2: MAINTENANCE PHASE 1: CREATION Process (i.e., the less-boring part) 1 ACTIVITY Outreach to agency: Overview of GTFS data, invitation to participate, delivery of Data Agreement, address questions LEAD ODOT 2 Agency signs and returns Data Agreement to ODOT Agency 3 Trillium is notified of agency s participation and is put in touch with provider s designated person ODOT 4 Trillium begins outreach to agency to learn about their service Trillium 5 Trillium creates a private online system map of the agency s routes and stops for the provider to review Trillium 6 Agency reviews online system map and provides feedback to Trillium until it s accurate Agency 7 Trillium creates GTFS feed based on map and informs Google Trillium 8 Google publishes feed in Google Maps (30-90 days) Google FEED IS NOW LIVE AND WILL SHOW UP IN GOOGLE MAPS 9 Agency notifies Trillium that they are about to make a schedule or routing change to their service. (As a backup, Trillium also uses a website monitoring service to detect if agencies make any changes to the service information on their website. If they see potential service changes they will contact the agency) Agency 10 Trillium creates a new feed for the agency based on those upcoming changes Trillium 11 Trillium informs Google about updated feed Trillium 12 Google publishes updated feed in Google Maps (14-21 days) Google 12 UPDATED FEED IS NOW LIVE AND WILL SHOW UP IN GOOGLE MAPS
Stats & Success! 90% of all public fixed-route services in Oregon have a GTFS feed 40 ODOT sponsored feeds 12 Non-ODOT sponsored feeds Average annual maintenance cost to ODOT is $760 per agency ODOT s official GTFS download site: oregon-gtfs.com 13
Questions? Joel Manning ODOT Rail & Public Transit Division Joel.Manning@odot.state.or.us oregon.gov/odot/pt/pages/index.aspx Thank you.
Derivative GIS Products ODOT TransGIS - goo.gl/xq3dtj Click to enter text Click to enter text OSU Network Analysis Tool - goo.gl/blll8l + unlimited maps! 15