National Transit Map Routes

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata character set: utf8
Last update: 2024-09-18
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Contact's position: National Transit Map (NTM) Program Manager
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 202-366-8069
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: NationalTransitMap@dot.gov
Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
Scope name: dataset
Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: National Transit Map Routes
Collection title: National Transportation Atlas Database
Date:
Reference date - creation: 2018-07-01
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Themes or categories of the resource: transportation
Descriptive keywords:
Place keywords:
Keywords: USA, National
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: transportation
Keyword thesaurus:
Title: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Date:
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Transportation
Keyword thesaurus:
Title: NGDA Portfolio Themes
Date:
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: NTAD, National Transportation Atlas Database, Transportation, Atlas, Database, vector, line, linear United States, United, States, Rail, National Transit Map, Transit, Map, NTM, Routes, Passenger Movement, Transportation Infrastructure, Passenger Travel, Connectivity, Accessibility, Frequency, Fixed Route
Abstract: The National Transit Map - Routes dataset was compiled on September 09, 2024 from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The National Transit Map (NTM) is a nationwide catalog of fixed-guideway and fixed-route transit service in America. It is compiled using General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) Schedule data. The NTM Routes dataset shows transit routes, which is a group of trips that are displayed to riders as a single service. To display the route alignment and trips for each route, this dataset combines the following GTFS files: routes.txt, trips.txt, and shapes.txt. The GTFS Schedule documentation is available at, https://gtfs.org/schedule/. To improve the spatial accuracy of the NTM Routes, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) adjusts transit routes using context from the submitted GTFS source data and/or from other publicly available information about the transit service.
Purpose: The intent of the National Transit Map (NTM) is to support research, analysis, and planning. It is not intended to replace existing customer services available through transit agency websites and commercial trip planning service providers.
Dataset language:
Dataset character set: utf8
Status: onGoing
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: quarterly
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: nan
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States (CC-BY-3.0)
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints: licenseUnrestricted
Aggregated resource information:
Aggregate dataset name:
Title: National Transportation Atlas Database
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2024-10-25
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Association type: largerWorkCitation
Processing environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -171.5
East longitude: -67
North latitude: 71.5
South latitude: 18.5
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
2024-06-12
Credits: Department of Transportation (DOT)
Resource point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Contact's position: National Transit Map (NTM) Program Manager
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 202-366-8069
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: NationalTransitMap@dot.gov

Spatial Representation

Vector Data

Geometric objects:
Object type: curve
Object count: 64973

Data Quality

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset
Resource lineage:
Process step:
Description: Beginning in Report Year 2023, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) National Transit Database (NTD) Reporters will submit General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) with their annual report. The deadline is determined by the Reporter's fiscal year end date. Reporters provide a Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to their GTFS data. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) enters the submissions in the National Transit Map (NTM) registry and uses the URLs to download GTFS data. For agencies with valid routes.txt, trips.txt, and shapes.txt data, BTS combines and processes the files into a geospatial format. BTS then validates, adjusts for spatial accuracy, and publishes the dataset to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). Prior to the FTA GTFS requirement, the same procedure was in place with the addition of the transit agency granting the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States (CC-BY-3.0) license. The CC-BY-3.0 license is available at, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/legalcode.
Data quality report:
Completeness omission:
Measure produced by the test: Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
Data quality result:

Distribution Information

Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Contact's position: NTAD Program Manager
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: none
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: ntad@dot.gov
Distributor format:
Format name: Open Data Catalog
Format version: 1.0
Format specification: download
File decompression technique: ZIP
Distribution order process:
Terms and fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
Distributor transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://doi.org/10.21949/1527997
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Contact's position: NTAD Program Manager
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: none
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: ntad@dot.gov
Distributor format:
Format name: Esri Feature Service
Format version: 11.1
Format specification: https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/services-reference/online/hosted-feature-service.htm
Distribution order process:
Terms and fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
Distributor transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://doi.org/10.21949/1528027