gtfs_work

Introduction

gtfs_functions_testing.py uses the gtfs_functions Python library to undertake a series of analyses on GTFS data. This has been of interest recently with the UK Department for Transport providing more data on a regular basis at https://data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk/timetable/download/

Installation requirements

NB This python script requires the gtfs_functions library to be installed. This can be done using pip installer

Running the code

.py file is designed to be run from the command line with one argument passed:

• Location of .zip archive of GTFS data from DfT Open Bus Data portal: https://data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk/timetable/download/
• NB filename passed to .py file should include .zip extension

Outputs generated

Outputs from the script include:

• Sub-directory in working directory containing HTML files of route maps for each bus route in the data
• New .zip archive with _line_freq suffix containing shape file data for use in GIS
• route_lengths.csv containing a summary of the distances travelled associated with each bus route in the GTFS data

Sample data

A file entitled itm_wales_gtfs.zip is included in this repository for use in testing the code.