mr-fuller / gtfs-bus-stops

In which I create point feature layer of bus stop locations from a GTFS feed (namely TARTA's) in Postgis

gtfs-bus-stops

Queries for creating a line geometry layer of fixed bus routes and a point geometry layer of bus stop locations from a GTFS feed in Postgis

How to Use

Download GTFS Files

TARTA's files are available here: http://tarta.com/wp-content/uploads/gtfs/GTFS.zip

In the gtfs2shp.sh script, set the DIR to wherever you want the files downloaded.

Also, update database parameters.

Then, use the gtfs2shp.sh script to download the GTFS archive, unzip it, put it into postgres, then create shapefiles of routes and stops in their own zip folders.

Create Postgis Database

Run Batch Query

Navigate to the directory where the GTFS files are saved then type the command psql -U <user> -d <dbname> -f "all_queries.sql". The all_queries file first runs "update-tables.sql", which adds all text files from the GTFS to the database. Then it runs "create-routes.sql", which creates the fixed line routes, in a new table called tarta_routes, from the latitude, longitude, sequence information in the text files. Finally,it runs "create-stops.sql", which creates points, in a new table called tarta_stops, from the latitude and longitude in the stops.txt file.