This Overview repository is a specification and documentation component of the Open Transit Project. Please do not add code or other resources to this repository.
The goal of this project is to enable development of practical applications of public transit data tied to physical transit systems at city scale.
Open Data should be captured and stored in meaningfully-segregated tables, using geographical information systems (GIS) best practices wherever possible, or enabling equivalent best practice access and manipulation.
Ultimately the goal of this project is to develop a functional transit platform that serves consumers of transit services (riders of buses, bikes, etc), operators of transit services (bus drivers, maintenance personnel et al.) and controllers (operations staff overseeing transit system flow and function). Making use of real time data for planning transit trips in the present time, and capturing and using data for continuous improvement and evaluation of the transit system on the whole from a variety of perspectives.
Unless otherwise and specifically indicated with replacement files in this repository, this project will adhere to the default Innovate for Vegas Foundation policies for Code of Conduct and Contributing, found at
- Code of Conduct - Innovate for Vegas Foundation
- Contributing to this Project - Innovate for Vegas Foundation
All Innovate for Vegas Foundation projects, whether CodeFor or CreateFor, assume contributors and collaborators are familiar with the HOWTOs that detail such things as use of GitHub, the difference between CodeFor and CreateFor parts of our organization, and our approach to Agile for Volunteers (or Volunteer Agile) which will, like all our projects, be a collaborative work in progress. These, coupled with the Contributing document linked above, are important and you should be familiar with them before diving in.