[Talk-transit] GTFS, tools and pt tags generally

[Mike N]

On 6/20/2016 5:18 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I really wonder how TriMet ultimately accomplished this, since that
> would seem like a decent-ish starting point since that system is in
> charge of a fairly multimodal system with above and below ground
> stations, split-level stations, and transit centers of almost every
> description.

   I don't know for sure, but I think TriMet's system uses GTFS as a 
primary transit planning reference in OpenTripPlanner, and OSM data is 
maintained to facilitate public transit connection to  Pedestrian / Bike 
/ Car.    A quick glance at OSM's public transit layer in Portland shows 
that lots of bus routes have been entered into OSM, but I don't know if 
they have any function other than "there is a bus route or stop here".