[Talk-us] Updating tagging of public transport

[Mike N]

On 2/3/2015 3:31 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Is the new style backwards compatible with the old style?

The new Public Transport style is backward compatible and offers a more 
uniform tagging style with some additional capabilities (in my opinion).

> Especially in
>> regards to potentially having OSM as being the dataset for the official
>> GTFS feed in an area where the official data presently sucks, it'd be a
>> travesty if the new style makes going to and from GTFS /more/ difficult
>> for marginal (and primarily German micromapping) gains.

Generally, it is not feasible to use OSM as a dataset backing an 
official GTFS feed.   This is because the probability of the GTFS 
dataset being uploaded to Google and thereby violating the license if 
the street centerlines or stops were derived from OSM.