Data Sources & Attribution
Rydar builds on official, public, and licensed transit data. Rydar is an independent product and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any of the agencies below. Live vehicle positions, rider reports, and confidence scores are Rydar-generated and are distinct from agency-supplied data.
Transit feeds
AMA buses, Tren Urbano, ferries — official GTFS, used under its open-data license.
MTA — Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York (Manhattan)Bus + subway GTFS, used under MTA open-data terms.
MBTA — Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Boston (incl. Seaport)Bus, subway, Silver Line, ferry GTFS, used under MBTA open-data terms.
Metro, bus, cable car — via the 511.org open-data API.
Bus network across Alameda / Contra Costa — via the 511.org open-data API.
Local bus — via the 511.org open-data API.
VTA — Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
San Jose, Milpitas, Palo AltoBus + light rail — via the 511.org open-data API.
Bus — via the 511.org open-data API.
Commuter rail — via the 511.org open-data API.
Regional rail — via the 511.org open-data API.
Metrobus, Metrorail, Metromover — official GTFS, used under its open-data terms.
Bus + light/commuter rail — official GTFS, used under its open-data terms.
RTC Transit bus network — official GTFS, used under its open-data terms.
Bus + TECO Line Streetcar — official GTFS, used under its open-data terms.
Bay Area data — 511.org
San Francisco, Oakland, the wider East Bay, the Peninsula, and South Bay feeds, plus BART, are accessed through the 511 SF Bay open-data API, operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC).
Rydar is a Registered Data Disseminator under MTC's 511 Data Agreement. Rydar does not use the “511” marks or any Bay Area agency logos, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by MTC or the participating agencies.
What's Rydar-generated
Confidence scores, rider reports and “Secrets,” live crowd-sourced vehicle positions, trip planning, and evaluations are produced by Rydar and its community — not supplied by the agencies. Agency names are used only to identify the source of schedule data (nominative use).