Dear developers,
Today we’re happy to announce better commuter rail real-time data, as well as improvements to the bus real-time data available in the MBTA-realtime API and GTFS-realtime, and Green Line data in GTFS-realtime. These changes are currently available in a preview version of the API and GTFS-realtime that you can access right now. They will be moved to production in two weeks. Note that there are no changes to the API itself, only improvements to the data it returns.
We are working to improve the accuracy, reliability, latency, and completeness of commuter rail real-time information. To do that we are changing that by changing the way the predictions are made. They will now be made by Transitime, a new open-source real-time transit information platform. So far in testing the Transitime commuter rail predictions are much more accurate – 95% accurate for predictions of vehicle 5 minutes away, compared to 77% for the existing system. Predictions are available for a greater number of trips, sometimes much greater. And Transitime has demonstrated high reliability.
Two issues not addressed yet are vehicle position latency, although there are some improvements on that front, and tracking of trains after midnight. However the change to this new platform does lay some groundwork for addressing both of those in the near future.
The other two changes concern what kind of data is available from what source. Right now NextBus’s API publishes predictions generated by NextBus, and the predictions in the MBTA-realtime API and GTFS-realtime are made by a different system. As a result you can get two different predictions for the arrival of the same bus at the same stop, depending on where you get them. Instead, the MBTA-realtime API and the GTFS-realtime feed will now contain NextBus’s predictions. NextBus’s predictions will also remain available in their own API. You’ll get the consistent high-quality predictions no matter which source you retrieve them from. As part of this change compass heading will now be added to vehicle position information.
Finally, Green Line predictions have not been available in the GTFS-realtime feed. They will now be included in the feed.
Preview API Calls:
(The “.1” in the URL is part of our preview setup. The production URLs will not change.)
Preview GTFS-realtime links:
http://23.21.118.89/Gtfsrt/TripUpdates.pb
http://23.21.118.89/Gtfsrt/VehiclePositions.pb
(No changes to Alerts.pb)
The GTFS-realtime TripUpdates feed becomes much larger, up to roughly 400k (and varying by time of day). This is due partly to the addition of Green Line predictions and a larger number of commuter rail predictions, but also because NextBus calculates predictions for each stop on each trip.
Please tell us what you think, either on this forum or by writing to deve...@mbta.com .
Sincerely,
developer@mbta
I might have missed it since we are not in live production with V2 yet but are Green Line Predictions in the V2 Realtime interface or only in the GTFS version?
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I might have missed it since we are not in live production with V2 yet but are Green Line Predictions in the V2 Realtime interface or only in the GTFS version?
On Sep 4, 2015 11:28 AM, "Developer at MBTA" <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
We plan to move these changes to production the evening of Tuesday, September 15th.--Sincerely,developer@mbta
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You mean in V2, correct?
Green Line predictions are available for many stations in the current production MBTA-realtime API, and they will remain in the MBTA-realtime API after the transition on September 15th. No change there.Green Line predictions are not currently in the production GTFS-realtime feed, but they will be in the GTFS-realtime feed after the transition on September 15th.
-developer@mbta
On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 2:59:51 PM UTC-4, MarkV wrote:
I might have missed it since we are not in live production with V2 yet but are Green Line Predictions in the V2 Realtime interface or only in the GTFS version?
On Sep 4, 2015 11:28 AM, "Developer at MBTA" <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
We plan to move these changes to production the evening of Tuesday, September 15th.--Sincerely,developer@mbta
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-GeorgeIs there any plan for a 'predictionbystops' API, something which could take more than one stop id at once? It would be great to migrate away from directly consuming the Nextbus feed in my app since it looks like the predictions will now be the same as those provided by MBTA-realtime.Thanks,
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Mark Vantzelfde <gisnet...@gmail.com> wrote:
You mean in V2, correct?
On Sep 4, 2015 5:12 PM, "Developer at MBTA" <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
Green Line predictions are available for many stations in the current production MBTA-realtime API, and they will remain in the MBTA-realtime API after the transition on September 15th. No change there.Green Line predictions are not currently in the production GTFS-realtime feed, but they will be in the GTFS-realtime feed after the transition on September 15th.
-developer@mbta
On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 2:59:51 PM UTC-4, MarkV wrote:
I might have missed it since we are not in live production with V2 yet but are Green Line Predictions in the V2 Realtime interface or only in the GTFS version?
On Sep 4, 2015 11:28 AM, "Developer at MBTA" <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
We plan to move these changes to production the evening of Tuesday, September 15th.--Sincerely,developer@mbta
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There isn't a plan for that now; we are considering something that would address that need though.
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On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 10:58:46 PM UTC-4, George Schneeloch wrote:
-GeorgeIs there any plan for a 'predictionbystops' API, something which could take more than one stop id at once? It would be great to migrate away from directly consuming the Nextbus feed in my app since it looks like the predictions will now be the same as those provided by MBTA-realtime.Thanks,
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Mark Vantzelfde <gisnet...@gmail.com> wrote:
You mean in V2, correct?
On Sep 4, 2015 5:12 PM, "Developer at MBTA" <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
Green Line predictions are available for many stations in the current production MBTA-realtime API, and they will remain in the MBTA-realtime API after the transition on September 15th. No change there.Green Line predictions are not currently in the production GTFS-realtime feed, but they will be in the GTFS-realtime feed after the transition on September 15th.
-developer@mbta
On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 2:59:51 PM UTC-4, MarkV wrote:
I might have missed it since we are not in live production with V2 yet but are Green Line Predictions in the V2 Realtime interface or only in the GTFS version?
On Sep 4, 2015 11:28 AM, "Developer at MBTA" <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
We plan to move these changes to production the evening of Tuesday, September 15th.--Sincerely,developer@mbta
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I have been pulling predictionsbyroute for the 4 green line routes and don't see predictions for any stops between Lechmere and Copley. Is there a way to get predictions for that part of the Green Line at this point?
On Monday, September 14, 2015, Developer at MBTA <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
There isn't a plan for that now; we are considering something that would address that need though.
-developer@mbta
On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 10:58:46 PM UTC-4, George Schneeloch wrote:
-GeorgeIs there any plan for a 'predictionbystops' API, something which could take more than one stop id at once? It would be great to migrate away from directly consuming the Nextbus feed in my app since it looks like the predictions will now be the same as those provided by MBTA-realtime.Thanks,
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Mark Vantzelfde <gisnet...@gmail.com> wrote:
You mean in V2, correct?
On Sep 4, 2015 5:12 PM, "Developer at MBTA" <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
Green Line predictions are available for many stations in the current production MBTA-realtime API, and they will remain in the MBTA-realtime API after the transition on September 15th. No change there.Green Line predictions are not currently in the production GTFS-realtime feed, but they will be in the GTFS-realtime feed after the transition on September 15th.
-developer@mbta
On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 2:59:51 PM UTC-4, MarkV wrote:
I might have missed it since we are not in live production with V2 yet but are Green Line Predictions in the V2 Realtime interface or only in the GTFS version?
On Sep 4, 2015 11:28 AM, "Developer at MBTA" <deve...@mbta.com> wrote:
We plan to move these changes to production the evening of Tuesday, September 15th.--Sincerely,developer@mbta
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So far in testing the Transitime commuter rail predictions are much more accurate – 95% accurate for predictions of vehicle 5 minutes away, compared to 77% for the existing system
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