While checking out the
RTPI sign locations dataset, I noticed many of the stops listed were absent in the
static GTFS stops.txt files. I spot checked some of these stops on
MTA Bus Time and Google Maps, where most appeared to be regularly serviced stops.
After scraping Bus Time, I determined there are currently 2850 stops on Bus Time not included in the static data (and 129 for which the converse is true). This set of Bus Time stops covers all but 3 stops listed in the RTPI set, which do not appear to be actual stops.
It seems to me that these stops, if they are regularly serviced, should be in the static GTFS data. Is there any reason why they're not?
Best,
Nikhil