Bus stops data

[Sarah Zhang]

Hello, 

I want to get the locational data for all the bus stops of Burnaby.  I see this API entry:

• https://api.translink.ca/rttiapi/v1/stops?apikey=[APIKey]&lat=49.248523&long=-123.108800&radius=500
  - Returns stops near latitude/longitude coordinates, radius is 500 meters

At first I thought I could simply set the center coordinate to be Burnaby and a radius large enough to cover Burnaby, and then get all the locational data for bus stops in Burnaby. With a bit of playing around, though, it turns out the radius has to be 2km maxium, so it's useless for my purpose. 

Is there a workaround? 

Thanks so much!  

BTW:  I'm not building an app, and not needing real-time data.  It's just because Translink doesn't have an open data portal where I can find such type of data that I'm resorting to this API.  

Sarah

[Dennis Tsang]

Hi Sarah,

If you're only looking for the locations of all the stops, the better place to get this information is the static GTFS data available here:

https://developer.translink.ca/ServicesGtfs/GtfsData

Look at the stops.txt file.  The specification is here: https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/reference#stopstxt

Regards,

Dennis

[Sarah Zhang]

Wonderful!! Thanks so much, Dennis!  This is really helpful!  

Sarah