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原文传递 Online Transit Trip Planner for Small Agencies Using Google Transit: Final Deployment Package.

题名：	Online Transit Trip Planner for Small Agencies Using Google Transit: Final Deployment Package.
作者：	Dion, F.; Kumar, M.; Lin, G.; Singa, K.
关键词：	California; Deployment; Google Transit; Information Systems; Marketing; Online Systems; Performance Evaluation; Public Transportation; Rapid Transit Systems; Services; Surveys; Transit Industries; Tra
摘要：	Google Transit is a public transportation trip planner that enables travelers to obtain information regarding available transit services between a given origin and given destination. While transit agencies can publish their service information onto Google Transit for free, Google requires that service data be submitted using a specific format known as the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS). For transit agencies, this requirement translates into a need to commit some staff resources to the development and upkeep of the GTFS data, which can be an intimidating task for small agencies with just a few employees. To evaluate the problems, issues, needs and benefits that small transit agencies must consider when using Google Transit, a pilot program was developed to help a nine small agencies in California publish their service data onto Google Transit. This report was developed based on the experiences from the pilot deployments. It provides transit agencies with (1) a review of the needs associated with GTFS data conversion, data maintenance, data hosting, data security, performance evaluation, and marketing and outreach; (2) a description of free and subscription-based GTFS development tools available to transit agencies; (3) a synopsis of a typical GTFS data development process; (4) a description of various data hosting and maintenance models; (5) an identification of training resources available for free; and (6) a list of technical resources that may be used to assist with the development GTFS data. The results of two surveys that were conducted to evaluate how transit agencies and travelers use online transit trip planners and perceive their benefits are also presented. The project demonstrated that small transit agencies can develop and publish their GTFS data onto Google Transit with relatively minimum financial, time and resource commitments.
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