Data Integration Guide
What is this guide for?
This guide aims to help you reach
PTV Lines’ full potential.
It gives you an overview on which datasources you might want to use and how
to implement them step-by-step.

As a service planner, you receive inquiries regarding issues with the current network and timetable design.
These may include overcrowding, unstable transfer connections, or construction sites that need to beaddressed in a timely manner, such as within days, weeks, or before the next season's timetable isreleased.

Which use cases can I work on with PTV Lines?
Line planning and service optimization
Summer break / seasonal (touristic) planning
Construction works detour
School bus routes

Cost analysis / cost effective planning
Major events / expected vs. unexpected events
Rail replacement bus service
Equity in transportation planning

What kind of data do I need to digitize my network?
General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS data):
Common format for public transportation schedules
and associated geographic information.
Travel time data: Real-time traffic data between
two stops. Automatically available in PTV Lines forfree. Data provider: HERE Technologies.
Spatial data: Information that identifies thegeographic location and characteristics of natural orconstructed features and boundaries on the Earth.
Population data: Amount of people living in a
specific geographical location.
Origin/Destination data (OD data): Movementfrom an origin (O) to a destination (D) anonymized
and compliant with data privacy regulations. Findout how many people would travel, if you extended
line A and/or line B? Or how many vehicles you needin the morning, at midday and in the evening tocover the changing demand?

General Transit Feed
Specification (GTFS data)

Travel time data

Spatial data

Population data

Origin/Destiantion data
(OD data)

What steps do I need to take?
Step 1: Search and find the correct GTFS data (look for“city name” + GTFS on the internet or go through thesources listed below.
Step 2: Download GTFS data.
Step 3: Import GTFS data in PTV Lines. Find detailed
information in the chapter “Import GTFS file” of theonline help.
Step 4: Depending on the data quality, the lines fall into
place right on the map. If not, you need to draw yourlines manually.
Step 5: Travel time data is already available in
PTV Lines as the map relies on trustworthy data from
HERE Technologies.
Step 6: Upload spatial data, population data andbackground data for specific use cases such as
catchment area analysis. You find those datasets inthe sources listed in this document or by contacting theregional or municipal administration.
Step 7: This data needs to be in Geojson format. There
are free online converter, if you do not hold the data inthe correct format.
Step 8: O/D data can help to refine the analysis. A lot ofcompanies or neighbouring departments already havesuch data available (check-in/check-out data e.g.).

Data sources
GTFS: Many cities and transportation agencies
worldwide provide their public transit datasets.
Transitland: Platform for global GTFS data.
Transitdata: Platform for latinamerican GTFS
data. You must contact website maintainers
directly to access feeds.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): Detailed
data on the US job market.
Citylines.co: Collaborative platform for mappingtransit systems. The data can be downloaded as
GeoJSON or CSV.

Kaggle Datasets: Datasets from various fields,
provided and maintained by the community.
Google Dataset Search: Find datasets fromvarious sources worldwide.
Mobility Data (Git Hub): JSON and CSV files.
Repository of 2000+ mobility datasets across theworld.
Census Demographic Data Map Viewer: Web
map application that includes state, county andtract level data from the 2020 census.
World Pop - Humanitarian Data Exchange:
Combines
theAfrican
Population,
AsianPopulation and American Population mapping
projects.

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