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    • National Transit Map Stops

    Metadata Updated: January 27, 2026

    The National Transit Map - Stops dataset was compiled on December 02, 2025 from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The National Transit Map (NTM) is a nationwide catalog of fixed-guideway and fixed-route transit service in America. It is compiled using General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) Schedule data. The NTM Stops dataset shows stops where vehicles pick up or drop off riders. This dataset uses the GTFS stops.txt file to locate transit stops and joins information from the GTFS stop_times.txt, trips.txt, and routes.txt files to indicate the type of transit that services a stop. The GTFS schedule format and structure documentation is available at, https://gtfs.org/schedule/. To improve the spatial accuracy of the NTM Stops, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) adjusts transit stops using context from the submitted GTFS source data and/or from other publicly available information about the transit service. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529049

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date January 26, 2026
    Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date January 27, 2026
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2018 (creation), December 30, 2025 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update quarterly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date January 26, 2026
    Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date January 27, 2026
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2018 (creation), December 30, 2025 (revision)
    Responsible Party Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid National Transit Map Stops
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Bbox East Long 145.72864500005628
    Bbox North Lat 66.572891000145916
    Bbox South Lat -14.283434999925358
    Bbox West Long -170.68852000038183
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update quarterly
    Harvest Object Id a554195b-05f9-4116-b8b1-41f320e9fce1
    Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
    Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
    Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States (CC-BY-3.0)
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-170.68852000038183, -14.283434999925358], [145.72864500005628, -14.283434999925358], [145.72864500005628, 66.57289100014592], [-170.68852000038183, 66.57289100014592], [-170.68852000038183, -14.283434999925358]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System 3857
    Spatial Harvester True

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