Intercity Bus Atlas Routes eng; USA 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 information applies to the dataset Kyle Titlow Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Spatial Statistician 202-366-5534 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States kyle.titlow@dot.gov party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource 2025-07-16 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO/TS 19139:2007 curve 2344 Intercity Bus Atlas Routes 2023-07-24 date identifies when the resource was brought into existence Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) party who created the resource map represented in raster or vector form The Intercity Bus Atlas - Routes dataset uses source data from April 08, 2025 and was created on April 08, 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 Intercity Bus Atlas (ICBA) initiative collects, compiles, maps, publishes, and archives scheduled intercity bus service data provided by North American bus service providers. ICBA data--collected as periodic historic snapshots of available intercity bus services--is intended for federal, state, local, and tribal transportation decision makers, metropolitan planning organizations, transportation-related associations, private sector actors (including the freight community), and the public to better understand the density, frequency, accessibility, and reachability provided by the intercity bus industry's services. The stop, route, and schedule data provided by the ICBA reveal the local, interregional, and international connectivity, service densities, frequencies, and travel patterns enabled by the intercity bus component of the United States' myriad transportation facilities and services as well as how these services co-exist with other modes of passenger travel. The underlying source data of the ICBA are supplied by participating North American bus service providers, who publish their schedule information compliant the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS). This GTFS standard allows intercity bus providers to publish operational information on their stops, routes, trips, schedules, fares, and transfers in a way that is maximally interoperable with applications that consume, process, and visualize the data for riders and others interested in learning more about their services. The ICBA, however, relies only on data provided via GTFS' schedule component; while there is a second GTFS component for real-time bus location data, it is not currently utilized or required for the ICBA. More information on GTFS is available at https://gtfs.org/schedule/. In turn, the Bureau of Transportations Statistics collects GTFS schedule data from provider websites and compiles them into a single geospatially enabled database. As of December 2023, this database contains two feature layers, each representing a different component of providers networks: stops and routes. The ICBA Routes dataset shows the alignment of each intercity bus route (i.e., a group of trips displayed to riders as a single service) along the national road network; it combines information from the GTFS "routes.txt", "trips.txt", and "shapes.txt" files. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529305 To allow the use of the Intercity Bus Atlas (ICBA) datasets, intercity bus providers grant the USDOT a Creative Commons Attribution – Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license. The CC-BY-NC 4.0 license is available at, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode. For more information about the memorandum of understanding between partner intercity bus providers and BTS underlying the ICBA, please consult https://www.bts.gov/national-intercity-bus-atlas-partnerships. ICBA data are permitted and encouraged for research, analysis, and planning. The data are not intended for trip planning, scheduling, navigation, or any real-time or near real-time use by passengers, transportation operators, service providers, or transportation planners. Commercial and all other reuse of the data is prohibited. As part of the license agreement for the data, BTS are also not permitted to make substantive material alterations to the submitted GTFS data. All other uses or re-uses of the data are prohibited. Finally, BTS expressly disclaims all liability for the unauthorized use of or misuse of any data collected as a part of this effort by third parties. BTS furthermore does not guarantee the real-time or near real-time accuracy or quality of the data as route service information, bus stop location information and other data collected may change over time. Acknowledgment of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and the following providers: Adirondack Trailways, Airport (MAC), Alvand Transportation, Amtrak, Amtrak Chartered Motorcoach, Amtrak Chartered Vehicle, Amtrak Chartered Vehicle, Arrow Trailways, Badger Bus Lines, Barons Bus, Beeline Express, Burlington Trailways, Bustang, CandJ, Capital Trailways, Central Oregon Breeze, Coach USA Erie, Coach USA Erie, Coach Usa, Community Coach, Community Coach, Concord Coach Lines, CorridorRides, Curry Public Transit, DATTCO, Delmarva Community Transit, Detroit Ann Arbor Express, Diamond Express, ECO Transit, Eastern Sierra Transit Authority, Executive Transportation, Express Arrow, FlixBus-us, Froggy Transportation, Fullington Trailways, Greyhound-us, Groome Transportation, Hampton Luxury Liner, Jefferson Lines, Kayak Public Transit, MARC, Maple Grove, Met Council, Metro Transit, Metro Transit/Met Council, Michigan Flyer, Miller Transportation, Monsey Trails, Mountain Line Transit Authority, Mountain States Express, Mt. Hood Express, NCRTD, New Castle Area Transit Authority, New York Trailways, Newark Airport Express, Newark Airport Express, North Central Montana Transit, North County Transit District, Northeast Oregon Public Transit, Northern Transit Interlocal, Northfield Lines, Open Plains Transit, Orange Westchester Link, Orange Westchester Link, Oregon POINT, OurBus, Pacific Crest Lines, People Mover, Peter Pan Bonanza Division, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Pine Hill Trailways, Plymouth, Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway Co., Red Coach, Redding Area Bus Authority, Redwood Coast Transit, Rensselaer County/Yankee Trails, Rio Vista Delta Breeze, Roadrunner Shuttle, Rochester City Lines, Rockland Coaches, Rockland Coaches, Route 66 Express, SMART, Sage Stage, Salt Lake Express, Sandy Area Metro, Shore Line East, ShortLine Hudson, ShortLine Hudson, SouthWest Transit, Southeastern Stages, St Cloud Metro Bus, Stagecoach Express, Suburban Transit, Suburban Transit, Summit Stage, Sunway Charters, Sunway Charters, Temporary Amtrak Chartered Vehicle, The Lift, Tillamook County Transportation District, Trans-Bridge Lines, Tri-Valley Transit, Trinity Transit, University of Minnesota, Valley Metro, Van Galder (Coach USA), Van Galder (Coach USA), Vegas Airporter, Ventura County Transportation Commission, Vermont Translines, Via Rail Canada, Village Tours, Virginia Breeze, Waukesha County Transit, Waukesha County Transit, WeGo Public Transit, Wisconsin Coach Lines, Wisconsin Coach Lines, Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System. data is continually being updated Kyle Titlow Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Spatial Statistician 202-366-5534 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States kyle.titlow@dot.gov party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource Updates occur at least one/year, no more than four/year NTAD National Transportation Atlas Database Transportation Atlas Database vector line linear United States United States Bus Intercity Bus Atlas Intercity Bus Map ICBA Passenger Movement Transportation Infrastructure Passenger Travel Connectivity Accessibility Frequency Fixed Route keyword identifies a particular subject or topic none USA National keyword identifies a location none Creative Commons Attribution – Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license limitation not listed Access Constraints: unrestricted National Transportation Atlas Database 2025-04-08 publication Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) party who published the resource reference to a master dataset of which this one is a part vector data is used to represent geographic data eng; USA transportation Native Dataset Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 -124.498062 -68.768540000000002 24.550409999999999 53.588799999999999 2025-04-08 0 Intercity Bus Atlas Routes Entity and Attribute Overview: The Intercity Bus Atlas (ICBA) initiative collects, compiles, maps, publishes, and archives scheduled intercity bus service data provided by North American bus service providers. ICBA data--collected as periodic historic snapshots of available intercity bus services--is intended for federal, state, local, and tribal transportation decision makers, metropolitan planning organizations, transportation-related associations, private sector actors (including the freight community), and the public to better understand the density, frequency, accessibility, and reachability provided by the intercity bus industry's services. The stop, route, and schedule data provided by the ICBA reveal the local, interregional, and international connectivity, service densities, frequencies, and travel patterns enabled by the intercity bus component of the United States' myriad transportation facilities and services as well as how these services co-exist with other modes of passenger travel. The underlying source data of the ICBA are supplied by participating North American bus service providers, who publish their schedule information compliant the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS). This GTFS standard allows intercity bus providers to publish operational information on their stops, routes, trips, schedules, fares, and transfers in a way that is maximally interoperable with applications that consume, process, and visualize the data for riders and others interested in learning more about their services. The ICBA, however, relies only on data provided via GTFS' schedule component; while there is a second GTFS component for real-time bus location data, it is not currently utilized or required for the ICBA. More information on GTFS is available at https://gtfs.org/schedule/. In turn, the Bureau of Transportations Statistics collects GTFS schedule data from provider websites and compiles them into a single geospatially enabled database. As of December 2023, this database contains two feature layers, each representing a different component of providers networks: stops and routes. The ICBA Routes dataset shows the alignment of each intercity bus route (i.e., a group of trips displayed to riders as a single service) along the national road network; it combines information from the GTFS "routes.txt", "trips.txt", and "shapes.txt" files. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: https://doi.org/10.21949/1529305 Open Data Catalog 1.0 ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) 11.5 Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) NTAD Program Manager 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States ntad@dot.gov party who distributes the resource None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset. https://doi.org/10.21949/1522180 http Open Data Catalog An ESRI Geodatabase, ESRI shapefile, or spreadsheet. online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another https://doi.org/10.21949/1529291 http ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) complies with OGC WFS Map Service for visualizing geospatial information online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another information applies to the dataset Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. All ICBA participants have opted into the program by completing the Intercity Bus Atlas Registration Form. At its broadest, the agreement contained in this form permits BTS to obtain the "scheduled service data" (i.e., records used to plan the transport of passengers, or freight, over routes pursuant to published schedules) for each intercity bus provider from "authoritative sources" (e.g., the intercity bus service providers themselves or organizations given explicit permission to publish scheduled service data on behalf of the intercity bus provider). The agreement additionally compels BTS to attribute the data to the provider, prohibits commercial use of the data, and disallows substantive material alterations to the data. The providers' data, meanwhile, are granted to BTS with a license to use such data under the terms and provisions of the Creative Commons Attribution – Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license; details on the CC-BY-NC 4.0 are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.As part of this agreement, BTS is allowed to collect, compile, publish, and archive the providers' GTFS data at least once a year but no more than four time a year. Operationally, BTS completes this task by collecting GTFS schedule data from provider websites and compiling them into a single geospatially enabled database; this process is semi-automated and performed on a regular schedule over the course of the calendar year, often to coincide with routine updates to other layers in the BTS National Transportation Atlas Database. As part of this process, all non-bus routes and stops are removed, and all agency information is appended to the stop and routes files. A provider with new GTFS data can request that BTS make an update outside of these regular collection dates if that request is made to BTS in writing (preferably via e-mail). Nevertheless, BTS may delay these ad-hoc updates if (1) they comprise less than 10% of the ICBA records and/or (2) the requests are received and processed less than 45 days before the next scheduled collection date. Once all data are received, whether for a scheduled or ad-hoc update, they are validated and published on the NTAD. Public data users are notified of this update in a subsequent press release.The terms and conditions applied to the providers' GTFS data become effective on the date the Intercity Bus Atlas Registration data is submitted to BTS by the submitter. The agreement then remains effective for one calendar year with automatic one-year renewals thereafter unless terminated in accordance with the stipulated termination procedures. A submitter may terminate their affiliation with and authorization of BTS to collect data related to the operations of their intercity bus services at any point in time provided such termination is in writing. An e-mail termination is acceptable and is preferred; such notice should be sent to NICBA@dot.gov. Please allow BTS thirty (30) calendar days to terminate any data collection. Nevertheless, BTS retains the rights to the collected data related to the submitter's intercity bus operations until it determines that such data is no longer relevant to its mission, even in cases where a submitter has terminated the provision of their data. data is updated as deemed necessary Kyle Titlow Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Spatial Statistician 202-366-5534 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States kyle.titlow@dot.gov party that accepts accountability and responsability for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource