HIFLD OPEN National Transit Map Routes

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS); Department of Homeland Security

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national-transit-map-routes-file_geodatabase.zip application/zip 138.7 MB 11/04/2025 10:07:PM
national-transit-map-routes-geojson.zip application/zip 423.9 MB 11/04/2025 10:06:PM
national-transit-map-routes-geopackage.zip application/zip 394.6 MB 11/04/2025 10:10:PM
national-transit-map-routes-shapefile.zip application/zip 411.4 MB 11/04/2025 10:09:PM

Project Citation: 

U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN National Transit Map Routes. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-11-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E239727V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN National Transit Map Routes
Summary:  View help for Summary The National Transit Map - Routes dataset was compiled on September 09, 2024 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 Routes dataset shows transit routes, which is a group of trips that are displayed to riders as a single service. To display the route alignment and trips for each route, this dataset combines the following GTFS files: routes.txt, trips.txt, and shapes.txt. To improve the spatial accuracy of the NTM Routes, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) adjusts transit routes using context from the submitted GTFS source data and/or from other publicly available information about the transit service.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms HIFLD Open; GIS; National Transportation Atlas Database; National Transit Map; Passenger Movement; Transportation Infrastructure; Connectivity; Accessibility; Fixed Route
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 7/1/2018 – 9/9/2024 (publication date: 2024-10-25)
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Archived from the HIFLD Open GIS data repository, which was deactivated on August 26, 2025. (Downloaded 08/26)


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