AddTransit

AddTransit, an Australian company is devoted to making timetables and schedules visible to travellers. The software does the work of converting schedules into the GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) format and getting them online. AddTransit offers a number of integrated solutions.

GTFS Editor & GTFS Builder

Get schedules appearing on Online Maps, Journey Planners and Apps

Creating schedules and routes in the GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) format enables Google, Yahoo and App providers to include data in their maps, journey planners and smartphone apps. The AddTransit GTFS Editor / GTFS Builder allow users to quickly create a GTFS file.

• Make a transit company more accessible to passengers
• Reduce the need for paper based schedules, call centers and specialist IT services
• Promote services as an alternative to people driving their car

GTFS-Realtime Status Updates

GTFS-Realtime Status Updates is used to give customers the information they need. GTFS-Realtime status updates enables the user to keep customers informed. And informed passengers tend to be happier passengers. While providing real time information used to be costly (it involved significant hardware installations at each departure and/or destination location. But the mobile internet has removed the need for the hardware installations.

Vehicle Tracking

Vehicle tracking software to know where vehicles are at all times. Passenger's worry when their vehicle hasn't appeared, is out of sight, or they've arrived a little late. Vehicle tracking allows passengers to see where vehicles are located in realtime. Passengers can then self-serve. It allows them to plan or adjust their journeys, improves their confidence in services and reduces calls to a call center.

Transit ticketing has the complexities of the on-boarding and drop-offs, seasonal and event variations and the ability to add capacity if enough forewarning is available. An unused seat for a portion of a trip is revenue missed and a system that encourages optimal loading brings greater profit.

AddTransit's online ticketing allows users to make sales 24x7, turning people who are browsing a website into passengers right there and then. It aims to give passengers the confidence that their travel plans are secure, and removes the need to worry about payment at times of travel. This is turn reduces the money handling that drivers and ticket sellers need to do and makes your staff more secure by decreasing the risk of robbery. The ticketing software can be used for ferry, bus, shuttle, train, or planes.

AddTransit API (Beta)

The AddTransit API (Application Programming Interface) allowsthe user to interact with AddTransit using existing software programs and on-board vehicle devices. It gives both vendors and transit companies the ability to closely integrate their systems with AddTransit.

The AddTransit API enables the interface of the routes, schedules, stops, status and online ticketing into a planning software and accounting packages. Additionally it allows you to transfer data automatically, allowing users to key data once but to have the information available in multiple systems. The AddTransit API uses industry standard protocols to ensure security of your data, efficient data transfer and manage overheads.