gtfstools

gtfstools offers a set of convenient tools for editing and analysing transit feeds in GTFS format. Feeds are read as a list of data.tables, allowing for easy and fast data manipulation. Many of this package’s features are based on functions from other packages, especially {tidytransit} and {gtfs2gps}.

Installation

Stable version:

install.packages("gtfstools")

Development version:

# either
install.packages("gtfstools", repos = "https://dhersz.r-universe.dev")

# or
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("ipeaGIT/gtfstools")

This package requires a working installation of {sf}. Please check this link for more information on how to install it.

Usage

Please read gtfstools vignettes for more on the package usage:

• Basic usage: reading, analysing, manipulating and writing feeds. Run vignette("gtfstools") or check it on the website (Introduction to gtfstools).
• Filtering GTFS feeds. Run vignette("filtering", package = "gtfstools") or check it on the website (Filtering GTFS feeds).
• Validating GTFS feeds. Run vignette("validating", package = "gtfstools") or check it on the website (Validating GTFS feeds).

Related packages

• {tidytransit}
• {gtfs2gps}
• {gtfsrouter}

Acknowledgement

gtfstools is developed by a team at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), Brazil.