Description: The Intercity Bus Atlas - Routes dataset uses source data from April 29, 2024 and was created on April 29, 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 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.
Copyright Text: Acknowledgment of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and the following providers: Adirondack Trailways, Altamont Corridor Express, Alvand Transportation, AmericanStar, Amtrak, Amtrak Chartered Motorcoach, Amtrak Thruway, Apple Line, Arrow Express, Arrow Trailways, Badger Bus, Badger Bus Lines, BeeLine Express Bus, Bustang, CandJ, Cantrail, Capital Trailways, Central Oregon Breeze, Coach USA, CorridorRides, Curry Public Transit, DATTCO, Delmarva Community Transit, Detroit Ann Arbor Express, Diamond Express, Dungeness Line, ECO Transit, Eastern Sierra Transit Authority, El Dorado Transit, Executive Transportation, Express Arrow, FlixBus-us, FlixTrain-us, Fullington Trailways, Gold Line, Grand Canyon Railway, Grape Line, Greyhound, Groome Transportation, Indian Trails, Jefferson Lines - Minneapolis, MN, Lamers Connect, Martz Trailways, Michigan Flyer, Mountain Line Transit Authority, Mountain States Express, Mt. Hood Express, New York Trailways, North Central Montana Transit, North County Transit District, Northern Transit Interlocal, Northfield Lines, Northwestern Trailways, Oregon POINT, OurBus, Pacific Crest Bus Lines, Pacific Crest Lines, Panhandle Trails, People Mover, Peoria Charter, Peter Pan Bonanza Division, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Pine Hill Trailways, Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway Co., Red Coach, Redding Area Bus Authority, Rio Vista Delta Breeze, RoadRunneR Shuttle, Rochester City Lines, Route 66 Express, SMART, Sage Stage, Sandy Area Metro, Smart Way Connector, Southeast Area Transit (SEAT), Southeastern Stages, Stagecoach Express, Summit Stage, Sunway Charters, The Lift, Tillamook County Transportation District, Tri-Valley Transit, Trinity Transit, Valley Express, Van Galder Coach USA, Vegas Airporter, Ventura County Transportation Commission, Vermont Translines, Virginia Breeze, Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System