dahlbyk/gtfsimple

SimpleGTFS is a tool for creating General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data, the format that apps like Google Maps use to show public transit schedules, routes, and stop locations. If you've ever looked up bus directions and seen arrival times, that data came from a GTFS feed. The README doesn't go into much detail about how it works under the hood. What we can tell is that it takes transit information and produces a GTFS-formatted feed, which is the standard way transit agencies share their schedule data with mapping and trip-planning services. This would be useful for transit agencies, transit app developers, or anyone who needs to publish schedule and route data in a format that Google Transit and similar platforms can consume. For example, a small city bus system that needs to get its routes onto Google Maps would need a GTFS feed, this tool helps create one. Beyond that, the README is sparse, so it's hard to say much more about the technical approach, supported features, or how it differs from other GTFS tooling. If you're working with transit data and need to generate a compliant feed, it may be worth exploring the code itself to understand what inputs it expects and how flexible it is.