Description: The Intercity Bus Atlas - Stops dataset uses source data from April 08, 2025 and was created on April 08, 2025 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. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529306
Copyright Text: Acknowledgment of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and the following providers: Adirondack Trailways, Airport (MAC), Alvand Transportation, Amtrak, Amtrak Chartered Motorcoach, Amtrak Chartered Vehicle, Amtrak Chartered Vehicle, Arrow Trailways, Badger Bus Lines, Barons Bus, Beeline Express, Burlington Trailways, Bustang, CandJ, Capital Trailways, Central Oregon Breeze, Coach USA Erie, Coach USA Erie, Coach Usa, Community Coach, Community Coach, Concord Coach Lines, CorridorRides, Curry Public Transit, DATTCO, Delmarva Community Transit, Detroit Ann Arbor Express, Diamond Express, ECO Transit, Eastern Sierra Transit Authority, Executive Transportation, Express Arrow, FlixBus-us, Froggy Transportation, Fullington Trailways, Greyhound-us, Groome Transportation, Hampton Luxury Liner, Jefferson Lines, Kayak Public Transit, MARC, Maple Grove, Met Council, Metro Transit, Metro Transit/Met Council, Michigan Flyer, Miller Transportation, Monsey Trails, Mountain Line Transit Authority, Mountain States Express, Mt. Hood Express, NCRTD, New Castle Area Transit Authority, New York Trailways, Newark Airport Express, Newark Airport Express, North Central Montana Transit, North County Transit District, Northeast Oregon Public Transit, Northern Transit Interlocal, Northfield Lines, Open Plains Transit, Orange Westchester Link, Orange Westchester Link, Oregon POINT, OurBus, Pacific Crest Lines, People Mover, Peter Pan Bonanza Division, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Pine Hill Trailways, Plymouth, Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway Co., Red Coach, Redding Area Bus Authority, Redwood Coast Transit, Rensselaer County/Yankee Trails, Rio Vista Delta Breeze, Roadrunner Shuttle, Rochester City Lines, Rockland Coaches, Rockland Coaches, Route 66 Express, SMART, Sage Stage, Salt Lake Express, Sandy Area Metro, Shore Line East, ShortLine Hudson, ShortLine Hudson, SouthWest Transit, Southeastern Stages, St Cloud Metro Bus, Stagecoach Express, Suburban Transit, Suburban Transit, Summit Stage, Sunway Charters, Sunway Charters, Temporary Amtrak Chartered Vehicle, The Lift, Tillamook County Transportation District, Trans-Bridge Lines, Tri-Valley Transit, Trinity Transit, University of Minnesota, Valley Metro, Van Galder (Coach USA), Van Galder (Coach USA), Vegas Airporter, Ventura County Transportation Commission, Vermont Translines, Via Rail Canada, Village Tours, Virginia Breeze, Waukesha County Transit, Waukesha County Transit, WeGo Public Transit, Wisconsin Coach Lines, Wisconsin Coach Lines, Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System.