Plans & Projects

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Current Projects

Reimagine METRO

Reimagine METRO ushered in a new wave of bus service improvements, increasing service in Santa Cruz County by over 50 percent.

 Rapid Corridors

METRO is making transit between Watsonville and Santa Cruz faster, more reliable, and more accessible.

Bus Stop Improvements

Through the Bus Stop Improvement Project, we are installing 30 bus shelters, bus benches, and trash cans at METRO bus stops.

Affordable Housing

We are redeveloping our Santa Cruz and Watsonville transit centers with the goal of providing 175 new affordable housing units by 2033.

One Ride at a Time

One Ride at a Time is a campaign that gives everyone in Santa Cruz County an opportunity to protect our extraordinary natural resources by simply riding the bus.

Zero-Emmissions Plan

We have an aggressive strategy to convert the entire METRO bus fleet to zero-emissions vehicles by 2037, three years ahead of the California deadline.

Youth Cruz Free

With Youth Cruz Free, K-12 students can ride free on any fixed-route METRO bus in Santa Cruz County.

Developer Resources

What is GTFS?

The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) is an Open Standard used to distribute relevant information about transit systems to riders. It allows public transit agencies to publish their transit data in a format that can be consumed by a wide variety of software applications, including Google and Apple Maps and the Transit App. Today, the GTFS data format is used by thousands of public transport providers.

GTFS consists of two main parts: GTFS Schedule and GTFS Realtime. GTFS Schedule contains information about routes, schedules, fares, and geographic transit details, and it is presented in simple text files. This straightforward format allows for easy creation and maintenance without relying on complex or proprietary software.

GTFS Realtime contains trip updates, vehicle positions, and service alerts. It is based on Protocol Buffers, which are a language (and platform) neutral mechanism for serializing structured data.

GTFS Feeds

GTFS Schedule (Static) Feed

GTFS Real-Time Feeds

Feed License

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License as well as the SCMTD Developer License Agreement below.

Feed Documentation