Public transport

What we use

Timetables in GTFS format, the open standard that transport operators use to publish stops, lines and journeys. Each operator has its own licence, which we show in the report. We currently use:

• ATM Milano, from the Comune di Milano - AMAT. Licence CC BY 4.0.
• Trenord, from Regione Lombardia. Licence CC BY 4.0.
• STA Alto Adige, from Open Data Hub. Licence CC0 1.0.

We add more operators as they publish their timetables in an open format.

For cycle paths and pedestrian streets we use the OpenStreetMap map collected by Overture Maps Foundation, licensed ODbL 1.0: the report shows only names, distances and lengths.

How we use them

The report lists the stops within 500 metres of the address, the nearest one and the lines that serve them, split into metro, train, tram and bus.

For getting around on foot or by bike it gives how many kilometres of cycle paths there are within 500 metres and one kilometre, how close the nearest one is, the nearest pedestrian street and whether the address is on a pedestrian street, where car access may be restricted.

Limits

• Where the operator does not publish open timetables the section is not available and the report says so. This is the case, for example, for Rimini and Forlì at the date of this page.
• Timetables change often: the operator's own timetables are the ones to rely on.
• Distances are straight-line distances.
• Only proper cycle paths count: lanes painted on the road cannot be told apart in the data. The map is very complete in cities, less so in villages.
• Limited traffic zones (ZTL) are not in any national open dataset: the report says what to ask the town hall.

Format specification: GTFS.