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For anyone working in transportation planning, accessibility analysis, or urban development, finding the right data is often the biggest barrier to getting started. In the United States, transit schedules, road networks, points of interest, and census data exist, but they are scattered across hundreds of portals, formats, and update cycles. Datacutter brings all of these essential datasets together in one […]

Public transit in the United States is becoming increasingly digital, but reliable datasets are only possible when transit agencies make their data open and accessible. The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) has become an international standard for sharing transit schedules, routes, and service changes — and U.S. transit agencies are required to publish GTFS feeds as part of National Transit Database (NTD) reporting. As […]

Enhancing Accessibility Analysis Beyond the Closest Destination   The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWG) serves as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the St. Louis region, representing nearly 3 million residents. Like many MPOs, EWG has long used accessibility mapping to understand how people reach key destinations. Traditionally, these maps measure travel time to the nearest single destination—for example, […]

Throughout 2021 we released a blog series surrounding the 20-minute cities concept where TRACC was used to analyse the accessibility to key destinations and public transport stops for 13 major cities. Join us as we take a trip down memory lane to determine which cities have since improved or dare I say worsened. As before, each analysis began by sourcing the data. […]

Whilst we were exhibiting in Barcelona at UITP in early June 2023, we spoke about whether Barcelona can be considered a 20-Minute City. We monitored Barcelona’s access level across 5, 15, 20, 30 and 45-minute catchments to get to; Public Transport Stops, the City Centre, Places of Interest, Social Areas and Wellbeing.   Which Areas Can You Get To in […]