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MTA Bus Tracking

These files include shapefiles of bus routes and stops, and Google Earth KML files tracking vehicles in the Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority (MTA). The bus routes and stops were originally created by the Macon Bibb Planning and Zoning Commission and the Middle Georgia Regional Commission.

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These files include shapefiles of bus routes and stops, and Google Earth KML files tracking vehicles in the Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority (MTA). The bus routes and stops were originally created by the Macon Bibb Planning and Zoning Commission and the Middle Georgia Regional Commission.

The MTA uses RouteMatch to track their vehicles with GPS. RouteMatch released this data in CSV format.

Code for America converted the CSV into these time-enabled KML files using these Python scripts. You can animate the buses' tracks in Google Earth and develop new applications. This data made it possible to create the bus timetable and up-to-date route map which appears on the MTA's website.

Select a day to see which vehicles are taking which routes. There is a weekday schedule and a Saturday schedule. No buses run on Sundays.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012zip294 KB
These are the routes taken by each bus on this day: * 593, 595, 705 on Route 2 * 523, 709 on Route 3 * 524 on Route 3 and 11 * 708, 713 on Route 4 * 592, 594, 707 on Route 5 * 706 on Route 6 * 520, 521, 522, 583, 586, 2866 on Route 9 * 588, 712 on Route 11 * 587, 589, 701 on Route 12 * 702, 703, 704, 712 on BIRD
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012zip360 KB
These are the routes taken by each bus on this day: * 704, 708 on Route 2 * 523, 709 on Route 3 * 711, 712 on Route 4 * 701 on Route 4 and 11 * 705, 707 on Route 5 * 706 on Route 6 * 520, 521, 522, 583, 586, 2866 on Route 9 * 700 on Route 11 * 587, 588, 713 on Route 12 * 702, 703, 712 on BIRD * 524 on Route 3 and 11
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Thursday, May 31, 2012zip360 KB
These are the buses taking routes on this day: * Route 2: 708, 704 * Route 4: 703, 711, 712 * Route 5: 705, 707 * Route 6: 706 * Route 9: 520, 521, 583, 586, 522 * Route 11: 700 * Route 12: 587, 588, 713 * BIRD: 702, 703, 712
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Friday, June 1, 2012zip373 KB
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Saturday, June 2, 2012zip182 KB
Here are the buses taking each route on this day. The MTA's Saturday timetables are different from the weekday timetables! * Route 2: 705, 708, 712 * Route 3: 709 * Route 4: 711 * Route 5: 700 * Route 6: 703, 706 * Route 9: 522, 586, 702 * Route 12: 707 * BIRD: 702, 703, 712
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Bus Routes Shapefilezip29 KB
GPS-vetted MTA bus routes, including Route 13's Saturday route and the WR-BIRD. Derived from data from the Middle Georgia Regional Commission and Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority
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Bus Stops Shapefilezip20 KB
Bus stops shapefile derived from Middle Georgia Regional Commission, Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority, RouteMatch, and personal GPS tracking Each stop includes a column for each route, and a value indicating if it's on that route.
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