Tvehiclesbyroute: Query vehicles by a route

In MBTAr: Access Data from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) Web API

Description

Returns vehicle positions for upcoming trips (including trips already underway) in a direction for a particular route.

Usage

Tvehiclesbyroute(route_id, api_key) 

Arguments

route_id	GTFS-compatible route_id value for which vehicle positions should be returned. Example: "Red"
api_key	API key for MBTA API. To obtain one, visit the MBTA Developer Portal (http://realtime.mbta.com/Portal/)

Value

route_id	The unique GTFS-compatible identifier for the route for which vehicle positions are returned. Example: "CR-Franklin"
route_name	The human-readable name for the route for which vehicle positions are returned. Example: "Franklin Line"
route_type	The GTFS-compatible identifier for the type of service (mode). Example: "2"
mode_name	The human-readable name for the type of service (mode). Example: "Commuter Rail"
direction_id	The GTFS-compatible identifier for the direction. Example: "0"
direction_name	The human-readable name for the direction. Example: "Outbound"
trip_id	The unique GTFS-compatible identifier for the trip. Example: "CR-Providence-CR-Weekday-815"
trip_name	The human-readable name for the trip. Example: "815 (4:35 pm from South Station)"
trip_headsign	The text that identifies the trip's destination to passengers. Example: "North Station"
vehicle_id	The GTFS-compatible unique identifier for the vehicle. Example: "1531"
vehicle_lat	The GTFS-compatible latitude of the vehicle. Example: "42.08997"
vehicle_lon	The GTFS-compatible longitude of the vehicle. Example: "-71.4388"
vehicle_bearing	GTFS-compatable bearing of the vehicle. This can be the compass bearing, or the direction towards the next stop or intermediate location. May be empty. Example: "259"
vehicle_speed	Identifies the vehicle's momentary speed, in meters per second. Example: "21"
vehicle_timestamp	Identifies the moment when the content of this feed has been created, in epoch time. Example: "1400855704"

See Also

Tvehiclesbytrip

MBTAr documentation built on May 2, 2019, 6:59 a.m.