Transportation — entry 051 of 69
Transport for Ottawa, Canada
OC Transpo's real-time feed moved off its old stop-based API 2.0 (retired April 30, 2025) onto the industry-standard GTFS-Realtime format for vehicle positions, trip updates, and service alerts, plus static GTFS schedule files. Access to the GTFS-RT endpoints now goes through a separate Azure API Management developer portal where you register and obtain a subscription key; service alerts are also mirrored as plain RSS feeds in English and French.
AuthenticationAPI KeySign up with the provider to obtain credentials.
HTTPSSupportedTraffic is encrypted in transit.
CORSUnknownNot documented — test from the browser before relying on it.
PricingFreeNo paid tier — free for the documented use case.
FormatsGTFS, GTFS-RT, RSSResponses can be requested as GTFS or GTFS-RT or RSS.
GreatAPIs Score
Score84
Authentication15/25API key required
Pricing20/20Free to use
Docs14/20Documentation URL provided
Formats15/15Supports 3 response formats
Freshness20/20Verified within 6 months
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