Transportation · head-to-head
BC Ferries vs Transport for Denver, US
An independent, keyless JSON API built by developer Sam Pratt that scrapes and republishes BC Ferries' current sailing schedules, capacity and fill percentages, and vessel names for both major and minor routes via simple GET endpoints like /v2/capacity and /v2/noncapacity. It's a hobbyist project sustained through GitHub Sponsors donations rather than an official BC Ferries product, and it also backs a companion iOS app.
RTD Denver's original gtfs-developer-guide.shtml page is gone after a full site rebuild (now 404s); the transit agency's open-data offering now lives under open-records/open-spatial-information, split into static GTFS zip downloads (bus, light rail, commuter rail, plus the regional Bustang service) and three GTFS-Realtime protocol-buffer feeds (vehicle positions, trip updates, alerts). No API key is required, only acceptance of a redistribution license agreement.
| BC Ferries | Transport for Denver, US | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON | GTFS, GTFS-RT |
| CORS | yes | no |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
BC Ferries supports CORS, while Transport for Denver, US doesn't — pick BC Ferries for direct browser calls.