New York City MTA Bus Route Shapes and Metadata

Polyline geometries and metadata for distinct bus route shapes by route and direction across schedule bundles. The dataset is provided by the State of New York and includes tags for New York City Transit, Express Bus, and coordinates. It was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Map bus route shapes using polyline geometries for spatial analysis and visualization
• Analyze schedule bundles by route and direction to understand service patterns
• Integrate route metadata with other transit datasets using tags like NYCT and MTA Bus

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative State of New York organization
• Includes distinct route shapes for both standard and Express Bus services
• Last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance

Limitations

• Unknown row count and dataset size limit assessment of scale
• No column definitions or sample data available to understand feature scope
• Data format includes RDF and XML, which may require specialized parsing tools

Provenance

Source

State of New York

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-28.

Geography

New York City