Public transit systems as data
lines, stations, railcars, and history
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HN · launched Mar 29, 2026 · 47 upvotes (top 17%) · 0 views
Niche: public transit tracking software · 42 launches, 3 in the last 7 days ▼ -57% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Government
- Data infrastructure
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 42 launches in public transit tracking software →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a static/database-driven informational website presenting transit system statistics and history with a custom terminal-styled UI.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Existing navigation systems (Google Maps, etc.), GTFS/Netex/SIRI transit data formats, Open data platforms (transport.data.gouv.fr)
Concerns raised: Incomplete without out-of-gate transfers and fare logic details, Missing real-world transfer complexity (congestion, walking times), Data accuracy issues - AI hallucinations (Tokyo Metro description wrong), Doesn't capture insane edge cases in actual transit systems, API responses lack unit type information
Feature requests: Search by railcar model numbers or line colors in command palette, Add more city systems (Toronto, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Rome, Madrid), Include out-of-gate transfer rules and timeframes, Meters as unit option, not just miles/kilometers, Track actual experienced commute time with transfers
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 748 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #117 of 749 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 149 days after the earliest competitor.
- gtfs-route-analysis · github · 2026-09-27 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- isometricworld · github · 2026-11-09 · 30 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- city-visualizer · github · 2026-10-16 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- amsterdam-by-building · github · 2026-10-12 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Travo — The data infrastructure for real estate · yc · 2026-03-14 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Fate, a new data framework for React and tRPC, inspired by Relay · hn · 2025-12-09 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- WeatherOrNot a maximal weather app in the terminal · hn · 2025-11-24 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Evidebus · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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