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Routes API

A route is a pattern of service that covers a certain geographic area.

Primary Transit Network launching June 29, 2025

Find out more about the routes that make up the Primary and Feeder Networks.

Route badges

The badge-label attribute provides a shorthand version of a route number. Badge labels may differ from the route number if the route number exceeds 3 characters. Badge labels are for display purposes in cases of limited screen space.

The badge-style property defines CSS styles for displaying route badges. CSS class names are also provided for styles defined in the routes stylesheet.

Valid URL Parameters

stop Only return routes passing through this stop
Common parameters:
usage The style of names to return.
  • long: Yields more verbose names.
  • short: Yields terser names.

Examples

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Identity

  • routes/16
  • routes/18
  • routes/faux-route

Filter

  • routes
  • routes?stop=10066

Wildcard

  • routes:16
  • routes:

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Noteworthy Results

key A unique identifier for this route.
number The route "number", e.g., 16, 55, BLUE.
name The route name, which may be blank. See the usage parameter for formatting options.
customer-type The type of service provided by this route.
coverage Categorizes how a route services stops along its path. Can be one of:
  • regular: observes all stops on route
  • express: observes select stops on express portions of the route
  • super express: does not observe stops on express portions of the route
badge-label A shorthand version of the route number, in cases where the route number exceeds 3 characters.
badge-style The CSS style properties for this route's badge element. Includes class names to use with the routes stylesheet. Also includes individual style properties: 'background-color', 'border-color' and 'color'.
variants A route has many variants, or variations of the route path. Only variant keys are included in the results. Use the xlink:href attribute to call the corresponding Variants service. See the Variants service for more information.