The MTA's 'API' for service alerts by service type and line is found here.
The goal of this project is twofold:
- Make the current 'API' (an XML document that updated every few minutes) more-easily digested for developers. Ideally, as a JSON.
- Expand upon that to make a more useful API.
- Parse the alerts to effectively categorize/tag by line, alert type, station, etc.
- Expose endpoints to make them easily accessible.
JSON API: A standard specification for JSON formatting. This project should hew closely to it.
MBTA API: The API of the MBTA (Mass. Bay Transportation Authority). Should give a basis for designing the API.
Archived data: Archive of all service status, GTFS, and other MTA-related data