What MobilityData does

MobilityData is a Montréal-based non-profit organization founded in April 2019 that develops, maintains, and promotes open data standards for transportation services. It stewards five core specifications: GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) for transit schedule and realtime data, GBFS (General Bikeshare Feed Specification) for shared mobility, GOFS (General On-Demand Feed Specification) for demand-responsive transport, TIDES for transit operations data exchange, and TODS for transit operational data. These standards are used by over 10,000 transit operators across 100+ countries (GTFS) and 920+ shared mobility systems across 46 countries (GBFS), making MobilityData the de facto global body for open mobility data interoperability. Its product portfolio includes open-source validation tools (GTFS Validator, GBFS Validator, GTFS Realtime Validator, GTFS Grading Scheme), the Mobility Database catalog of global feeds, documentation portals (gtfs.org, gbfs.org), and the GTFS Realtime Language Bindings library, all distributed under open-source licenses on GitHub. The organization's governance is consensus-based, with an international Board of Directors elected by members, monthly working groups on specifications like fares and service alerts, and biennial International Mobility Data Summits.

MobilityData operates a membership-driven non-profit business model funded primarily through annual membership fees and project-based sponsorships. The membership program provides recurring revenue in exchange for tiered benefits including networking events, event discounts, strategic influence over specification roadmaps, member visibility, and exclusive knowledge access; membership funds directly support specification development, documentation, and the maintenance of free open-source tools. A second revenue stream is project funding and sponsorships for collaborative initiatives, exemplified by the GIZ Mexico strategic alliance under the TranSIT project to expand GTFS adoption across Latin America. Distribution is hybrid: open-source tools and documentation are self-serve globally, while membership, events, and workshops function as direct-engagement channels. The organization serves four primary customer segments: transit agencies and operators, software vendors and app developers, government agencies and policymakers (including National Access Points), and shared mobility operators. Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, anchored by the biennial International Mobility Data Summit and regional workshops.

The organization employs roughly 30 staff across four countries, with leadership spanning Strategic, Global Engagement, Product, Partnerships (North America), and Operations directorates, plus specialized transit data and shared mobility program teams. Its customer base of 130+ global members spans every continent and includes transit agencies (LA Metro, MBTA, TransLink), major trip planning applications (Google Maps, Transit App, Moovit), and software vendors (Ito World, enRoute, Swiftly, Full Path). MobilityData's strategic direction in 2024-2026 has emphasized expansion of the standards portfolio (GTFS-Flex adoption, GOFS stewardship), geographic expansion into Latin America via GIZ, and operational continuity through an executive director transition in April 2026.

Name

MobilityData

Legal name

MobilityData

Website

https://mobilitydata.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MobilityData is a Montréal-based non-profit founded in 2019 that develops and maintains open transportation data standards (GTFS, GBFS, GOFS, TIDES, TODS), serving transit agencies, software vendors, governments, and shared mobility operators globally through membership and project funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Mobility Data Standards

NAICS

Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889), Support Activities for Transportation (488)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobility Data Exchange & Analytics Platforms (MDM, Data Hubs, Insights) (THADALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Micromobility Aggregators / MaaS Platforms (Multi-Modal Booking & Passes) (TLAFAMAI), Paratransit / Accessible Ride-Hailing (WAV & Special Assistance) (THADADAH), Shared-Route Dial-a-Ride (Multi-Stop DRT) (THAIAHAI)

Keywords

• Open data standards
• Transit data specifications
• Mobility data validators
• GTFS GBFS stewardship
• Public transit interoperability

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: MobilityData operates as a membership-driven non-profit. Members pay fees that fund the organization's core operations including specification development, documentation, open-source tool development, events, and community facilitation. Members receive benefits including networking events, event discounts, strategic influence, and visibility.
2. Project Funding & Sponsorships: Organizations fund MobilityData to conduct specific collaborative projects, such as the GIZ partnership to advance GTFS adoption in Mexico and Latin America within the TranSIT project framework.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

MobilityData is a non-profit organization that develops, maintains, and promotes open data standards (GTFS, GBFS, GOFS, TIDES, TODS) and provides free open-source validation tools, global feed discovery through the Mobility Database, documentation portals, working groups, and capacity-building workshops for the public transit and shared mobility industries.

Product overview

MobilityData is a non-profit organization that stewards open mobility data standards and provides associated tools and services. The core offering consists of data specification standards including GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) for transit schedules, GBFS (General Bikeshare Feed Specification) for shared mobility, GOFS for on-demand services, TIDES for operations data exchange, and TODS for transit operational data. These are complemented by open-source validation tools (GTFS Validator, GBFS Validator, GTFS Realtime Validator, GTFS Grading Scheme), documentation portals (gtfs.org, gbfs.org), the Mobility Database directory of global feeds, and GTFS Realtime Language Bindings. The portfolio also includes extensions like GTFS-Flex for flexible transit and GTFS-Fares v2 for fare information. Together, these products enable public agencies, cities, and private companies to share standardized mobility data for trip planning applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification): The de facto standard for representing transit passenger information, used by over 10,000 transit operators in more than 100 countries.
• GBFS (General Bikeshare Feed Specification)
• GOFS (General On-Demand Feed Specification)
• TIDES (Transit Integrated Data Exchange Specification)
• TODS (Transit Operational Data Standard)

Products and services

• GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) The de facto global open standard for representing transit passenger information, used by over 10,000 transit operators in 100+ countries to share schedule and service data with trip planning applications such as Google Maps, Transit, and Moovit.
• GBFS (General Bikeshare Feed Specification) The de facto open data exchange standard for shared mobility information, used by over 920 mobility systems in 46 countries across 5 continents including bikeshare, scooters, mopeds, and car share.
• GOFS (General On-Demand Feed Specification) Open, community-driven data standard for traveler-facing information about demand responsive transportation, enabling real-time information about point-to-point, on-demand services such as taxi, ridehail, and on-demand transit.
• TIDES (Transit Integrated Data Exchange Specification) Open data specification providing access, management, and use of transit operations data for transit agencies and software vendors.
• TODS (Transit Operational Data Standard) Open standard for describing scheduled transit operations that enables porting operations between software products, agencies, and systems; extends GTFS to include personnel and non-revenue service information.
• GTFS Schedule Validator Open-source validation tool for GTFS Schedule datasets that checks data quality and generates detailed reports. Used by major trip planners including Google Maps, Transit, and Moovit.
• GBFS Validator Open-source validation tool for General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) feeds that generates data quality reports for shared mobility services.
• GTFS Realtime Validator Open-source validation tool for GTFS Realtime feeds that ensures real-time transit data quality and compliance.
• GTFS Grading Scheme Open-source tool that checks signage and names accuracy in GTFS datasets to ensure transit information consistency.
• Mobility Database Global directory of GTFS and GTFS-Realtime feeds with API access, enabling discovery of transit data from across the world, searchable by location, status, and features such as GTFS Pathways, Flex, and Fares.
• GTFS Realtime Language Bindings Open-source library for parsing and working with GTFS Realtime feeds in multiple programming languages.
• MobilityData Membership Program Annual tiered membership program giving transit agencies, software vendors, government agencies, and other stakeholders access to members-only networking events, event discounts, strategic influence over roadmaps and specification prioritization, member visibility, and exclusive knowledge access.
• International Mobility Data Summit Biennial global conference bringing together transit agencies, operators, vendors, and policymakers to advance data standards adoption; 2024 Summit drew 190+ attendees from 18 countries.
• MobilityData Regional Workshops Regional capacity-building workshops providing hands-on training in open mobility data standards for transit agencies, vendors, and government stakeholders.

Quantifiable outcome

• GTFS is used by over 10,000 transit operators in more than 100 countries
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GIZ Mexico (GTFS Workshop Partnership)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2026Building on the March 2025 alliance, MobilityData and GIZ Mexico held the 'GTFS Workshop: Data that Moves Cities' in Mexico City with over 80 participants from federal and state authorities. The workshop strengthened capacities in GTFS implementation and reaffirmed the collaboration agreement for promoting digitalization in Mexico's transportation sector.
• GIZ Mexico (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2025MobilityData and GIZ Mexico formed a strategic alliance to advance GTFS adoption in Mexico and Latin America. The collaboration began with a Spanish-language GTFS workshop in Mexico City (April 2026), part of the 'Transition towards an Integrated, Accessible and Smart Public Transport System in Mexico (TranSIT)' project implemented by GIZ on behalf of Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The alliance aims to develop knowledge products and training programs, facilitate best-practice sharing, promote GTFS data creation and use, and support solutions making public transportation more efficient, accessible, and sustainable.
• NABSA (North American Bikeshare Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn June 2019, MobilityData was selected by NABSA, the owner of the GBFS data format, to replicate its approach (refined in the public transit industry via GTFS) into the shared mobility industry. NABSA created GBFS in 2014 and continues as the owner of the specification while MobilityData stewards its development.
• Mobility Database Consortium / Global Feed OperatorscoreTechnology or IntegrationThe Mobility Database (mobilitydatabase.org) maintained by MobilityData is a global catalog of GTFS and GTFS-Realtime feeds. Public and private actors worldwide rely on it as an infrastructure for trip planning and research. Transport.data.gouv.fr (French National Access Point) is the primary source of French data in the Mobility Database.
• Transit App (GOFS Stewardship Transfer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn September 2025, MobilityData took on stewardship of GOFS (General On-Demand Feed Specification, formerly GOFS-lite) from Transit App. Transit App originally developed GOFS in 2021 as an open, standardized format for demand-responsive transportation. The transfer positions MobilityData to grow the GOFS community of producers and consumers, making demand-responsive services an integral part of multimodal trip planning.
• NAPCORE (National Access Point Coordination Organisation for Europe)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobilityData participates in NAPCORE, which brings together National Access Points of each EU Member State. The transport.data.gouv.fr team (French NAP) is recognized as a European reference for open transport data through this network, and the collaboration facilitates knowledge exchange on open data standards.
• Google (GTFS Validator)coreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle co-created GTFS with TriMet in 2006 and hosts the GTFS GitHub repository. MobilityData's GTFS Schedule Validator is used by Google Maps, reflecting deep technical integration in the global transit data ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Padam Mobility: On-demand transit software provider for agencies operating flexible-route and DRT services, often publishing data via GOFS / GTFS-Flex; operates in the same on-demand transit standards ecosystem as MobilityData.
• Spare: Paratransit and microtransit platform that consumes GOFS-adjacent on-demand feeds to operate demand-responsive transit; overlaps MobilityData's GOFS stakeholder community and target buyer (transit agencies serving riders with accessibility needs).
• RideCo: On-demand transit routing platform serving transit agencies with dynamic routing for paratransit and microtransit; comparable in that its service integrates with MobilityData's GOFS / GTFS-Flex specification family.
• Remix (by Via): Transit planning platform that enables agencies to design routes and analyze service using GTFS and GTFS-Flex data; a MobilityData member in the same transit-technology buyer ecosystem and is closely tied to MobilityData's specification evolution.
• Optibus: AI-driven platform for transit operations planning and scheduling, engaging transit agencies with TODS-adjacent operational data and sharing MobilityData's transit agency customer base.
• Swiftly: Transit data analytics and operations platform that helps transit agencies improve service reliability using GTFS feeds; a MobilityData member, sharing the same customer base (transit agencies) and operating on top of MobilityData's GTFS standard.

Broad incumbents

• Cubic Transportation Systems: Large, established vendor of fare collection, real-time passenger information, and transit operations software for major agencies; competes indirectly via proprietary data pipelines while relying on MobilityData's GTFS standards for app integration.
• Trapeze Group (Modaxo): Established transit software portfolio (scheduling, planning, operations) within Modaxo; comparable as a broad transit-tech incumbent whose products consume and publish GTFS data and serve the same transit agency customers.
• Lyft: Major shared-mobility operator that publishes GBFS feeds for its bikeshare and scooter systems (e.g., Lyft Bikes); comparable as a large incumbent stakeholder in the GBFS ecosystem MobilityData stewards.

Emerging players

• Conveyal: Provides open-source and commercial tools (R5, Conveyal Analysis) for transit accessibility and scenario analysis built on GTFS feeds; overlaps with MobilityData's open-data toolset and target audience (transit planners and researchers).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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