Resources
Standards, references and further reading
Standards and guidance
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) — Urban transport policy and service-level benchmarks for Indian cities.
- Transportation Research Board (TRB) — Publisher of the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual (TCQSM).
- UITP — International Association of Public Transport — Operator benchmarks and public transport research.
- ITDP — Bus service planning and BRT guidance.
Data and tools
- GTFS — Open format for publishing transit schedules.
- OpenStreetMap — Open map data used for the base maps.
- OpenRouteService — Routing service used for road-network distances.
Guides
- Bus route performance guides — KPI formulas with worked examples, ways to raise earnings per km, and an EPKM / load factor calculator.
- Bus transit terms and benchmarks (MoHUA, TCQSM) — Common bus service terms with MoHUA and TCQSM benchmark values.