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Transport for United States

Live bus and transit predictions across US agencies

🚆 TransportHEALTHYchecked 9h ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

The Umo IQ (formerly NextBus) public JSON feed covers dozens of North American transit agencies. Start from the agency list, then drill into routes, stops and real-time vehicle predictions, no key needed.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 84 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
1093P50 · ms
1963P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 394 ms, slowest 1668 ms, most recent 798 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://retro.umoiq.com/service/publicJSONFeed?command=agencyList

{
  "copyright": "All data copyright agencies listed below and Umo IQ 2026.",
  "agency": [
    {
      "tag": "jhu-apl",
      "regionTitle": "Maryland",
      "title": "APL"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://retro.umoiq.com/service/publicJSONFeed?command=agencyList"
const res = await fetch("https://retro.umoiq.com/service/publicJSONFeed?command=agencyList");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://retro.umoiq.com/service/publicJSONFeed?command=agencyList")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /service/publicJSONFeed?command=agencyList1093 mschecked 9h ago
GET/service/publicJSONFeed?command=agencyListPROBED

Live bus and transit predictions across US agencies

GET/service

Service — documented GET route.

GET/service/1

Service details by ID (example: 1).

GET/service?limit=10

Service — documented GET route.

GET/service/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/service/publicJSONFeed?limit=5

PublicJSONFeed — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Transport for United States: common questions

Is Transport for United States free to use?

Yes — Transport for United States is a free transport API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Transport for United States need an API key?

No — Transport for United States needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Transport for United States from the browser?

Yes — Transport for United States returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Transport for United States up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Transport for United States is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 1093 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.