# General Bikeshare Feed Specification

Documentation for the General Bikeshare Feed Specification, a standardized data feed for bike share system availability.

## What is GBFS?

General Bikeshare Feed Specification, known as GBFS, is the open data standard for bikeshare. GBFS will make real-time data feeds publicly available online in a uniform format so that map and transportation based apps can easily incorporate this data into their platforms.

Under the North American Bikeshare Association’s leadership, bikeshare industry leaders including 8D Technologies, PBSC Urban Solutions, Social Bicycles, BCycle, Smoove, and Motivate developed the GBFS over the past year. All have agreed to implement the standard by the end of 2015.

More information:
* [North American Bikeshare Systems Adopt Open Data Standard](http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8327d4c9221c755645cd5334f&id=bfc8d7b6f0&e=ec9a6946e8), NABSA press release 11/23/15
* [Bike-Share Open Data Standard Clears the Way for Better Trip Planning Apps](http://www.streetsblog.org/2015/11/25/bike-share-open-data-standard-clears-the-way-for-better-trip-planning-apps/), Streetsblog 11/25/15
 
## Read the spec

* [Current spec](gbfs.md)
* [Original draft spec in a Google doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BQPZCKpem4-n6lUQDD4Mi8E5hNZ0-lhY62IVtWuyhec/edit#heading=h.ic7i1m4gcev7) (reference only)

## Systems Implementing GBFS

* [systems.csv](systems.csv)

If you would like to add a system, please fork this repository and submit a pull request. Please keep this list alphabetized by country and system name.