We’ve been shipping steadily across AddTransit. Here’s a roundup of what’s new for transit, ferry and tour operators — and a look at what’s coming next.
What’s new
Go live with confidence
Before your public booking page goes live, AddTransit now guides ticketing and tour operators through a quick readiness check — connect Stripe, complete your business profile, and set at least one fare — so your page is fully ready to take real payments from the moment it’s live.
Import very large GTFS feeds in the background
Upload a large GTFS feed and AddTransit imports it in the background while you carry on working. You get a live status page, a choice of best-effort or strict validation, a skipped-row report, and an email the moment it’s done. It comfortably handles feeds into the millions of rows — validated at 1.7 million.
Full support for overnight and after-midnight services
The GTFS editor fully supports cross-midnight stop times (for example 24:30 or 25:10), so late-night and overnight routes build and publish cleanly.
Multi-agency feeds split automatically
Upload a GTFS feed that contains several agencies and AddTransit automatically splits it into a correctly-structured feed for each agency — a real time-saver when you’re onboarding a combined regional feed.
A smoother start for new operators
New operators now get a guided welcome after signing up, plus a self-serve page to submit feed URLs for publishing — so you can get moving straight away.
Faster, more reliable driver apps (iOS 2.2 & Android 7.3)
The latest driver apps bring smooth QR ticket scanning on both iOS and Android, an instant “Boarding confirmed!” prompt after every scan, QR-focused scanning for cleaner reads, and more accurate route-shape GPS. Update from the App Store or Google Play to pick them up.
Tour capacity respected at booking
Tour booking pages now honour each tour’s capacity, so a departure can never be oversold.
Payments that stay in sync
Updating your payment method now settles any outstanding invoice in the same step, so your account stays current automatically — and we’ve made dashboard sessions steadier so you stay logged in while you work, alongside reliability improvements across public booking and real-time status pages.
Refreshed privacy policy and cookie controls
We’ve published an updated privacy policy and clear cookie controls as we expand payments and serve operators in more regions. And behind the scenes, we completed a round of platform-wide security hardening — nothing for you to do; your data and your passengers’ details are better protected as a result.
What’s coming next
Cancel and refund a booking from your dashboard. A one-click cancel-and-refund is on the way, processing the refund and emailing the passenger automatically.
See who’s using your GTFS feed. A dashboard panel showing how often, and by whom, your feed is fetched — a useful signal of your reach and demand.
A refreshed, mobile-friendly plans page. A clearer, value-focused plans page that works beautifully on phones.
One-click Real Time status, with ready-made templates. Add live service status from your dashboard in a click, with templates for posting delays, alerts and updates.
Hands-on help going live with paid bookings. End-to-end booking — signup through Stripe Connect, passenger checkout, manifest and boarding scan — is verified on web and Android, and we’re working one-on-one with operators to get their first real passenger bookings flowing.
New to AddTransit?
AddTransit helps small transit, ferry and tour operators get their services onto Google Maps, sell tickets online, and track their vehicles — without an IT team. You can start building your GTFS feed for free, or explore online ticketing, vehicle tracking and real-time status. New to GTFS? Our step-by-step guide on how to create a GTFS feed walks you through it. If you’d like us to set it up for you, our done-for-you setup service can get you live fast.
