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Metro Transit

Metro Transit provides real-time departure information, service alerts, trip planning, and schedule data APIs for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan transit system. The APIs support creating transit departure displays and accessing real-time bus and train arrival data for the Twin Cities.

Metro Transit publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Alerts API, NexTrip API, Planner API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Minneapolis, Minnesota, Public Transportation, Real-Time, and Transit.

Metro Transit’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, and 6 more developer resources.

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30.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreeOpen⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
MinneapolisMinnesotaPublic TransportationReal-TimeTransit

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 30.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 9.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Metro Transit Alerts API

The Alerts API from Metro Transit — 3 operation(s) for alerts.

Metro Transit NexTrip API

The NexTrip API from Metro Transit — 8 operation(s) for nextrip.

Metro Transit Planner API

The Planner API from Metro Transit — 8 operation(s) for planner.

Metro Transit Schedule API

The Schedule API from Metro Transit — 5 operation(s) for schedule.

Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Service Alerts API

OPEN COLLECTION

NexTrip API

OPEN COLLECTION

Schedule API

OPEN COLLECTION

Trip Planner API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Metro Transit Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Metro Transit Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Metro Transit Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Metro Transit Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Metro Transit Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Metro Transit Agentic Access

24 operations · 6 acting

24 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: metro-transit
name: Metro Transit
description: Metro Transit provides real-time departure information, service alerts, trip planning, and schedule data APIs
  for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan transit system. The APIs support creating transit departure displays and accessing
  real-time bus and train arrival data for the Twin Cities.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Free · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/metro-transit.png
tags:
- Minneapolis
- Minnesota
- Public Transportation
- Real-Time
- Transit
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/metro-transit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: metro-transit:metro-transit-alerts-api
  name: Metro Transit Alerts API
  description: The Alerts API from Metro Transit — 3 operation(s) for alerts.
  humanURL: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
  baseURL: https://svc.metrotransit.org/nextripv2
  tags:
  - Alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/metro-transit-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
- aid: metro-transit:metro-transit-nextrip-api
  name: Metro Transit NexTrip API
  description: The NexTrip API from Metro Transit — 8 operation(s) for nextrip.
  humanURL: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
  baseURL: https://svc.metrotransit.org/nextripv2
  tags:
  - NexTrip
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/metro-transit-nextrip-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
- aid: metro-transit:metro-transit-planner-api
  name: Metro Transit Planner API
  description: The Planner API from Metro Transit — 8 operation(s) for planner.
  humanURL: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
  baseURL: https://svc.metrotransit.org/nextripv2
  tags:
  - Planner
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/metro-transit-planner-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
- aid: metro-transit:metro-transit-schedule-api
  name: Metro Transit Schedule API
  description: The Schedule API from Metro Transit — 5 operation(s) for schedule.
  humanURL: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
  baseURL: https://svc.metrotransit.org/nextripv2
  tags:
  - Schedule
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/metro-transit-schedule-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/metro-transit-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/metro-transit-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/metro-transit-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/metrotransit
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metro-transit
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.metrotransit.org/developer-resources
- type: Documentation
  url: https://svc.metrotransit.org/swagger/index.html
- type: Website
  url: https://www.metrotransit.org/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.metrotransit.org/integrations
integrations:
- name: metro transit on X
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com