Data and standards
General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS)
Spécification des flux de vélos partagés (GBFS)
General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) is an open data standard for describing the current state of shared mobility services, maintained by MobilityData and its community. It supports public discovery of vehicles, stations, availability, and operating information according to the implemented version, rather than serving as a historical record of individual riders’ trips.
Understanding the term
Feed freshness and validation matter for journey planning. A technically valid station record can still mislead a user if its available-vehicle count is stale or its operating status is wrong.
An implementation should document its version, identifiers, time conventions, geographic accuracy, and supported fields. Test representative exchanges between the actual participating systems, including exceptions and updates. Assign responsibility for correcting discrepancies between published information, legal records, and the street. Collect only information needed for a defined purpose and apply suitable access and retention controls. A successful technical exchange does not by itself prove that the data is current, legally authoritative, or suitable for enforcement.