Transit Routes in BMC Region

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  Transit Routes in BMC Region

Reference date - creation:  2016-12-09
Reference date - publication:  2025-12-12

Edition: 7
Presentation format:  mapDigital

Party responsible for the resource - custodian: 
Individual's name: Amanda Roberts
Organization's name: Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC)
Contact's position: GIS Analyst

Contact information:
Address:
e-mail address: aroberts@baltometro.org
Themes or categories of the resource:  transportation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Downloadable Data

Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Transit, MTA, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, RTA, Queen Anne's County

Abstract:  The regional transit data was acquired through the jurisdictional GIS offices, MTA (MD iMap), Rabbit Transit, Regional Transportation Agency, and York County Planning Commission (YCPC) for the latest release.-MTA (from MTA - GTFS): Acquired 10/14/2025. Bus routes 10/14/2025. Maryland Department of Transportation's Maryland Transit Administration Fall 2024 Bus Routes including CityLink, LocalLink, QuickLink, Express BusLink, and Commuter Bus.-MTA Intercity Bus (from MTA - GTFS): Acquired 10/14/2025. Bus routes 10/14/2025.-MTA Light Rail (from MDimap): Acquired 12/07/2021. Light Rail routes 12/07/2021.-MTA MARC (from MDimap): Acquired 12/07/2021. MARC routes 12/07/2021.-MTA Subway (from MDimap): Acquired 12/07/2021. Subway routes 12/07/2021.-Annapolis (from Annapolis Open Data Portal): Acquired 12/05/2025. Routes 11/24/2025.-Anne Arundel County (from Anne Arundel County): Acquired 12/08/2025. Routes 12/08/2025.-CATS (from Carroll County): Acquired 01/26/2024. Routes 01/26/2024. No changes for 2025.-Charm City Circulator (from Baltimore City): Acquired 12/10/2025. Routes 12/10/2025-County Ride (from Queen Anne's County): Acquired 01/13/2025. Routes 01/13/2025. No changes for 2025.-HCTS (from Harford County): Acquired 01/03/2025. Routes 01/03/2025. No changes for 2025.-Rabbit Transit (from York County GIS Portal): Acquired 12/26/2024. Routes 12/23/2024. No changes for 2025.-RTA (from RTA - GTFS): Acquired 10/24/2025. Routes 10/24/2025.-Towson Loop (from Passio GO GTFS): Acquired 10/24/2025. Routes 10/24/2025.This dataset has been edited by BMC to add type, transit operator, date of source data, and date the dataset was updated by BMC.*Note- If the operator has not been updated it is because there was no change since the last SDE update.

Purpose: The purpose of this layer is to provide a regional view of transit routes in the Baltimore metropolitan region. It reflects a snapshot of the region completed in December 2025.

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: Not for third party useData may not reflect all changes to transit and does not include private bus stops, water taxi stops, and may be missing other bus data.

Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Other constraints: -Center for Mobility Equity (CME) specifically disclaims any warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular use. Data is provided on an “AS IS” basis. The entire risk as to quality and performance is with the user. In no event will CME or its staff be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages, including loss of profit, arising out of the use of this data even if CME has been advised of the possibility of such damages. CME may update, modify, or revise the data in this site at any time, without notice. Additionally, when using CME data or software in projects, maps, etc.; you agree to acknowledge CME as a data source. -MTA: The Spatial Data, and the information therein, (collectively the "Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted, nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data, nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata. -York County: Layer should not be used at scales larger than 1:2400. Intended for illustration and demonstration purposes only.Distribution LiabilityTHE DATA AND METADATA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SOLELY FOR INTERNAL USE BY YORK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AND YORK COUNTY AS WELL AS ITS DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES (HEREINAFTER JOINTLY REFERRED TO AS “LICENSOR”) AND LICENSOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, OR CORRECTNESS OF THE DATA AND METADATA DOES NOT ACCEPT OR ASSUME ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR FOR ANY INCORRECT, INCOMPLETE, OR MISLEADING DATA PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS PURCHASE/REQUEST. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AND/OR REPRESENTATIONS, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF THE DATA FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. ALL DATA AND METADATA ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.”

Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 13.4.0.55405

Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -79.114712
East longitude: -75.056134
North latitude: 40.022467
South latitude: 38.328317
Credits: Maryland Transit Administration, City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, Queen Anne's County, Rabbit Transit, Regional Transportation Agency, York County Planning Commission (YCPC)

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  composite

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 2248
Code space: EPSG
Version: 5.3(9.0.0)

Data Quality Information:

Lineage:
Lineage statement: The MTA/Local Transit data within the SDE database transportation is maintained after a new release of the MTA/Transit data becomes available. This dataset has been edited by BMC to add type, local transit data, date the update was acquired by BMC, and to identify the transit operator.

Distribution Information:

Format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2025-12-12

Metadata contact - custodian: 
Individual's name: Amanda Roberts
Organization's name: Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC)
Contact's position: GIS Analyst

Contact information:
Address:
e-mail address: aroberts@baltometro.org
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007