Contract with Transit

Transit makes it easy for you to purchase our services — with sole source justifications, membership in cooperative purchasing lists, and sample RFP requirements at the ready. 

Transit is the app that makes life better for public transit riders, agencies, and operators in more than 500 cities worldwide. Millions of public transport riders rely on Transit app every day for accurate real-time information, intuitive step-by-step navigation, and helpful crowdsourcing features. Transit has 12 years of relevant experience delivering a trusted navigation tool for public transit riders, and is used by over 7 million monthly active unique users. 

This page covers: 

• Cooperative Purchasing 
• Sole Source Documentation 
• RFP Examples 

Cooperative Purchasing 

Transit is a member of The Interlocal Purchasing System ( TIPS-Software), a Nationwide Purchasing Cooperative Contract, which provides transit agencies additional options for procuring Transit’s services, as well as on the OMNIA Partners contract vehicle, both via Vertosoft.

For information on how to issue a Purchase Order through TIPS, please visit this linked resource from Vertosoft. Transit is searchable on www.tips-usa.com under the “Contracts” or “Vendors'' tab. Quotes can be requested through the TIPS Member Portal. The contract number is 220105.

More information is available about TIPS on Vertosoft’s website: https://vertosoft.com/tips-contract-vehicle/. Additionally, Transit’s services will soon be available for purchase on the GSA and NASPO. 

Sole Source Documentation 

Email us to get our ready-made sole source justification for the following products and services below: 

• Royale for Agencies: guide your riders through their journeys with our customized rider app; 
• Automatic detour detection and display: show detoured routes on the map in real time, and direct your riders to temporary pick-up points; 
• On-Demand Integrations: expand the reach of your fixed-route network with multimodal trip-planning with on-demand service discovery; 
• Rate-My-Ride: ask your riders context-specific questions as they ride on everything from on-time performance, safety, stop amenities to overall trip ratings;
• Network Change Preview: notify your riders about upcoming changes with interactive previews; 
• Real-Time Accuracy Testing and Analysis: see when and where your real-time information is missing the mark, and get dedicated support from Transit's experts, route-by-route, and stop-by-stop; 
• Transit’s Multimodal and Real-time APIs: power all your platforms with the same consistent, quality information and direction in the app.

RFP Examples 

Still need to go to RFP? 

We've compiled select requirements for multimodal trip-planning apps in this document, including: 

• Kansas City Area Transportation Authority - Multimodal Real-time Trip Planner Mobile Application
• Utah Transit Authority - Trip Planning Service
• Calgary Transit - Trip Planning Technology
• Breck Free Ride - Multimodal Real-time Trip Planner Mobile Application
• Chicago Transit Authority - Mobile Fare Management and Trip Planning App

For RFP examples related to on-demand transit, see this explainer.