MBTA Boston Live Transit Scraper
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Scrapes MBTA transit data including routes, stops, vehicles, predictions, alerts, schedules, and shapes. Returns each record as a flat row with all attributes.
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You can access the MBTA Boston Live Transit Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, youβll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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