1) The document discusses the history and development of GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) which was created in 2005 by TriMet to publish transit data in a common format and has since been adopted by many transit agencies and used in applications like Google Maps.
2) It provides details on projects in Japan between 2010-2013 and 2013-present to promote adoption of GTFS and make transit data more open and available including a 2017 hackathon hosted by JR East to explore uses of GTFS data.
3) Going forward it discusses expanding the use of GTFS and related specifications in Japan including by more transit operators, in additional transit apps and services, and for new applications like real-