RTR Events

Events published by Rapid Transit Realtime (RTR), the service that is responsible for providing predictions for all MBTA subway vehicles. These events all inform consumers (only Glides at the moment) of changes in light rail vehicles.

Related to RFC-25.

lightrail-vehicle-updated

Published periodically to broadcast important information about all light rail vehicles that RTR is tracking.

📄️ com.mbta.rtr.lightrail-vehicle-updated

event type: com.mbta.rtr.lightrail-vehicle-updated.

lightrail-vehicle-deleted

Published when RTR stops tracking a light rail vehicle in to inform consumers that there will no longer be updates for said vehicle.

📄️ com.mbta.rtr.lightrail-vehicle-deleted

event type: com.mbta.rtr.lightrail-vehicle-deleted