gtfstools v1.3.0

New features

• New function convert_sf_to_shapes().
• New generic function as_dt_gtfs() with methods for a few different classes
  (tidygtfs, gtfs and list).
• {gtfstools} functions now accepts GTFS objects created by other packages,
  such as {gtfsio} and {tidytransit}.
• filter_by_route_type() now accepts Google Transit's extended route
  types.
  Thanks @Ge-Rag.
• convert_shapes_to_sf(), get_trip_geometry(), get_trip_length(),
  get_trip_speed(), get_trip_segment_duration() and
  get_stop_times_patterns() now take an additional argument sort_sequence,
  used to indicate whether shapes/timetables should be ordered by
  shape_pt_sequence/stop_sequence when applying the functions' procedures.
• download_validator() and validate_gtfs() now support using validator
  v4.1.0 and v4.2.0.
• New parameters to filter_by_stop_id(): include_children and
  include_parents.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug in convert_to_standard() in which the date fields from
  feed_info would not be converted back to an integer in their standard
  format (YYYYMMDD).
• Filtering functions now also filter the transfers table based on trip_id
  and route_id. Previously they would filter it based only on stop_id.
  Thanks Daniel Langbein (@langbein-daniel).
• Fixed a bug in filter_by_route_id() in which feeds with only one agency
  that omitted agency_id in routes and fare_attributes would end up with
  an empty agency table.
• filter_by_sf() now correctly throws an error when an unsupported function
  is passed to spatial_operation.

Feature deprecation

• The filter_by_stop_id() behavior of filtering by trips that contain the
  specified stops has been deprecated. For backwards compatibility reasons,
  this behavior is still the default as of the current version and is
  controlled by the parameter full_trips. To actually filter by stop ids (the
  behavior that we now believe is the most appropriate), please use full_trips = FALSE. This behavior will be the default from version 2.0.0 onward. To
  achieve the old behavior, manually subset the stop_times table by stop_id
  and specify the trip_ids included in the output in filter_by_trip_id().
• filter_by_sf() has been deprecated in favor of
  filter_by_spatial_extent(). For backwards compatibility reasons, usage of
  filter_by_sf() is still allowed as of the curent version, but the function
  will be removed from the package in version 2.0.0.

Notes

• validate_gtfs() now defaults to run sequentially. Previously it would
  default to run parallelly using all available cores. Heavily inspired by
  Henrik Bengtsson post "Please Avoid detectCores() in your R packages"
  (https://www.jottr.org/2022/12/05/avoid-detectcores/).
• Improved performance of seconds_to_string() and, consequently, any other
  functions that use it.
• Improved performance and improved readability of most filtering functions.