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Improve currency amount description#615

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MobilityData:improve_currency_description
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@skalexch skalexch commented Feb 23, 2026

Summary

This documentation change elaborates on the description of the "amount" field in fare_products.txt.

Describe the Problem

There is a recurring practice of GTFS feeds having invalid currency amounts, e.g. If the fare is 2USD, the value of the field is specified as "2", instead of the norm-compliant "2.00".

The spec mentions the ISO 4217 norm in the field type description. However, if is beneficial to mention it again in the field description and to add an example.

Type of change

GTFS Schedule

  • Functional Change
  • Non-Functional Change
  • Documentation Maintenance

GTFS Realtime

  • Specification Change
  • Specification Change (Experimental Field)

Proposed Discussion Period

This is a documentation change. We will keep it up for a few days to get reviews, and then merge.

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(2026-02-23) (Opened PR)

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@skalexch skalexch requested a review from Sergiodero February 23, 2026 16:09
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Thanks @skalexch, from my end the proposed text looks good and aligns well with the current content.

@skalexch skalexch merged commit 13aeab4 into google:master Feb 24, 2026
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