Top 10 Public Transportation Software Companies (November 2026)

New York, New York, United States

Via builds innovative software to enable our customers — cities, transit agencies, transport operators, school districts, universities, and corporations — to transform their legacy transportation systems into advanced digital networks. As pioneers of the TransitTech category, Via’s mission is to expand access to efficient, affordable, and sustainable transportation. Via’s software enables organizations to digitize their existing transportation networks and launch new and innovative services, simultaneously lowering operating costs and increasing quality of service. Our software is used in over 500 communities in more than 35 countries around the world.

New York, New York, United States

Optibus sells cloud software for public transit planning, scheduling, rostering, operations and passenger information.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Spare is a mobility management software company that enhances public transit services through on-demand and shared transportation solutions. It specializes in empowering transit agencies to modernize their systems with innovative technology.

Tel Aviv, Israel

NoTraffic empowers agencies to optimize infrastructure, enhance efficiency, and improve safety by transforming intersections into a connected, digital network. It is an AI-powered traffic management system that optimizes intersections in real-time.

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Mehr als 70 Jahre verlässlicher Partner für die Akteure in den Bereichen Transport & Logistik sowie Verkehr & Mobilität

Durham, North Carolina, United States

TransLoc has served the transportation industry for 20 years, providing flexible web-based software, mobile apps, and hardware for fixed-route and/or on-demand transportation for universities, hotels, corporate campuses, airports, municipalities, and public transit agencies. In From our entrepreneurial roots we have grown through both merger and acquisitions while staying true to our mission: we strive to reimagine how people move through universally accessible, equitable, and sustainable mobility. On March 1, 2022, TransLoc was acquired by Modaxo, a global collective of technology companies passionate about changing the face of public transportation. Modaxo works to provide their business units with a healthy framework related to business processes, financial decisions, and the intentional development of employees. They are the backbone to what we do even as we have our own culture and operate relatively autonomously. We uphold our mission by working continuously to iterate and innovate, building products that serve our communities and fulfill our vision to be the premier technology provider for campuses and municipalities in North America – all to facilitate the movement of people. People are at the center of what we do, so we value bringing on talent that is technically minded and relationally oriented. This means that we look for folks who can speak to our products and do their job well, but who can also establish genuine relationships with both teammates and customers for the betterment of all. We want people who have a heart for the communities they serve! TransLoc’s values are to play to win, do the right thing, rise up, and possess a growth mindset. What does this mean for you? By working to make public transit accessible to all, you’ll make a lasting difference in the lives of others. We’re asking you to be yourself and have a voice at the table. TransLocians make us possible. YOU make us possible. Help us drive the future of public transit.

San Francisco, California, United States

Swiftly is the leading transit data platform for agencies to share real-time passenger information, manage day-to-day operations, and improve service performance. Today, over 140 transit agencies in 8 countries – including LA Metro, MARTA, SEPTA, MBTA, and WMATA – rely on Swiftly to improve on-time performance by up to 40%, increase passenger information accuracy by up to 50%, and analyze transit data 90% faster. The result is better service reliability, increased ridership, and more efficient transit operations.

San Jose, California, United States

By leveraging existing communication and hardware infrastructure LYT can provide your city with a vehicle to infrastructure communication platform with minimal setup. Systems like Transit Signal Priority and Emergency Vehicle Preemption can now be deployed without the need of transceivers at the signal. Our system works in real-time and isn’t constrained by line-of-sight. LYT is able to provide several traffic applications today while reducing the amount of time and costs associated with installation and maintenance. LYT’s intelligent software makes calculations in real-time from vehicle and traffic light data to dynamically update traffic light behavior to improve transit, emergency vehicles, and traffic. Our software tools help transportation departments better manage and understand their infrastructure. This allows them to make informed decisions around traffic light timing, traffic studies and mobility as a service all while still providing transit signal priority and emergency vehicle preemption. LYT is accelerating the future of intelligent infrastructure by providing the transportation industry unbiased infrastructure solutions that cost-effectively improve traffic.

Yogyakarta, DI Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Provider of electronic payment services intended to focus on receiving multi-issuer electronic money. The company's services offer e-ticketing, e-ticketing entrance access, e-identity, e-money integration for online and offline payment transactions covering the payment industry in Indonesia and the Asia Pacific, especially in the fields of public transportation and retail, enabling business clients to minimize the use of cash for the transaction.

Leawood, Kansas, United States

Replica is a next-generation urban planning tool that can help cities answer key transportation and land use questions. Replica offers public agencies, land developers, and the community at large a complete sense of city movement patterns. The result is a higher confidence in critical transportation and land use decisions. Replica has three distinct advantages: Fresher data We create a new Replica every three months allowing comparisons of trip patterns over time and showing how people respond to new infrastructure and policies on the ground. A more detailed picture We replicate trip data for every street and transit route, every neighborhood and census tract, every moment of the day. Greater precision We calibrate our models against ground-truth data from public agencies to ensure accuracy and precision.