# TransitPulse Agency Lookup

> TransitPulse Agency Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from transitpulse.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns all transit agencies and operators serving a given city, including how they interconnect and complement each other.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://transitpulse.vercel.app/api/transit/agencies
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/transitpulse-agency-lookup-1b884f1c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_yx_EpajFvwcdPyvb41VoV

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability transitpulse-agency-lookup-1b884f1c
```

Example prompt: What transit agencies and operators serve Philadelphia, and how do they connect with each other?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent needs to understand the full landscape of transit authorities in a city before planning a trip, routing a commute, or analyzing coverage. Prefer this over trip-planning endpoints when the goal is discovery of which agencies exist rather than actual route navigation. Ideal as a first step before calling route reliability, trip planning, or coverage analysis endpoints.

## Known failure modes

- City not recognized or unsupported — returns empty or error response
- City name is ambiguous (e.g. 'Springfield') — may return wrong metro area or require disambiguation
- No transit agency data available for smaller or rural cities
- Payment failure due to x402 protocol misconfiguration — call blocked before reaching API
- Rate limiting or server error returns 5xx response

## How this service works

Transit intelligence for 25+ major world cities. Real-time status, route reliability, commute analysis, city comparisons, airport guides, and car-free livability scoring. Pay-per-query via x402 on Base.

## Output

A structured list of transit agencies and operators serving the queried city, including details on how they interconnect — for example which rail lines feed into which bus networks or ferry services.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "city"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "city": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "city"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/transitpulse-agency-lookup-1b884f1c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from transitpulse.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/transitpulse.vercel.app/llms.txt)