As far as i know he just parses the websites of the different public transportation services. Some of the techies behind those sites were kind enough to provid

As far as i know he just parses the websites of the different public transportation services. Some of the techies behind those sites were kind enough to provide him with a url parameter so they know where the spike in traffic comes from. In addition, all he got is the non-live data. In the article the live data from every bus station is used.