Taxi Availability (Live Positions)
Governmentby LTA via data.gov.sg
GeoJSON MultiPoint of every available taxi in Singapore right now, refreshed about every 30 seconds. Thousands of coordinates in a single keyless call.
How to authenticate
- 1No key needed; the endpoint is public.
- 2Optional: request a data.gov.sg API key for higher rate limits and send it as x-api-key.
Example request
curl 'https://api.data.gov.sg/v1/transport/taxi-availability'Example response
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"MultiPoint","coordinates":[[103.6218643561,1.2941372693]]}}]}Notes for AI agents
Coordinates are [lng, lat] GeoJSON order. taxi_count lives in properties. Great demo API since it is keyless and visibly live.
Machine-readable version: /api/apis/lta-taxi-availability
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