Turn a new Drive travel brief into BART departure options
Put the trip details in a new Drive file and get BART departure options without switching apps.
Trigger
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Action
Get BART Schedule Depart
Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.
Why this helps
Trip plans can sit in Drive while you separately look up schedules and lose track of the timing.
- Get schedule options from a new travel brief.
- Keep trip planning connected to the document that started it.
- Avoid manually switching from Drive to a transit lookup.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Bart once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to read a new travel brief and retrieve BART departures using the origin, destination, and departure time stated in the file.
- 4Pick the Google Drive File Created trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real travel brief that includes confirmed BART station codes and a departure time.
Questions about this workflow
What should the travel brief include?
Include the origin and destination station codes and the desired departure time so the schedule lookup has the details it needs.
Does this book a ticket?
No. It retrieves schedule information through Bart and does not purchase tickets.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Bart. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Bart actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Get Route Info
Tool to fetch detailed information about a specific bart route. use when you know the route number (1–12) or need all routes configuration. call after confirming the route id.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Get BART Stations
Stub action for bart stations retrieval.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Get GTFS-RT Trip Updates
Tool to fetch real-time trip updates in gtfs-realtime format. use when you need the latest live trip information as raw protobuf.
File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
Download GTFS Static Schedule Feed
Tool to download the static gtfs feed (google transit.zip). use when needing the latest gtfs schedule data.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Get BART Schedule Arrive
Tool to retrieve schedule information based on a specified arrival time. use when planning trips arriving by a given time.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Get BART Schedule Depart
Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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