diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5304dec..b2717bb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.15.4"
+  ".": "1.15.5"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31a2f3e..458ec16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.15.5 (2025-08-30)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.15.4...v1.15.5](https://github.com/OneBusAway/python-sdk/compare/v1.15.4...v1.15.5)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** add Sequence related utils ([767a34a](https://github.com/OneBusAway/python-sdk/commit/767a34a8634d836ec05bc577e640df14416dd9c2))
+
 ## 1.15.4 (2025-08-27)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.15.3...v1.15.4](https://github.com/OneBusAway/python-sdk/compare/v1.15.3...v1.15.4)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3928557..ede2518 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "onebusaway"
-version = "1.15.4"
+version = "1.15.5"
 description = "The official Python library for the onebusaway-sdk API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/onebusaway/_types.py b/src/onebusaway/_types.py
index cbe6c70..057d697 100644
--- a/src/onebusaway/_types.py
+++ b/src/onebusaway/_types.py
@@ -13,10 +13,21 @@
     Mapping,
     TypeVar,
     Callable,
+    Iterator,
     Optional,
     Sequence,
 )
-from typing_extensions import Set, Literal, Protocol, TypeAlias, TypedDict, override, runtime_checkable
+from typing_extensions import (
+    Set,
+    Literal,
+    Protocol,
+    TypeAlias,
+    TypedDict,
+    SupportsIndex,
+    overload,
+    override,
+    runtime_checkable,
+)
 
 import httpx
 import pydantic
@@ -217,3 +228,26 @@ class _GenericAlias(Protocol):
 class HttpxSendArgs(TypedDict, total=False):
     auth: httpx.Auth
     follow_redirects: bool
+
+
+_T_co = TypeVar("_T_co", covariant=True)
+
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    # This works because str.__contains__ does not accept object (either in typeshed or at runtime)
+    # https://github.com/hauntsaninja/useful_types/blob/5e9710f3875107d068e7679fd7fec9cfab0eff3b/useful_types/__init__.py#L285
+    class SequenceNotStr(Protocol[_T_co]):
+        @overload
+        def __getitem__(self, index: SupportsIndex, /) -> _T_co: ...
+        @overload
+        def __getitem__(self, index: slice, /) -> Sequence[_T_co]: ...
+        def __contains__(self, value: object, /) -> bool: ...
+        def __len__(self) -> int: ...
+        def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[_T_co]: ...
+        def index(self, value: Any, start: int = 0, stop: int = ..., /) -> int: ...
+        def count(self, value: Any, /) -> int: ...
+        def __reversed__(self) -> Iterator[_T_co]: ...
+else:
+    # just point this to a normal `Sequence` at runtime to avoid having to special case
+    # deserializing our custom sequence type
+    SequenceNotStr = Sequence
diff --git a/src/onebusaway/_utils/__init__.py b/src/onebusaway/_utils/__init__.py
index d4fda26..ca547ce 100644
--- a/src/onebusaway/_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/onebusaway/_utils/__init__.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     extract_type_arg as extract_type_arg,
     is_iterable_type as is_iterable_type,
     is_required_type as is_required_type,
+    is_sequence_type as is_sequence_type,
     is_annotated_type as is_annotated_type,
     is_type_alias_type as is_type_alias_type,
     strip_annotated_type as strip_annotated_type,
diff --git a/src/onebusaway/_utils/_typing.py b/src/onebusaway/_utils/_typing.py
index 1bac954..845cd6b 100644
--- a/src/onebusaway/_utils/_typing.py
+++ b/src/onebusaway/_utils/_typing.py
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ def is_list_type(typ: type) -> bool:
     return (get_origin(typ) or typ) == list
 
 
+def is_sequence_type(typ: type) -> bool:
+    origin = get_origin(typ) or typ
+    return origin == typing_extensions.Sequence or origin == typing.Sequence or origin == _c_abc.Sequence
+
+
 def is_iterable_type(typ: type) -> bool:
     """If the given type is `typing.Iterable[T]`"""
     origin = get_origin(typ) or typ
diff --git a/src/onebusaway/_version.py b/src/onebusaway/_version.py
index 03d038f..54fc002 100644
--- a/src/onebusaway/_version.py
+++ b/src/onebusaway/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "onebusaway"
-__version__ = "1.15.4"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.15.5"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 37ee5d0..a6008de 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import inspect
 import traceback
 import contextlib
-from typing import Any, TypeVar, Iterator, cast
+from typing import Any, TypeVar, Iterator, Sequence, cast
 from datetime import date, datetime
 from typing_extensions import Literal, get_args, get_origin, assert_type
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     is_list_type,
     is_union_type,
     extract_type_arg,
+    is_sequence_type,
     is_annotated_type,
     is_type_alias_type,
 )
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ def assert_matches_type(
     if is_list_type(type_):
         return _assert_list_type(type_, value)
 
+    if is_sequence_type(type_):
+        assert isinstance(value, Sequence)
+        inner_type = get_args(type_)[0]
+        for entry in value:  # type: ignore
+            assert_type(inner_type, entry)  # type: ignore
+        return
+
     if origin == str:
         assert isinstance(value, str)
     elif origin == int: