Try to decode the json you need to create to see how the PHP data structure should look like:

$json='{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[-85.26995166666667,35.056891]},"properties":{"color":"#FFFFFF","route":"U"},"id":"118"}';
$data = json_decode($json, TRUE);
print_r($data);

The output is:

Array
(
 [type] => Feature
 [geometry] => Array
 (
 [type] => Point
 [coordinates] => Array
 (
 [0] => -85.269951666667
 [1] => 35.056891
 )
 )
 [properties] => Array
 (
 [color] => #FFFFFF
 [route] => U
 )
 [id] => 118
)

Now, your code should look like:

$data = array(
 'type' => $type,
 'geometry' => array(
 'type' => 'Point',
 'coordinates' => array($lat, $lng),
 ),
 'properties' => array(
 'color' => $color,
 'route' => $route,
 ),
 'id' => $id,
);
echo(json_encode($data));

UPDATE: as @paul-crovella remarks in a comment, using var_export() instead of print_r() in the first fragment of code produces directly PHP code very similar with the one displayed above (except for the variables/values) that can be copy-pasted into your code and used by replacing the values ('Features', 35.056891, '#FFFFFF' a.s.o.) with the corresponding variables ($type, $lng, $color etc).

You can try this:

$id = 1;
$type = "type";
$lat = 42.565;
$lng = 19.6464;
$colour = "Color";
$route = "Route";
$data = array('id' => $id, 'type' => $type, 'coordinates' => $lnglat = array($lat, $lng),
 'colour' => $colour, 'route' => $route);
$json_string = json_encode(array('data' => $data));
echo $json_string;

Remove the [] from $data.

Output is:

{"data":{"id":1,"type":"type","coordinates":[42.565,19.6464],"colour":"Color","route":"Route"}} 

This will work for you:

$dataArray = array('id'=> $id, 'type'=> $type,'coordinates'=> $lnglat = array ($lat, $lng), 'colour'=> $colour, 'route'=> $route);
$json_string = json_encode(array('data'=>$dataArray));
echo $json_string;

Your assignment to the $data array should look like this:

$data['data'] = array(
 'id' => $id,
 'type' => $type,
 'coordinates' => $lnglat = array($lat, $lng),
 'colour' => $color,
 'route' => $route
);

P.S. You also had a typo in the $color variable.

Did you try this:

$id=$row['id'];
$type=$row['type'];
$lat=$row['lat'];
$lng=$row['lng'];
$color=$row['color'];
$route=$row['route'];
$data [] = array('id'=> $id, 'type'=> $type,'coordinates'=> $lnglat = array ($lat, $lng),
 'colour'=> $colour, 'route'=> $route);
$json_string = json_encode(array('data'=>$data));
echo $json_string;

All I did was adding one more level into array():

$json_string = json_encode($data);

Into this:

$json_string = json_encode(array('data'=>$data));

Edit:

$data['data'] = array('id'=> $id, 'type'=> $type,'coordinates'=> $lnglat = array ($lat, $lng),
 'colour'=> $colour, 'route'=> $route);
$json_string = json_encode($data);
echo $json_string;

OR

$data = array('id'=> $id, 'type'=> $type,'coordinates'=> $lnglat = array ($lat, $lng),
 'colour'=> $colour, 'route'=> $route);
$json_string = json_encode(array('data'=>$data));
echo $json_string;

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