Transit Center Data Collection Functional Area

Description

'Transit Center Data Collection' collects and stores transit information that is collected in the course of transit operations performed by the Transit Management Center. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data users and archives in the region.

Included In

BCTA Transit Management Center
PRT Offices
Regional Transit Agency Offices
PRT Operations Center
BART Transit Management Center
WTA/Freedom Transit Management Center
WCTA Transit Management Center

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The center shall collect transit management data such as transit fares and passenger use, transit services, paratransit operations, transit vehicle maintenance data, etc.
2The transit management center shall assign quality control metrics and meta–data to be stored along with the data. Meta–data may include attributes that describe the source and quality of the data and the conditions surrounding the collection of the data.
3The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the transit data or for the data itself.
4The transit management center shall produce sample products of the data available.