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Equipment Package: Transit Data Collection

Description: This equipment package collects and stores transit information that is collected in the course of transit operations performed by the Transit Management Subsystem. 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: Inter-City Bus Service
NFTA/Metro Bus and Rail Operations Control Center
Niagara Falls Transit Center
St. Catharines Transit Dispatch
Welland Transit Center
General Functional Requirements 1 - The center shall collect transit management data such as transit fares and passenger use, transit services, paratransit operations, transit vehicle maintenance data, etc.
2 - The 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.
3 - The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the transit data or for the data itself.
4 - The center shall be able to produce sample products of the data available.

Last updated: 11-18-05