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

Lextran Transit Operations Center

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
01The center shall collect transit management data such as transit fares and passenger use, transit services, paratransit operations, transit vehicle maintenance data, etc.
02The 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.
03The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the transit data or for the data itself.
04The center shall be able to produce sample products of the data available.