Post on 15-Apr-2017
AgendaOverview of Automated Fare Collection - AFC ➢ What is it? ➢ How is Data Used? ➢ Data Provided?
Overview of Automated Passenger Count - APC ➢ What is it? ➢ How is Data Used? ➢ Data Provided?
Overview of General Transit Feed Specification - GTFS ➢ What is it? ➢ How is Data Used? ➢ Data Provided?
✓ An Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system is the collection of components that automate the ticketing system of a public transportation network.
✓ Data for stations and buses’ daily usage by riders. Information includes types of devices and cards used, entries and exits, transfers, fare and passes.
PLANNING
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS ✓ RAIL ENTRIES AND EXITS ✓ BREEZE CARD USAGE ✓ RIDERSHIP BY FARE PAYMENT ✓ RIDERSHIP MODE
FINANCE
✓REVENUE REPORT ✓SALES REPORT HOW IS DATA
USED
Variable Definition✓ Transit Day Refers to the date that a transaction occurred
✓ Transaction Date Time Refers to the date/time that a transaction occurred
✓ Device ID A unique identification number assigned to every device in the system
✓ FACID Rail Station Id
✓ Fare Instrument Category
A category contains a group of similar Fare Instrument types
✓ Route Number This the actual bus route for transit mode 1 - Bus
✓ Use Type Indicates the transaction type
✓ Transit Mode 1 - Bus, 2 - Rail
✓ Serial Number Card serial Number
Data Provided
✓ Automatic Passenger Counters allow transit agencies to track ridership on their routes.
✓ Counts of all passengers getting on and off for the service length for the day for that bus.
PLANNING
✓ RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT ✓ ROUTING / ANALYSIS ✓ BUS STOP ALOCATION ✓ PUBLIC HEARINGS
SCHEDULING ✓ RUNCUTTING/BLOCKING ✓ NODE DEVELOPMENT ✓ TRIP/RUN TIMES ✓ PATTERN DEVEOPMENT
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS ✓ ON TIME PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS ✓ BUS STOP ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATION
TECHNOLOGY
ROUTE SURVEY ✓ BUS STOP ✓ DISTANCE CALCULATION ✓ BUS STOP LOCATION
GIS ✓ DATA DEVELOPMENT ✓ DATA EXTRACTION ✓ STOP TRIP CALCULATION ✓ STOP ASSOCIATION
HOW IS DATA USED
Data Provided
Variable Definition✓ Calendar Day Day
✓ Route Bus Route Number
✓ Route Name Route Name
✓ DirectionDirection of Trip - Northbound, Southbound
✓ Stop_id Bus Stop Id
✓ Stop Bus Stop Name
✓ Actual_Arrival_Time Bus arrival time
✓ Actual_Departure_Time Bus Departure time
✓ Ons Passenger Boardings
✓ Offs Passenger Alightings
✓ Latitude Geo Stop Latitude
✓ Longitude Geo Stop Longitude
✓ Vehicle_ID Bus id.
A GTFS feed is composed of a series of text files collected in a ZIP file. Each file models a particular aspect of transit information: stops, routes, trips, and other schedule data.
Bus Real Time Information This contains real-time information about the buses, like Latitude, Longitude, Delay, BlockID and TimePoint.
Rail Real Time Information This contains real-time information about the Trains, like WAITING_SECONDS, WAITING_TIME, DESTINATION, DIRECTION, LINE and STATION.
Variable Definition✓ Route Short Name Short Description of the Route
✓ Route Long Name Long Description of the Route
✓ Route Type Route is either Bus or Train
✓ Shape Point Lat Route Shape Latitude
✓ Shape Point Long Route Shape Longitude
✓ Shape Point Sequence Sequence of the shape point
✓ Stop Code Code of the stop
✓ Stop Name Name of the stop
✓ Stop Lat Latitude of the stop
✓ Stop Long Longitude of the stop
Data Provided
Variable Definition✓ Arrival Time Arrival at the stop
✓ Departure Time Departure time at the stop
✓ Stop ID Unique identifier of the stop
✓ Service ID Unique representation of service ID 3- Saturday, 4-Sunday, 5-weekday
✓ Block ID Unique representation of Block
Data Provided
Bus Real Time Information This contains real-time information about the buses, like Latitude, Longitude, Delay, BlockID and TimePoint.
There are two methods you can use to access the MARTA Bus Realtime RESTful data: GetAllBus — returns all active buses with real-time data across the entire system. http://developer.itsmarta.com/BRDRestService/RestBusRealTimeService/GetAllBus
GetBusByRoute — returns those active buses with real-time data for a given route. http://developer.itsmarta.com/BRDRestService/RestBusRealTimeService/GetBusByRoute/{ROUTE}
Ex: http://developer.itsmarta.com/BRDRestService/RestBusRealTimeService/GetBusByRoute/1
Rail Real Time Information This contains real-time information about the Trains, like WAITING_SECONDS, WAITING_TIME, DESTINATION, DIRECTION, LINE and STATION .
GetRealtimeArrivals — returns real-time train arrivals for all MARTA train stations: http://developer.itsmarta.com/RealtimeTrain/RestServiceNextTrain/GetRealtimeArrivals?apikey=xxxxxxxx