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ODOT-PTS / GTFS-ride

GTFS-ride is an open standard for storing and sharing fixed-route transit ridership data.
https://gtfsride.org
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Make service_date a required field #26

Closed dmani closed 5 years ago

dmani commented 5 years ago

Service_date in board_alight.txt could be changed to a required field as the trip_id alone is not sufficient to identify the date of travel.

carletop commented 5 years ago

You are correct. Any ridership data without a service_date would be assumed to be aggregated over all the active days in the trips associated service_id. The original intent was to offer flexibility, but as you indicate, others may desire that specificity be a requirement for consistency. Also requiring a date may be confusing when the purpose of _boardalight.txt is to record service cancelation information as indicated by a 1 in record_use (the other existing required fields could also be issues for clarity in this case). @dmani What is your understanding of an agencies desires, to prioritize flexibility or consistent, high-resolution data?

carletop commented 5 years ago

@dmani I will close this issue for now, but if you feel it's unresolved I'll reopen it.