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wklumpen / equity-pulse-web

Equity Pulse is a web application and visualization platform using Flask+D3 to support equity and access calcualtions for TransitCenter/SSR/SF2 Work
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Data question from NYCT #109

Closed mlbtc closed 3 years ago

mlbtc commented 3 years ago

In the table in the definitions section, it lists bus routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 as premium routes. What are these routes?

rickl4 commented 3 years ago

I think there was a typo/confusion since the MTA operates both commuter railroads and local bus.

Instead of listing bus routes 1-14 as premium routes, the premium route definition should be the following:

Metro North Railroad: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. (All Rail) LIRR: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. (All Rail)

wklumpen commented 3 years ago

Should be updated on the production website.

mlbtc commented 3 years ago

The chart already specifies that all MNR rail service and all LIRR rail service is premium. Wouldn't the routes #1-14 for MNR and routes #1-12 for LIRR be redundant and not need to be in the table at all? The phrasing won’t make sense to a public-facing audience, since the railroads don’t refer to their routes by number - so to the extent that premium service can be designated by route names or by the entire service (e.g. LIRR rail) that would be best.