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amandaha8
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| @@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ Inconsistent use of the term `agency` can be confusing, so this section of the d | |||
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| | <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Area of Focus</span> | How to Identify an `agency` | | |||
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| | **Organizations** | Within the [California Transit Base](california-transit), organizations can represent transit agencies or other organizations that don't provide transit service. Some of these entities may "manage" several transit services. Some of these organizations have a built-in crosswalk to NTD data via the `ntd_id_2022` column. | | |||
| | **Services** | Within the [California Transit Base](california-transit), services represent a type of transit "product" that people can use to travel. Services are differentiated if there is a difference in any of the following characteristics: <ol><li>Provider of the service</li><li>"Super-mode" of the service.</li><li>Whether the service is a "fixed-route" service.</li><li>Whether there are different "rider requirements" that passengers must qualify for in order to ride.</li></ol> Often times, organizations (especially large transit agencies) will "manage" multiple services. <br/><br/>**Examples of `services` for OCTA:**<br/><ul><li>`Orange County Transportation Authority`: fixed-route bus service</li><li>`OC Streetcar`: fixed-route streetcar service</li><li>`OC ACCESS`: paratransit demand-response service</li><li>`OC Flex`: a demand-response service open to public</li></ul>| | |||
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Can you define what super mode means in this context?
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| | <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Area of Focus</span> | How to Identify an `agency` | | |||
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| | **Organizations** | Within the [California Transit Base](california-transit), organizations can represent transit agencies or other organizations that don't provide transit service. Some of these entities may "manage" several transit services. Some of these organizations have a built-in crosswalk to NTD data via the `ntd_id_2022` column. | | |||
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Can you give an example of an entity that manages several transit services and an example of an organization that doesn't provide transit service?
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Description
Following internal discussion, this update tries to add more documentation about the core data model of "organizations", "services", "gtfs service data" and "gtfs datasets".
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