Fixed-Guideway Transit

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.)

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: Fixed-Guideway Transit

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington DC

Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003

Edition: 2003

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington DC

Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Description:

Abstract:

The BETA version of the Fixed-Guideway Transit Network is a network database of the nation's fixed-guideway transit systems. The data set covers systems in cities defined as FTA's universe of cities and includes heavy rail, light rail, monorail, cable car, inclined plane, and automated guideway. As work continues other cities within FTA's universe of cities will be included for later release.

Purpose:

The data provide users with information about the location and type of fixed-guideway transit and terminal facilities primarily for regional cartographic, spatial and network analysis purposes.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1992

Ending_Date: 2003

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.991273

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.626380

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.607491

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.680243

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: fixed-guideway

Theme_Keyword: transportation

Theme_Keyword: transit

Theme_Keyword: light rail

Theme_Keyword: heavy rail

Theme_Keyword: monorail

Theme_Keyword: inclined plane

Theme_Keyword: cable car

Theme_Keyword: automated guidway

Theme_Keyword: high-occupancy vehicle lanes

Theme_Keyword: commuter rail

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: USA

Place_Keyword: US

Place_Keyword: US Territories

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Stratum_Keyword: Ground

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 2003

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

None. Acknowledgment of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003 would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Contact_Address:

Address: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Address: 400 7th St. SW

City: Washington

State_or_Province: District of Columbia

Postal_Code: 20590

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-DATA

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.)

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: Fixed-Guideway Transit

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington DC

Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Title: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: 2003

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington DC

Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attribute information was obtained from individual transit agencies through telephone conversations, GIS data, transit agency websites, transit agency maps and schedules, and other traveler information systems. Data include a SOURCE field that identifies the original source of the data.

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Value: unkown

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This database contains fixed-guideway transit features for agencies identified by BTS for processing as of 4/1/03. Additional agencies will be added to complete the coverage as work progresses.

Completeness_Report:

Data were processed for FTA's universe of cities based on the availability of source data from FTA, BTS, or local transit agencies. At this time, coverage is incomplete due to time constraints for the release of this Beta version and the availability of local transit data.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Right-of-ways for fixed guideways were developed from GIS data provided by FTA, BTS and local transit agencies. In most cases, the source data are very accurate and complete. In rare cases where the lines were digitized, DOQQ's for the local area were used as a reference for heads-up digitizing. Station locations were verified using street maps, local DOQQ's and USGS DOQ's which were available via the internet from a variety of publically available data clearinghouses. Data include a SOURCE field that identifies the original source of the data.

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: unkown

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Source data were compiled from a number of transit sources. The SOURCE field identifies the original source of the data. The source data were checked for duplicate arcs, connectivity problems such as dangles were corrected. All stations were checked for existence and added when necessary. Nodes were added to the Network at Station locations to facilitate routing . Psuedo Nodes where arcs cross without a station are flagged Status = 9.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: See SOURCE Field

Process_Date: Not complete

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research (UTCTR)

Contact_Person: Amy N. Rose

Contact_Position: Research Associate

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2360 Cherahala Blvd.

City: Knoxville

State_or_Province: TN

Postal_Code: 37932

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 865-946-1466

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: amyrose@tennessee.edu

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1804

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000010

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: station

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RECID

Attribute_Definition: Unique feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: BTS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STFIPS

Attribute_Definition: Two digit State FIPS Code

Attribute_Definition_Source: NIST

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard- FIPS Pub 6-4

Codeset_Source: National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATION

Attribute_Definition: Name of station

Attribute_Definition_Source: See SOURCE field

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: free text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STR_ADD

Attribute_Definition: Address of station

Attribute_Definition_Source: See SOURCE field

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: free text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RTS_SRVD

Attribute_Definition:

Name of the route(s) served by station (Route names delinated by commas e.g. Blue, Red Lines) in alphabetical order

Attribute_Definition_Source: See SOURCE field

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: free text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGTUDE

Attribute_Definition: Longitude of Station

Attribute_Definition_Source: Computationally Generated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude of Station

Attribute_Definition_Source: Computationally Generated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CITY

Attribute_Definition: Name of City

Attribute_Definition_Source: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: National Transit Database

Codeset_Source: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UZA

Attribute_Definition: Urbanized Area Name

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Transit Database

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Official List of Urbanized Area Names

Codeset_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UACODE

Attribute_Definition: Urbanized Area 5 digit code

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Transit Database

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Official List of Urbanized Area Names

Codeset_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ZIPCODE

Attribute_Definition: 5 digit U.S. Postal Code of Station

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Census 2000 U.S. Postal Codes

Codeset_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATUS

Attribute_Definition: Current status of the station

Attribute_Definition_Source: FTA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Planned

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FTA

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Out of service

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FTA

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Active

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FTA

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Under Construction

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FTA

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Used to identify nodes that are not Stations such as rail junctions and State Borders

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SOURCE

Attribute_Definition: Identifies source of original data

Attribute_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: BTS

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: DOT

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: State Department of Transportation

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: MPO

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metropolitan Planning Organization

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FTA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: RTA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Responsible Transit Agency

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: DOQ

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Digital Ortho Quarter Quads

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FRA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TGR

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: TIGER 2000 U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ADD

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Street Address

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: BDR

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: State Border Node

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: UTCTR

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Length

Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VERSION

Attribute_Definition:

The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed.

Attribute_Definition_Source: BTS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 00

Range_Domain_Maximum: 99

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REVISION

Attribute_Definition:

The REVISION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented individually for each record whenever a change is made to one of its fields

Attribute_Definition_Source: BTS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 00

Range_Domain_Maximum: 99

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Address: 400 Seveth Street, S.W.

City: Washington

State_or_Province: District of Columbia

Postal_Code: 20590

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-DATA

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov

Resource_Description: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2002

Distribution_Liability: None.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile

Format_Version_Number: 2002

File_Decompression_Technique:

No compression applied. However, if using digital transfer online option, note access instructions.

Transfer_Size: 0.689

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Access_Instructions:

Anyone with access to the Internet may connect to the BTS web server. To access a specific data set, go to the web address listed above in the Network Resource Name. The visitor can create a package of the dataset for download in a .zip format (i.e. MS-DOS zip archive). This archived package is stored in a temporary file that can then be copied to the visitor's home directory.

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: megabytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9660

Fees: None

Ordering_Instructions:

Call 202-366-DATA, fax 202-366-3640, or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2002 CD-ROM.

Technical_Prerequisites: Software that can process GIS files.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: May 2003

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Address: 400 Seventh Street, S.W.

City: Washington

State_or_Province: District of Columbia

Postal_Code: 20590

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-DATA

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile