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New York City Bus Routes, 1998

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Community Cartography
Publication Date
2007
Title
New York City Bus Routes, 1998
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Transportation Maps and Tables
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/halcrow_busroute_nyc_1998.zip
Abstract
New York City Bus Routes, 1998 is a line theme representing Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) bus routes in New York City as of 1998. Ridership statistics are included in the Route attributes. Statistics are for Average Weekday, Average Saturday, Average Sunday, and Annual Totals. Data also include the route name, number ID, type, headway, vehicle capacity, vehicles per hour, total capacity and fare. Information was obtained from the New York City Transit Authority. Files are provided in the projection NAD83 to align with the NYCMap basemap. The realigned data has not been thoroughly checked for accuracy. The 1998 file is provided as a historical reference.
Purpose
The original New York City bus route and station data were intended to register reasonably well with existing NYC Department of City Planning base map data, e.g. the LION file or the tax block map. ComCarto has adjusted alignment to the NYCMap base. A new dataset was released in 2007 depicting routes as of 2004.
Supplemental Information
See the accompanying Excel file bus_ridership.xls for original ridership statistics, including "other" categories per borough. Ridership data is not available for all routes. Some routes have been combined or split over time.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
1998
Bounding Box
West
-74.253977
East
-73.700094
North
40.933565
South
40.502787
Theme Keyword
transportation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 topic categories
Theme Keyword
Bus
Bus routes
MTA
Public transit
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Kings County (N.Y.)
Queens County (N.Y.)
Richmond County (N.Y.)
New York County (N.Y.)
Bronx County (N.Y.)
NYC
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
2007
1998
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
CommunityCartography
Delivery Point
1200 MacArthur Blvd
City
Mahwah
State
NJ
Postal Code
07430
Contact Telephone
1-877-MakeMap
Contact Facsimile Telephone
201-529-5728
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@comcarto.com
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.1.1332
Cross-Reference
Originator
CommunityCartography
Publication Date
2007
Title
New York City Bus Stops 1998
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/busstop98.zip
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
String
Point and Vector Object Count
778
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Map Projection
Map Projection Name
Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert Conformal Conic
Standard Parallel
40.666667
Standard Parallel
41.033333
Longitude of Central Meridian
-74.000000
Latitude of Projection Origin
40.166667
False Easting
984250.000000
False Northing
0.000000
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
coordinate pair
Coordinate Representation
Planar Distance Units
survey feet
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
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
busroute98
Entity Type Definition
Bus routes
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
ROUTE_ID
route ID number
Definition Source
NYCT
ROUTE_NAME
bus route
Definition Source
NYCT
TYPE
type (local) (limited) (express)
Definition Source
NYCT
LARGEROUTE
route name
Definition Source
NYCT
FINAL_HEAD
headway, morning, am, peak hour
Definition Source
NYCT
VEH_HOUR
vehicles per hour
Definition Source
NYCT
VEH_CAP
vehicle capacity
Definition Source
NYCT
FINAL_CAP
vehicles per hour x vehicle capacity
Definition Source
NYCT
AVWKDY98
Average weekday ridership for 1998
AVSAT98
average Saturday ridership for 1998
AVSUN98
Average Saturday total ridership in 1998
TOTAL98
Total ridership in 1998
AVWKDY99
Average weekday ridership in 1999
AVSAT99
Average Saturday total ridership in 1999
AVSUN99
Average Sunday total ridership in 1999
TOTAL99
Total ridership in 1999
AVWKDY00
Average weekday ridership in 2000
AVSAT00
Average Saturday total ridership in 2000
AVSUN00
Average Sunday total ridership in 2000
TOTAL00
Total ridership in 2000
AVWKDY01
Average weekday ridership in 2001
AVSAT01
Average Saturday total ridership in 2001
AVSUN01
Average Sunday total ridership in 2001
TOTAL01
Total ridership in 2001
AVWKDY02
Average weekday ridership in 2002
AVSAT02
Average Saturday total ridership in 2002
AVSUN02
Average Sunday total ridership in 2002
TOTAL02
Total ridership in 2002
AVWKDY03
Average weekday ridership in 2003
AVSAT03
Average Saturday total ridership in 2003
AVSUN03
Average Sunday total ridership in 2003
TOTAL03
Total ridership in 2003
AVWKDY04
Average weekday ridership in 2004
AVSAT04
Average Saturday total ridership in 2004
AVSUN04
Average Sunday total ridership in 2004
TOTAL04
Total ridership in 2004
AVWKDY05
Average weekday ridership in 2005
AVSAT05
Average Saturday total ridership in 2005
AVSUN05
Average Sunday total ridership in 2005
TOTAL05
Total ridership in 2005
ROUTELINK
Distribution Information
Distributor
CommunityCartography
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20080109
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212)854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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