30,112
edits
Santa Cruz County, California: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Work to be done in the County: Rail updates
m (→Cycle Routes) |
(→Work to be done in the County: Rail updates) |
||
|
• Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD) provides substantial bus service to many parts of the county. Moderate but incomplete {{key|highway|bus_stop}} data were entered into OSM, initially around the University of California campus, extending citywide in 2013 and early 2014. Also entered was inter-county bus [https://www.osm.org/relation/7317494 route] "Highway 17 Express," linking to San José's Diridon Station for CalTrain and Amtrak rail connections (plus BART and High Speed Rail in the future). This route is nearing "going green" to PublicTransit v2 standards according to [https://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/ geofabrik's OSM Inspector] tool. A semi-automated system (SCMTD's quarterly-released GTFS protocol data) to transform routes and stops into route relation data in OSM was under development, but bogged down with technical difficulties (the Java development stalled). So, now, the tedious work of entering these routes and updating them quarterly must be (and is being, slowly but surely) completed manually. Manual entry began with most University-Downtown routes in February 2014. All stops and additional "alternate segments" of these routes may not yet be complete. As of late 2014, the SCMTD bus route network being entered into OSM was "in progress," perhaps 55% - 60% complete. SCMTD routes remaining to be entered into OSM could use re-assesement; additional volunteers assistance is appreciated! However, as of late 2019, there has been substantial growth towards fully realized public_transport version 2 elements and relations — hooray! As with many OSM tasks, it is far easier to update a "network" or "system" (of bus routes, for example) than it is to continue to be adding to it, so what is not known is if SCMTD's routes in OSM are actually complete. Please update (post 2021-Q2) this wiki or its Discussion page if anybody discovers that the SCMTD network can be declared to be public_transport version 2 complete. After that, simple updates to any real-world changes will suffice.
• Since 2012, Santa Cruz Branch rail is in public ownership (administered by SCCRTC). While light industrial/freight usage (lumber, frozen foods, biodiesel matter...) continues on about five miles of track around Watsonville, longer-term planning is underway to potentially offer future passenger rail service on much of this line. Sites, stations, halts and platforms which displayed in OSM as proposed rail stops came from studies as early as 1998, these are obsolete. As new and potentially different rail infrastructure and services emerged, proposed and actual rail features were updated in OSM. In early 2014, SCCRTC was awarded a Caltrans Transit Planning grant to undertake an analysis of commuter and intercity passenger rail service, studying recommendations for phased, efficient service on the branch: objectives included comparisons of cost-effective options to provide additional transportation options. In 2014-Q4, results were published and in early 2015 updating of {{key|railway|station}}s, {{key|railway|tram_stop}}s and {{key|railway|halt}}s was completed in OSM. As of 2016-Q1, County rail infrastructure in OSM has stabilized, as additional improvements (sidings, signal infrastructure, speed limit and control point data...) continue to be updated (though, these "minor infrastructure" elements remain incomplete). [https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?lang=en&lat=37.45&lon=-121.97&zoom=10&style=standard OpenRailwayMap] displays rail infrastructure and [https://openptmap.org/?zoom=10&lat=37.45&lon=-121.97&layers=B0000TFFT OpenPublicTransportMap] displays passenger rail. Finally, there is much {{key|railway|abandoned}} in the county (e.g. in the San Lorenzo Valley) not yet entered into OSM; ODbL-compliant data sources for these historical rail routes
==City of Santa Cruz==
| |||