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passenger

vr.tr.passenger · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the passenger as a category, relay rights, safety and statistics from transport law and industry sources, describe kinds such as hitchhikers and free passengers, and distinguish passengers from crew, drivers, freight and the aggregate measure of ridership.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the passenger as a category, relay rights, safety and statistics from transport law and industry sources, describe kinds such as hitchhikers and free passengers, and distinguish passengers from crew, drivers, freight and the aggregate measure of ridership.

A person travelling in a vehicle, vessel or aircraft who is not operating it, from airline and ship passengers to front seat passengers in cars, hitchhikers who obtain free rides and passengers travelling free or at reduced fares, and, in aggregate, transit ridership; passengers have rights and duties under transport law and are counted in transport statistics.

What it is for: Not applicable; a person category.

It can be explain the category; relay rights and safety; describe kinds; distinguish related terms.

Distinguishing features

Non-operating traveller

Rights and duties

Counted in statistics

Many modes

What it looks like

Not a visible object; a person being carried.

Physical character

air passengers per year: over 4 billion - pre-pandemic and recovered

EU air passenger rights regulation: 261/2004 note

front passenger airbag: standard since 1990s note

How it is recognised

Person carried in a vehicle who does not operate it

Airline passengers, ship passengers, front passengers, hitchhikers, gratis passengers, transit ridership

Crew operate; drivers control; freight is cargo; ridership is a count

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

rider

is a kind of - in registry terms

person

is contrasted with - who operate the vehicle

crew

is protected by - in transport law

passenger rights

In practice

Families and kinds

airline passengers

rail and bus passengers

ship and ferry passengers

car passengers including front passengers

hitchhikers and gratis passengers

ridership as an aggregate measure

Standards and regulation

Passenger rights regulations in air, rail and sea transport

Vehicle safety standards for occupants

Carriage contracts and conditions

Failure modes and hazards

Agents giving personal legal advice on claims

Confusing passengers with ridership figures

Registry aliases mixing kinds and a statistic

Also called

hitchhikership passengerfront passengertransit ridershipairline passengerGratis passenger or partially freeback-seat drivereconomy class passengerbusiness class passengerstowawayfrequent flyerwheel-well stowaway

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.passenger

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a passenger is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a passenger, and how does the category differ from crew, driver, freight and ridership? definition
  2. Is the question about the concept, a mode, rights or a personal claim? boundary

Kinds

Kinds.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What are airline, ship, front seat, hitchhiking and gratis passengers? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Rights Rights and safety.

Regulation.

Rights

Passenger rights.

Rights

Rights.

  1. What rights do passengers have on delay, cancellation and injury, in general terms? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own claim, which needs an adviser? boundary

Safety

Safety.

Safety

Safety.

  1. How are passengers protected by seat belts, airbags and safety rules? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Statistics Statistics.

Sources.

Ridership

Ridership.

Ridership

Ridership.

  1. How is transit ridership measured and used in planning? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Trends

Trends.

Trends

Trends.

  1. How have passenger numbers changed across modes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits transport statistics? action
Context Culture and history.

Context.

Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking.

Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking.

  1. How does hitchhiking work, and what are its legal and safety aspects? provenance
  2. Which entry fits hitchhiking? action

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How has the passenger experience changed from stagecoaches to airliners? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of transport? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should airline passenger and hitchhiking be separate primary entries?
  • How should transport law sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming kinds and an aggregate measure; should they be split off?