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infrastructure managers and transport authorities for the network.", "master_systems": [ "Vehicle and operator licensing registers" ] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q7590: transport", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Transport", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "mode-and-route", "name": "Mode and route", "description": "How and where movement happens.", "rationale": "Mode and route determine time, cost, risk and rules.", "layers": [ { "id": "mode", "name": "Mode", "description": "Road, rail, water, air or other.", "findings": [ { "id": "mode-finding", "name": "Mode used", "description": "The mode and vehicle types.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which mode and vehicles are used?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which alternative modes exist for this route?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "route", "name": "Route", "description": "Origin, destination and path.", "findings": [ { "id": "route-finding", "name": "Route details", "description": "The route and its stops.", "questions": [ { "text": "What route does this movement follow, via which stops?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "What distance and time does it take?", "kind": "measurement" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "service-and-carrier", "name": "Service and carrier", "description": "Who provides it and how.", "rationale": "Transport is bought as a service with terms, prices and liabilities.", "layers": [ { "id": "carrier", "name": "Carrier", "description": "Operator of the service.", "findings": [ { "id": "carrier-finding", "name": "Carrier identity", "description": "The carrier and its licensing.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which carrier operates this service, and under what licence?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Who is liable if something goes wrong?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "booking", "name": "Booking and price", "description": "Tickets and contracts.", "findings": [ { "id": "booking-finding", "name": "Commercial terms", "description": "The price, ticket and terms.", "questions": [ { "text": "How is this service booked, and at what price?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "What are the rules for changes and refunds?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "performance", "name": "Performance", "description": "Reliability, capacity and emissions.", "rationale": "Performance measures let people compare options and hold operators to account.", "layers": [ { "id": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "description": "Punctuality and cancellations.", "findings": [ { "id": "reliability-finding", "name": "Reliability record", "description": "Punctuality statistics.", "questions": [ { "text": "How punctual and reliable is this service?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "From which source do the statistics come?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "emissions", "name": "Energy and emissions", "description": "Environmental impact.", "findings": [ { "id": "emissions-finding", "name": "Emissions estimate", "description": "Emissions per passenger or tonne.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the emissions per passenger-km or tonne-km?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "Which method produced that estimate?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "safety-and-rights", "name": "Safety and rights", "description": "Rules protecting people.", "rationale": "Safety rules and passenger rights govern what operators must do.", "layers": [ { "id": "safety", "name": "Safety", "description": "Safety rules and record.", "findings": [ { "id": "safety-finding", "name": "Safety regime", "description": "The safety rules and incident record.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which safety rules apply to this mode and service?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "What is its safety record?", "kind": "measurement" } ] } ] }, { "id": "rights", "name": "Passenger and shipper rights", "description": "Compensation and accessibility.", "findings": [ { "id": "rights-finding", "name": "Rights in force", "description": "The rights applying to users.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which passenger or shipper rights apply?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "How is a claim made?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should the registry model each mode as a child entry of transport?", "How should multimodal trips be represented?", "Which metrics should the model carry for comparison across modes?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }