King County Metro Park and Ride Lots

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Frequently anticipated questions:

What does this data set describe?

Title: King County Metro Park and Ride Lots
Abstract:
A facility intended for Metro customers to park their cars and ride a bus serving that lot. The facility is also available to carpools and vanpools.
Supplemental_Information: None
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    King County Dept. of Transportation, Metro Transit Division, GIS Group, unknown, King County Metro Park and Ride Lots.

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.520730
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.783448
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.780766
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.199870
  3. What does it look like?
    http://www5.kingcounty.gov/sdc/DataImages/parkride.jpg (JPEG)
    JPG File of layer overlain on base of WA counties or local cities
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Calendar_Date: 02-Oct-2024
    Currentness_Reference:
    ground condition
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
      • Entity point (106)
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      The map projection used is NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane Washington North FIPS 4601 Feet.
      Projection parameters:
      Standard_Parallel: 47.5
      Standard_Parallel: 48.73333333333333
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.8333333333333
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 47.0
      False_Easting: 1640416.666666667
      False_Northing: 0.0
      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0003280833333333333
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0003280833333333333
      Planar coordinates are specified in foot_us
      The horizontal datum used is D North American 1983 HARN.
      The ellipsoid used is GRS 1980.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222101.
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    maint.TRANSIT.parkride_point
    King County Metro Park and Ride Lo (Source: King County Metro)
    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI) Coordinates defining the features.
    FEATURE_ID
    INVENTORY_ID
    Unique inventory number for park and ride lot (Source: King County Metro) Integer or single precision decimal
    ADDRESS
    Address of park and ride lot (Source: King County Metro) Full street address of Park and Ride
    OWNERSHIP_TYPE
    Ownership of park and ride lot (Source: King County Metro)
    ValueDefinition
    L 
    P 
    ZIP
    REG_SPACES
    Number of regular Spaces for the Park & Ride (Source: King County Metro) Integer
    XCOORD
    The projected easting location of a Park and Ride lot (Source: King County Metro) Double
    YCOORD
    The projected northing location of a Park & Ride lot (Source: King County Metro) Double
    LONGITUDE
    Longitude of the park and ride (Source: King County Metro) Double
    LATITUDE
    Latitude of the park and ride (Source: King County Metro) Double
    OBJECTID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI) Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    NAME
    Name of the park and ride lot (Source: King County Metro) Text
    DISTRICT
    Service planning district for the park & ride (Source: King County Metro)
    ValueDefinition
    E 
    N 
    S 
    OWNER
    Owner of park and ride lot (Source: King County Metro)
    ValueDefinition
    KCKIng County
    KC/SKing County/Sound Transit
    S 
    STSound Transit
    ADDRESS_NUM
    Numerical portion of street address (Source: KC Metro) Integer as text
    ON_PREFIX
    On-street street name prefix (Source: KC Metro) String
    ON_STNAME
    On-street street name (Source: KC Metro) String
    ON_STYPE
    On-street street type (Source: KC Metro) String
    ON_SUFFIX
    On-street street suffix (Source: KC Metro) String
    CROSS_PREFIX
    Cross-street street name prefix (Source: KC Metro) String
    CROSS_STNAME
    Cross-street street name (Source: KC Metro) String
    CROSS_STYPE
    Cross-street street type (Source: KC Metro) String
    CROSS_SUFFIX
    Cross-street street name suffix (Source: KC Metro) String
    ACCESSIBLE
    Handicap accessible (Source: King County Metro)
    ValueDefinition
    0 
    8 
    10 
    17 

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    King County Dept. of Transportation, Metro Transit Division, GIS Group
    Attn: Trang Bui
    DBA/GIS Analyst
    201 S Jackson St, Suite 800
    Seattle, WA

    206-684-1593 (voice)
    206-684-2059 (FAX)
    trang.bui@kingcounty.gov
    Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday

Why was the data set created?

Used by transit commuters in King County. Planners from Metro; WSDOT and King County jurisdictions use the data for planning park-and-ride development; new and expanded park-and-ride lots and transit oriented development projects. Metro service planners use the data for route planning. The points are used by scheduling to determine distances to calculate platform hours vs revenue hours of service. They are also used by the web-based trip planning service.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    (process 1 of 3)
    Derived from COMMON_INTEREST master table based on CODE = 570. Business table attributes are then attached.
    Date: 21-Nov-2012 (process 2 of 3)
    Metadata is updated by Trang Bui on 11/21/12.
    Date: 18-Mar-2021 (process 3 of 3)
    Added Kenmore Community Club park&ride. Removed some sites and renamed others due to the church name changing.
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
    King County Dept. of Transportation, Metro, King County Metro Park and Ride Lots.

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
King County data are made available with the understanding that they shall be used exclusively by the obtainer or his/her authorized agents. Digital products may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form or by any means without the express written authorization of King County.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    KCGIS Center
    Attn: Cheryl Wilder
    Data Sales Coordinator
    201 S Jackson St, Suite 700
    Seattle, WA

    206-263-5220 (voice)
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? /plibrary2/transportation/shapes/point/parkride.shp
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    King County disclaims any warranty of use of any digital product or data beyond that for which it was designed
  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 03-Oct-2024
Metadata author:
King County Dept. of Transportation, Metro Transit Division, GIS Group
Attn: Trang Bui
GIS Analyst
201 S Jackson St, Suite 800
Seattle, WA

206-684-1593 (voice)
Trang.Bui@kingcounty.gov
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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