Add fare_media_type=1 to fare_media.txt

[tzujenchanmbd]

Context

Currently the valid options of fare_media_type enum are: 0-None, 2-Physical transit card, 3-cEMV, 4-Mobile app. fare_media_type=1 for physical paper ticket has not been adopted yet. Here is the description of fare_media_type=1 in the GTFS fares v2 proposal:

1: Physical paper ticket that allows a passenger to take either a certain number of pre-purchased trips or unlimited trips within a fixed period of time.

In the previous “add fare media” pull request, fare_media_type=1 was reserved primarily because no producers were providing data at the time. For previous discussions on fare_media_type please refer to PR#355 and the working group meeting note

Value for adding this to GTFS

• Showing the price for fares that are purchased on a paper ticket
• Showing what needs to be used to validate the ride (the paper ticket)

Updates

We have learned that PVTA and MBTA could be potential producers for fare_media_type=1 (@jfabi). We hope to adopt fare_media_type=1 once we confirm at least one consumer.

Please share any thoughts on fare_media_type=1 in this issue.

[npaun]

Transit is a consumer as of yesterday.

[isabelle-dr]

@npaun this is great news!
Just to clarify, are you consuming data from PVTA and/or MBTA and would use their media type 1 if they provided it?

[npaun]

We're working with PVTA on adopting this feature, and are consuming this data from them in our staging environment. We can accept this data in production from PVTA and MBTA if and when they choose to include it.

[jfabi]

The MBTA plans on implementing fare_media_type=1 in our production feed over the next week. We will let this group know once it is live!

[lhynes607]

Whoops, I forgot to comment here: PVTA has had type=1 in production since last Thursday.

[emmambd]

Amazing news @jfabi and @lhynes607! @npaun are you able to confirm it's now being consumed by Transit?

[jfabi]

The MBTA plans on implementing fare_media_type=1 in our production feed over the next week. We will let this group know once it is live!

This is now live in the MBTA's GTFS feed as of the past week.

[npaun]

On behalf of Transit, I can confirm that the changes made by PVTA and MBTA are in production in our system.