Add fare_media_type=1

[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. In PR#355, fare_media_type=1 was reserved primarily because no producers were providing data at the time.

Change in this PR

Add fare_media_type=1 description in fare_media.txt

Value of this change

• 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)

Data consumer: Transit
Data producer: MBTA, PVTA

For previous discussions, please see issue#384, PR#355, and working group meeting minutes.
Please go through the change and share your thoughts here.

[tzujenchanmbd]

@npaun @timMillet Would you be able to share a screenshot of Transit app using this type? For example displaying the ticket name and/or if you use it to display the price.

[tzujenchanmbd]

According to @npaun comment in issue#384,

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

Both PVTA and MBTA's changes are in production on Transit App.

We are opening a vote for adding fare_media_type=1, which is a part of GTFS-fares v2 proposal.
Please vote with a +1 (for) or -1 (against) in the comments. Voting ends on 2023-08-01 at 23:59:59 UTC.

PVTA

MBTA

[npaun]

+1 Transit

[doconnoronca]

+1 TransSee

[westontrillium]

+1 Trillium

[drewda]

+1 from @interline-io

Our team is currently reviewing to look for the handful of situations like this in the SF Bay Area, and will tag those as fare_media_type=1 in the Bay Area Regional Feed in the near future.

[lhynes607]

+1 PVTA

[jfabi]

+1 from the @mbta.

[bdferris-v2]

+1 from Google

[tzujenchanmbd]

The vote passed on 2023-08-01 at 23:59:59 UTC.

7 votes in favour and no votes against.

The votes came from:
Transit (@npaun)
TransSee (@doconnoronca)
Trillium (@westontrillium)
Interline-io (@drewda)
PVTA (@lhynes607)
MBTA (@jfabi)
Google (@bdferris-v2)

Thanks to everyone who contributed and voted! We are in the process of updating the GTFS Schedule Reference page on gtfs.org.