Adding Ride Check Data Manually

You can enter the ride check data manually using the Check Edit - Ride Check dialog box.

  1. On the Trips tab, select a record with a ride check and click the Edit button: Edit button.
    The Ridership Check Edit dialog box appears.
    Ridership Check Edit dialog box
  2. Double-click the appropriate extraction or click Edit.
    The Check Edit - Ride Check dialog box appears.
    Check Edit -Ride Check dialog box

    If you have raw passenger count data from automatic checks performed in PLAN Gateway, it is displayed in the Raw On and Raw Off columns. These columns are only displayed if this data is available.

  3. In the Check Date field, do one of the following steps:
    • Type the appropriate date.
    • Click the Calendar button beside the field and select a date from the calendar.
  4. In the Checker frame, from the Employee Type drop-down list, select the employee type you wish to assign as checker.
    The names of employees under the selected type are shown on the Employee Type drop-down list.
  5. Optional: In the Other frame, type comments in the Comment field.
  6. Optional: To type Arrive and Depart times quickly for several successive nodes/stops:
    1. In the Passenger Counts frame, place the cursor in the Off field and select the Enter Time check box.
    2. In the Off field, type the number of passengers that alighted from the vehicle and press ENTER.
      The cursor moves to the On field.
    3. In the On field, type the number of passengers who boarded the vehicle and press ENTER.
      The cursor moves to the Arrive field.
    4. In the Arrive field of the Time frame, type the time the vehicle arrived and press ENTER.
      The cursor moves to the Depart field.
    5. In the Depart field, type the time the vehicle departed the node/stop and press ENTER.
      The cursor goes back to the Off field.
  7. Select the next node or stop in the list in the lower section of the dialog box and repeat step 6. If the Enter Time check box is clear, the cursor only moves between the Off and On fields when you press ENTER.
  8. Optional: Perform the following steps as necessary:
    1. If the trip is a Random Sample trip, select the Random check box.
      Trips selected by the random sample process are automatically checked as Random trips. However, if you used some alternative random sample selection at your site or if a new ride check extraction was created for the trip after the random sample extraction, you must select this check box. When the Random check box is selected, the system recognizes the trip when you run NTD reports.
    2. In the Bus Number field, type the number of the vehicle.
    3. In the Initial Load field, type the number of passengers remaining on the bus from the previous trip.
      This value is placed in the top row of the Load column in the Check Edit-Ride Check dialog box. The load value varies as boarding and alighting values are typed.
    4. In the Check Type and Check Comments frame, add comments by selecting options in the Comment Type 1 and Comment Type 2 lists.
      If you have not created Comment Types ancillary data, the Comment Type fields will be empty.
  9. Click OK.
    A message appears asking if you want to save and exit data entry.
  10. Click Yes.

The data is saved and the passenger miles are automatically calculated for the trip.