Identify data nessary to support RH fleet & shift model

[gregerhardt]

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[gregmacfarlane]

@Yufei-yf did a good job presenting on this in our call today. Basically, he needs the following:

• number of vehicles
• number of trips
• start time and location
• shift length

There was also some discussion about how to specify the the RH model outputs in the context of BEAM inputs. Car type inputs with shift information here, and ridehail vehicle information with starting location here. Will have to go looking for the code. The BEAM input file format defines some parameters; the question is:

• Do @Yufei-yf and Srini specify their outputs using the existing BEAM file?
• Or do @Yufei-yf and Srini adapt the BEAM code to work with the inputs they want to provide?

[gregmacfarlane]

This was something we talked about in today's meeting. @Yufei-yf can comment with the information they require, but we talked about making sure that BEAM can take the outputs of their model. This might require either adapting the model or adapting BEAM, @Yufei-yf was going to do some research to figure out which path would be superior.

Sorry, GitHub seemed to have lost the previous comment, but I'll leave this one here.

[gregmacfarlane]

There was also a discussion about whether the Lyft data would have sociodemographic attributes on the drivers. @FlaviaTsang and I didn't think so, but @joecastiglione should correct us if we're wrong.

[Yufei-yf]

It seems that the vehicleTypes-rh-cavs.csv file doesn't cover any shift information. This link here provides both start location and shift information. I am not sure what does the number in the shift column mean (for instance {10:25200};{25300:80000})? It will be great if we are able to know what does that mean and also the unit.