Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide)

What changed since the last check

• Correctness no change
• Freshness no change
• Rider experience no change

Top three things to fix

1. Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change.

   Service data ended 1 day(s) ago. When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the buses are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist.

   Effort: Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.

2. Add fare_attributes.txt (or Fares v2 files) with your fare structure. If your service is fare-free, ask to have it marked fare-free instead.

   The feed contains no fare information. Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected.

   Effort: A small file for most flat-fare systems.

3. Trim leading and trailing spaces on export. The scorecard's auto-fixed copy already does this.

   Some values have extra spaces at the start or end. A stray space can break a match, so a stop or route may fail to link across files.

   Effort: Usually one export setting.

Ready to send to the agency

Hi Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide) team, Service data ended 1 day(s) ago. When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the buses are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist. The fix is usually one export setting: Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change. This came from your GTFS data quality scorecard, which checks the feed you publish and lists the fixes in plain language: https://gtfsscorecard.org/agency/ann-arbor-area-transportation-authority-theride/

Copy this note from the full scorecard.

NTD GTFS readiness: Not ready

Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. Service data expired 1 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.

Published Ready

Published at a public URL.

Valid Ready

Passes validation with no errors.

Current Not ready

Service data expired 1 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.

agency_id provided Ready

agency.txt provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk each value on the P-50 form.

agency_id equals NTD ID (optional): Not checked yet. This feed provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk it on the P-50 form. The value does not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID; we do not have that ID on file, so the optional equality comparison is not checked yet.

The bar this score answers to

A local transit-data support resource is Michigan Public Transit Open Data Program. MDOT's program helping agencies produce and maintain GTFS and GTFS-Flex.

Key facts

Feed URL

https://www.theride.org/sites/default/files/google/google_transit.zip

Last checked

2026-08-23

Service window

Feed has expired. Last service date 2026-08-22.

Feed version

S1000299

Location

Michigan