Feed status · checked 2026-07-19
BC Transit (West Kootenay Transit System)
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Bus
First scorecard for this agency
Catalogued in British Columbia, Canada.
A data-quality and completeness lens to help an agency improve its GTFS feed. Not an official compliance determination from any transit program. New to this? How to read your scorecard. Interactive view of this scorecard. Rubric v1.2, validator 8.0.1.
Checked for changes 70 minutes ago; last changed 70 minutes ago.
Measured 3 of 4 score categories from the agency's own feed.
How we measured this
Confidence in this measurement: medium.
- Realtime quality was not measured this run. It does not count against the grade.
- The feed was downloaded from the agency's own URL.
Confidence describes how much the pipeline could measure this run, not the feed itself. It never changes the grade.
Top things to fix
Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.Likely your team
627 of 627 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there. Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all.
⏱ A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.worth about +25 points in its category
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.Likely your export tool
816 of 816 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
⏱ A default or per-trip field in your export.worth about +15 points in its category
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.
⏱ A small file for most flat-fare systems.worth about +15 points in its category
How to make and check these changes
Check the result on the published feed. Read the guide, make the change in your tool, and use the next comparable run to see whether the finding is still reported. Only an action or ticket record can attribute who made the change.
Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. Self-check a feed before you publish.
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. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Rider view: what this feed publishes
A quick read of rider-facing information in this feed.
- Schedule visibility
- The feed's last published service date is in 165 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 0% of stops and 0% of trips. This measures published data, not whether stops or vehicles are physically usable.
- Fare information
- No fare information is published in the feed.
- Realtime information
- Realtime-feed availability and live-arrival coverage are not known from this scorecard.
Important: This does not rate service reliability. Riders should confirm current service alerts, fares, and accessibility accommodations with the transit operator before traveling.
Send your vendor a fix request
You may not control the GTFS export yourself. Copy this and send it to whoever runs your scheduling software export. It names each fix with the validator notice and a guide link.
Score by category
The MobilityData validator flagged 6 kinds of issue across 218 instances (0 error, 110 warning, 108 informational).
Service data covers the next 165 days.
0% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (0% marked accessible, 0% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is not published.
0% of stops state accessibility (0% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.
2 accessibility depth signals
22 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (2, 3, 4, 10, 14, and more).
Consider: Adjust route_color or route_text_color so each pair clears 4.5:1. Often switching the text between black and white is enough.
554 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("A Ave at 4th St", "Innes St W at Crease Ave", "Cottonwood St at 7th St (WB)", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
Opportunities to strengthen the data, not deductions from the sub-score above. States what the second accessibility lens can check from the feed, not verified physical usability.
Not scored yet. Nothing here counts against the grade.
Routes and stops
Each route is drawn once, using the longest shape its trips follow; stops are the dots.
Skip to route and stop dataBasemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes and stops: this agency's GTFS feed.
- 1 (teal)
- 10 (yellow)
- 10X (yellow)
- 14 (green)
- 15 (pink)
- 2 (gray)
- 20 (purple)
- 2R (gray)
- 3 (orange)
- 31 (purple)
- 32 (yellow)
- 33 (brown)
- 34 (gray)
- 36 (pink)
- 38 (gray)
- 4 (teal)
- 41 (teal)
- 42 (orange)
- 43 (gray)
- 43X (gray)
- 44 (pink)
- 45 (purple)
- 46 (teal)
- 51 (red)
- 52 (brown)
- 53 (purple)
- 57 (brown)
- 58 (purple)
- 72 (yellow)
- 74 (teal)
- 76 (gray)
- 98 (orange)
- 99 (teal)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Uphill | Bus | teal |
| 10 North Shore | Bus | yellow |
| 10X North Shore Express | Bus | yellow |
| 14 Blewett | Bus | green |
| 15 Perrier | Bus | pink |
| 2 Fairview | Bus | gray |
| 20 Slocan Valley | Bus | purple |
| 2R Fairview Reverse Route | Bus | gray |
| 3 Rosemont | Bus | orange |
| 31 North Castlegar | Bus | purple |
| 32 Columbia | Bus | yellow |
| 33 Selkirk | Bus | brown |
| 34 Kinnaird/Southridge | Bus | gray |
| 36 Ootischenia | Bus | pink |
| 38 Playmor via Pass Creek | Bus | gray |
| 4 Lakeside Dr W | Bus | teal |
| 41 Binns | Bus | teal |
| 42 Columbia Heights | Bus | orange |
| 43 Glenmerry/Fruitvale | Bus | gray |
| 43X Fruitvale Express | Bus | gray |
| 44 Sunningdale - Hospital | Bus | pink |
| 45 Teck | Bus | purple |
| 46 Rossland | Bus | teal |
| 51 Nakusp-Hot Springs | Bus | red |
| 52 Nakusp-Playmor via Silverton | Bus | brown |
| 53 Nakusp-Edgewood | Bus | purple |
| 57 Kaslo Local | Bus | brown |
| 58 Kaslo-Argenta | Bus | purple |
| 72 Salmo-Nelson via Ymir | Bus | yellow |
| 74 Nakusp-Nelson | Bus | teal |
| 76 Kaslo-Nelson | Bus | gray |
| 98 Columbia Connector | Bus | orange |
| 99 Kootenay Connector | Bus | teal |
This feed has 627 stops.
List every stop
- 12th Ave at Hwy 22
- 12th Ave at Hwy 22
- Selkirk College Bay B
- 12th Ave at 15th Ave
- 12th Ave at 15th Ave
- 12th Ave at 5th St
- 12th Ave at 5th St
- 12th Ave at 6th St
- 12th Ave at 6th St
- Columbia Ave at 22nd St
- Columbia Ave at 23rd St
- Columbia Ave at 23rd St
- Teck D Parking Lot
- Mountain Lake Seniors Community
- Hoover St at Hall St
- 1555 Columbia Ave
- 1530 Columbia Ave
- Columbia Ave at Hunters Pl
- 2529 Columbia Ave
- 2528 Columbia Ave
- 14th Ave at Hwy 3
- Thompson Ave at Hwy 3B/22
- Waneta Plaza Bay B
- Victoria St at Tamarac Ave
- 10th Ave at 26th St
- 14th Ave at 37th St
- Tamarac Ave at Columbia Gardens Rd
- Warfield Plant
- Kootenay Ave at Pole Yard Lane
- Trail Walmart
- 3543 Highway Dr
- 3550 Highway Dr
- Glover Rd at McAnally St
- Carnation Dr at Woodland Dr
- Castlegar Airport
- Hwy 3B/22 at Redstone Dr
- Hospital Bench at 4th Ave
- Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
- Ootischenia Rd at Columbia Rd
- Hwy 3B/22 at Cemetery
- Hwy 3B at Wellington Ave
- Hwy 3B at Wellington Ave
- 454 Ootischenia Rd
- Hospital Bench at J.L. Crowe Secondary
- 350 Ootischenia Rd
- St Paul St at 6th Ave
- Jubilee St at Washington St
- Butte St at Columbia Ave
- 2nd Ave at St Paul St
- St Paul St at 3rd Ave
- Washington St at 3rd Ave
- Columbia Ave at Queen St
- Columbia Ave at Spokane St
- Columbia Ave at Spokane St
- Dunn Cres at Hwy 3B/22
- Nevada St at Kootenay Ave
- Nevada St at Kootenay Ave
- Thompson Ave at Irwin Ave
- Thompson Ave at St Paul St
- Thompson Ave at St Paul St
- Thompson Ave at Spokane St
- Thompson Ave at Spokane St
- Thompson Ave at Davis St
- Thompson Ave at Davis St
- Murray Dr at Forrest Dr
- Warfield Store
- Warfield Store
- Forrest Dr at Willow Dr
- Forrest Dr at Willow Dr
- Forrest Dr at Murray Dr
- Haig St at French St
- Wellington Ave at Turner St
- Wellington Ave at Turner St
- Wellington Ave at Hwy 3B
- Binns St at Esling St
- Binns St at Buckna St
- Daniel St at Maple St
- Daniel St at Munter St
- Cedar Ave at Farwell St
- Cedar Ave at Spokane St
- Selkirk College Student Residence
- Columbia Ave at 22nd St
- Broadwater Rd at Horcoff Rd
- Daniel St at End St
- Daniel St at Wilmes Access
- Topping St at Elm St
- Topping St at Bay Ave
- Topping St at Portland St
- Eldorado St at Pine Ave
- Bay Ave at Farwell St
- 2nd Ave at McQuarrie St
- 2nd Ave at McQuarrie St
- 2nd Ave at Robertson St
- 2nd Ave at Robertson St
- 2nd Ave at Bailey St
- 2nd Ave at Goepel St
- 2nd Ave at Goepel St
- 2nd Ave at Taylor St
- 2nd Ave at Taylor St
- Hillside Dr at Park Rd
- Hillside Dr at Park Rd
- Goepel St at 4th Ave
- 5th Ave at Bowser St
- 5th Ave at Rockland Ave
- McBride St at 7th Ave
- McBride St at 7th Ave
- Oliver St at 7th Ave
- Oliver St at 6th Ave
- 7th Ave at Bowser St
- 7th Ave at Bowser St
- Hwy 3B at Beaver Rd
- Hwy 3B at Beaver Rd
- 6th Ave at Brewster St
- 6th Ave at Brewster St
- Highway Dr at Laurel Cres
- Highway Dr at Lily St
- Highway Dr at Lily St
- Hwy 22A at Hwy 3B
- Carnation Dr at Marigold Dr
- Carnation Dr at Daisy St
- Carnation Dr at Cottonwood Dr
- Carnation Dr at Woodland Dr
- Lily St at Carnation Dr
- Lily St at Carnation Dr
- Teck Main Gate
- Hazlewood Dr at Diana Cres
- Hillside Dr at Viola Cres
- Hazlewood Dr at Portia Cres
- Hillside Dr at Sylvia Cres
- Hazlewood Dr at Hermia Cres
- Marianna Cres at Celia Cres E
- Marianna Cres at Nerissa Dr
- Marianna Cres at Celia Cres W
- Wordsworth Ave at Shelley St
- Main St at Columbia Gardens Rd
- Main St at Kootenay Ave
- Laurier Ave at Main St
- 1057 Hwy 3B
- 1050 Hwy 3B
- 10th Ave at 5th St
- Hwy 3B at Goodwin Way
- Old Waneta Rd at Devito Dr
- 9th Ave at 2nd St
- 9th Ave at 2nd St
- 9th Ave at 3rd St
- 9th Ave at 3rd St
- 9th Ave at 4th St
- 9th Ave at 4th St
- Hwy 3B at Bluebird Rd
- Hwy 3B at Robinson Rd
- Hwy 3B at Robinson Rd
- Hwy 3B at W Mountain St
- Green Rd at Redwood Dr
- Green Rd at Beaver Valley Arena
- Green Rd at Mill Rd
- 1992 Old Salmo Rd
- Old Salmo Rd at Mollar Rd
- Mill Rd at Kootenay Ave S
- Columbia Gardens Rd at Cedar Ave
- Columbia Gardens Rd at Juniper Ave
- Beaver St at Columbia Gardens Rd
- Carnation Dr at Woodland Dr
- Hwy 3B at Nelson Ave
- Hwy 3B at Nelson Ave
- Highway Dr at Lilac Cres
- Highway Dr at Dahlia Cres
- 2950 Highway Dr
- 2905 Highway Dr
- Highway Dr at Lilac Cres
- Highway Dr at Iris Cres
- Tennyson Ave at Shakespeare St
- Old Rossland Ave at White St
- Rosewood Dr at Carnation Dr
- Rosewood Dr at Carnation Dr
- Cottonwood Dr at Rosewood Dr
- Cottonwood Dr at Carnation Dr
- Rossland Ave at 2nd St
- Rossland Ave at Railway Lane
- 586 Rossland Ave
- 585 Rossland Ave
- Rossland Ave at Railway Lane
- Haig St at Coleman St
- Jubilee St at St Paul St
- Broadway St W at 6th Ave SW
- Harold St at Ward Ave
- Slocan St at Giffin Ave
- Harold St at Delany Ave
- Hwy 6 at Winlaw Bridge Rd
- Hwy 3A at Ootischenia Rd
- Hwy 3A at Upper Balfour Rd
- Grieve Rd at Mollar Rd
- Broadwater Rd at Relkoff Rd
- Blake St at Waldie Ave
- Columbia Ave at 1st St
- Columbia Ave at 4th St
- Columbia Ave at 20th St
- Columbia Ave at 10th St
- Columbia Ave at 8th St
- 3rd St at 7th Ave
- 5th Ave at 5th St
- 5th Ave at 3rd St
- 7th Ave at 7th St
- 7th Ave at 7th St
- 7th Ave at Larch St
- 6th St at 6th Ave
- 6th St at 9th Ave
- 6th St at 11th Ave
- Castlegar Hospital
- 11th St at 7th Ave
- 17th St at Columbia Ave
- 18th St at Columbia Ave
- Columbia Rd at McPhee Rd
- Columbia Rd at Hipwell Rd
- Columbia Rd at Waterloo Rd
- Waterloo Rd at Columbia Rd
- Bridgeview Cres at Lawrence Rd
- Bridgeview Rd at Waterloo Rd
- Bridgeview Rd at Edgewater Pl
- 14th Ave at Meadowbrook Dr
- Castlegar Community Complex
- 24th St at 6th Ave
- 5th Ave at 26th St
- 5th Ave at 29th St
- 5th Ave at 30th St
- 5th Ave at 32nd St
- 24th St at 10th Ave
- 9th Ave at 27th St
- 28th St at 9th Ave
- 10th Ave at 25th St
- Frank Beinder Way at Hwy 3A
- Columbia Ave at 27th St
- Columbia Ave at 27th St
- Columbia Ave at 32nd St
- Columbia Ave at 32nd St
- Columbia Ave at 28th St
- Columbia Ave at 28th St
- 3379 Southridge Dr
- Southridge Dr at 14th Ave
- 9th Ave at 35th St
- 9th Ave at 37th St
- Hwy 3 at Crestview Cres
- Bridgeview Cres at Wild Orchid Lane
- Broadwater Rd at Columbia Heights St
- 7th Ave at 8th St
- Cedar St at Robson St
- Cedar St at Gore St
- Innes St W at Crease Ave
- Innes St W at Kary Cres
- Innes St W at McQuarrie Ave
- Innes St W at Robertson Ave
- and 377 more (see the full list on the map or in the GeoJSON)
Over time
This is the first scorecard for this agency. A trend and a "what changed" summary appear here once it has been checked more than once.
Everything we checked
10 findings, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning816 instances
816 of 816 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.
Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
Fix: Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. (A default or per-trip field in your export.)
Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning627 instances
627 of 627 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there.
Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all.
Fix: Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops. (A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.)
Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning71 instances
The feed contains route shapes no trip uses.
Harmless to riders, but it bloats the feed and suggests stale export data.
Fix: Turn on 'remove unused shapes' (or the like) in your export tool. (One setting.)
Validator rule: unused_shape · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning33 instances
Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require.
Recommended fields like agency_phone or stop descriptions make the feed more useful to riders and trip planners.
Fix: Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use. (A field at a time; not urgent.)
Validator rule: missing_recommended_field · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning4 instances
Some stops exist in the feed but no trip ever stops at them.
Riders may walk to a stop where no bus is scheduled to arrive.
Fix: Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them. (A review pass in your scheduling software.)
Validator rule: stop_without_stop_time · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
feed_info.txt lists no contact email and no contact URL.
Without a contact, apps like Google Maps can't reach you when they find a problem in the feed.
Fix: Add feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url to feed_info.txt. (One field, set once in export settings.)
Validator rule: missing_feed_contact_email_and_url · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
Some route colors don't contrast with their text color.
Route badges get hard to read, most of all for riders with low vision.
Fix: Pick a darker/lighter route_text_color for the flagged routes. (One field per route.)
Validator rule: route_color_contrast · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
The feed contains no fare information.
Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected.
Fix: 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. (A small file for most flat-fare systems.)
Validator rule: scorecard_no_fare_data · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
- Info108 instances
Unsorted stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'unsorted_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Validator rule: unsorted_stop_times · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info1 instance
feed_info.txt has no technical contact (feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url).
Trip-planning apps and regional data coordinators have nobody to email when they spot a problem with your feed, so problems linger.
Fix: Add feed_contact_email to feed_info.txt. (One field.)
Validator rule: scorecard_no_feed_contact · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
Conformance mark Not yet
This feed is close to the conformance mark. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.
- Valid Met
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Met
- Service data covers the next 165 days.
- Accessible Not yet
- States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.
In plain words: earn this mark when your feed passes validation, has not expired, and says whether nearly every stop and trip is wheelchair accessible.
A pass credential for a feed that is valid, current, and states wheelchair access on nearly every stop and trip. Accessibility here measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. How the conformance mark works.
Can riders use it?
Checks beyond structural validation: places where the feed is valid but a rider still could not travel.
- 4 of 627 boardable stops are never served by any trip. Riders see these stops in apps and on the map but can never catch anything there, which erodes trust in the data. Remove stops no route serves, or add the trips that should call at them.
These do not change the grade. They catch trips with no rideable leg and stops no trip serves, the kind of gap a trip planner trips over.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 165 days of service ahead, clearing the four-week (28-day) window Maps asks for. No validator errors either, so riders keep seeing this agency in their trip planners; warnings lower the grade here but do not remove a feed from Maps.
How this agency maps to the standards
The scorecard is a data-quality lens, not a compliance determination. Its universal references describe good GTFS and useful rider information. Useful references here are GTFS Schedule Best Practices, GTFS-Realtime Best Practices, MobilityData grading scheme, Google Transit publication guidance. Read the full standards crosswalk.
- Correctness 73 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices, checked by the MobilityData validator. MobilityData grading covers stop locations, route names, and colors. Google Transit requires a feed to pass validation for publication.
- Freshness 100 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices call for a dataset that stays current. An expired calendar can remove service from Google Transit and other rider trip planners.
- Rider experience 38 / 100
- GTFS Best Practices for rider-facing fields. MobilityData grading covers stop names and headsigns.
- Realtime quality Not yet published
- GTFS-Realtime best practices: a stable URL, high uptime, and frequent updates.
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