Call-prep brief · checked 2026-09-13
Boston Harbor Islands Ferry
Grade B · 86.9 / 100
Down 0.4 points since 2026-09-12 (B to B).
For this call: lead with the grade and the three fixes below, then confirm the feed is current and the NTD details line up. Each fix is framed as a next step, not a failure.
What changed since the last check
- Correctness no change
- Freshness down 1.7
- Rider experience no change
Top three things to fix
Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.
Service data runs out in 29 day(s). When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice.
Effort: One export setting.
Review the rule documentation for 'feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
Feed valid beyond total service window (flagged by the MobilityData validator). See the linked rule for what this affects.
Effort: Varies.
Finding handoff
Move one finding to a recheck
Select one finding. Copy the request, make the change in the feed-producing tool, then compare the next complete run.
- Feed evidence
- Service data runs out in 29 day(s).
- Next action
- Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.
- Recheck
- Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
Copy handoff text
- Feed evidence
- Feed valid beyond total service window (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
- Next action
- Review the rule documentation for 'feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
- Recheck
- Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
Copy handoff text
Ready to send to the agency
Hi Boston Harbor Islands Ferry team, Service data runs out in 29 day(s). When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice. The fix is usually one export setting: Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out. 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/boston-harbor-islands-ferry/
NTD GTFS readiness: Needs attention
This feed is close to NTD-ready. Service data runs out in 29 days; renew before you certify.
- Published Ready
- Published at a public URL.
- Valid Ready
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Needs attention
- Service data runs out in 29 days; renew before you certify.
- 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.
Key facts
- Feed URL
- https://www.nps.gov/external-resources/gtfs/boha/boston-harbor-islands-ferry.zip
- Last checked
- 2026-09-13
- Service window
- 29 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-10-12.
- Feed version
- 20260804
- Location
- Massachusetts
Part of the New York portfolio: see where this agency sits among the other feeds in that group before the call.
A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.3, validator 8.0.1.