Board packet · transit data quality · checked 2026-09-13
Boxcar Commuter Bus
Grade B · 83.9 / 100
Unchanged since 2026-09-12.
What this grade measures
The quality of the schedule data in the feed scored here for trip-planning apps: whether riders using Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Transit see current, correct, and complete information. It measures the data feed, not service quality or operations.
Progress this period
No newly cleared items this period. The score and trend above reflect where the feed stands today.
What needs attention next
Three improvements, in priority order, each sized so the board can see what it is approving:
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.
This one is about the feed as a whole, so there is no share of it to count.
Estimated effort: A small file for most flat-fare systems.
Check the flagged column names for misspellings of standard GTFS fields; remove them if they are vendor extras.
Some files contain columns that are not part of the GTFS spec. Harmless to riders, but apps ignore these columns and they can hide typos in real column names.
This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.
Estimated effort: A quick look at the flagged files.
Check the flagged file name for a typo of a standard GTFS file. Remove it if it is a vendor extra.
The feed includes a file that is not part of the GTFS spec. Apps ignore files they don't know, and a stray file can hide a misspelled standard file name.
This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.
Estimated effort: A quick look at the flagged file.
Riders and need behind these fixes
- This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.
- New Jersey as a whole measures lower on transit need. That is a statewide reading, not one for this feed's service area. Source: US Census ACS 5-year 2022, statewide overlay, as of 2026-10-05.
These describe this feed only. They do not rank agencies, and they do not change the grade or the order of the fixes.
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
- The feed contains no fare information.
- Next action
- 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.
- 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
- Some files contain columns that are not part of the GTFS spec.
- Next action
- Check the flagged column names for misspellings of standard GTFS fields; remove them if they are vendor extras.
- 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
- The feed includes a file that is not part of the GTFS spec.
- Next action
- Check the flagged file name for a typo of a standard GTFS file. Remove it if it is a vendor extra.
- 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
Produced by the GTFS Scorecard, an open-source data quality tool. A data-quality read to support the board conversation, not an official compliance determination. Live scorecard: https://gtfsscorecard.org/agency/boxcar/. Rubric v1.3, validator 8.0.1.