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Feed status · checked 2026-07-09
Burlington Urban Service
Based on the feed this agency publishes
unchanged since 2026-07-08
Ahead of 69% of all tracked agencies and 67% of mid-size agencies. Operates in Iowa.
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Checked for changes 19 minutes ago; last changed 8 days ago.
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
401 of 401 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
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).Likely your export tool
30 of 30 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
⏱ Often one default setting in your export.worth about +15 points
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).
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
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Close the loop on each fix. Read the guide, make the change in your tool, and let the next run verify it — the scorecard shows the fix; the agency publishes it.
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. Trillium produces and hosts this feed as a service. These changes are made on their side: send the fix list to your Trillium contact and they apply it and republish.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default). · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Trillium produces and hosts this feed as a service. These changes are made on their side: send the fix list to your Trillium contact and they apply it and republish.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. 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. Trillium produces and hosts this feed as a service. These changes are made on their side: send the fix list to your Trillium contact and they apply it and republish.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Send Trillium a fix request
This feed is produced and hosted by Trillium. Copy this and send it to your Trillium contact; they make the change and republish the feed. Each fix names the validator notice and a guide link.
Score by category
The MobilityData validator flagged 2 kinds of issue across 74 instances (0 error, 74 warning, 0 informational).
Service data covers the next 83 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.
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.
- Crapo Park (blue)
- South Hill (white)
- West Avenue (brown)
- Flint Hills (green)
- Westland Mall (red)
- Sunnyside (purple)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| Crapo Park | Bus | blue |
| South Hill | Bus | white |
| West Avenue | Bus | brown |
| Flint Hills | Bus | green |
| Westland Mall | Bus | red |
| Sunnyside | Bus | purple |
This feed has 401 stops.
List every stop
- Burlington Station
- Spring St and N 5th St
- Spring St and N 6th St
- Spring St and N 7th St
- Spring St and N 9th St
- Spring St and N 10th St
- Central Ave and Oak St
- Oak St and Central Ave
- Oak St and Ashmun St
- Oak St and Griswold St
- Oak St and Osborn St
- Osborn St and Corse St
- Osborn St and Sunnyside Ave
- Sunnyside Ave and Osborn St
- Sunnyside Ave and Gnahn St
- Sunnyside Ave and Pilger Ave
- Sunnyside Ave and Pilger Ave
- Sunnyside Elementary School
- Sunnyside Ave and Golf Ln
- Burlington Golf Club
- Sunnyside Ave and Bittersweet Pl
- Sunnyside Ave and Vogt St
- Sunnyside Ave and Baumberger St
- Sunnyside Ave and Baumberger St
- Sunnyside Ave and Cliff Rd
- Sunnyside Ave and Gerdes Dr
- Sunnyside Ave and Irish Ridge Rd
- Sunnyside Ave and Edgewood Pl
- Sunnyside Ave and Diamond Ridge
- Sunnyside Ave and Yoder Dr
- Sunnyside Ave and Frontage Rd
- Sunnyside Ave and N Roosevelt Ave
- Sunnyside Ave and Charles St
- Sunnyside Ave and Surrey Rd
- Sunnyside Ave and Melvin Ave
- Racine Ave and Sunnyside Ave
- Racine Ave and Northern Dr
- Racine Ave and Lennox Ave
- Hope Haven
- Lennox Ave and Douglas Ave
- Lennox Ave and Isabella Ave
- Lennox Ave and Melvin Ave
- Lennox Ave and Charles St
- Sunnyside Ave and N Roosevelt Ave
- Sunnyside Ave and Edgewood Pl
- Sunnyside Ave and Dehn St
- Sunnyside Ave and Gerdes Dr
- Sunnyside Ave and Cliff Rd
- Sunnyside Ave and Baumberger St
- Sunnyside Ave and Vogt St
- Sunnyside Ave and Bittersweet Pl
- Burlington Golf Club
- Sunnyside Ave and Golf Ln
- Sunnyside Ave and Aspen Ln
- Sunnyside Ave and Pilger Ave
- Sunnyside Ave and Aspen Grove Cemetery
- Sunnyside Ave and Gnahn St
- Osborn St and Corse St
- Oak St and Osborn St
- Oak St and Griswold St
- Oak St and Ashmun St
- Oak St and N 9th St
- Oak St and N 9th St
- Oak St and N 8th St
- N 8th St and Oak St
- N 8th St and Sycamore St
- N 8th St and Sycamore St
- N 8th St and Linden St
- N 8th St and Linden St
- N 8th St and North St
- N 8th St and North St
- N 8th St and Iowa St
- N 8th St and North St
- N 8th St and Franklin St
- N 8th St and Franklin St
- Spring St and N 8th St
- Spring St and N 7th St
- Spring St and N 6th St
- Spring St and N 5th St
- N 5th St and Arch St
- N 5th St and High St
- N 5th St and Court St
- Division St and S 5th St
- S Main St and Division St
- N 4th St and Arch St
- N 4th St and Spring St
- Spring St and N Central Ave
- Spring St and N Central Ave
- Mt Pleasant St and Wells St
- Mt Pleasant St and Wells St
- Mt Pleasant St and Rhein St
- Mt Pleasant St and Chalfant St
- Mt Pleasant St and Chalfant St
- Mt Pleasant St and Doemland St
- Mt Pleasant St and Doemland St
- Mt Pleasant St and Caroline St
- Mt Pleasant St and Dehner St
- Mt Pleasant St and Dehner St
- Mt Pleasant St and Mercer St
- Mt Pleasant St and Mercer St
- Mt Pleasant St and N Gertrude St
- Mt Pleasant St and N Gertrude St
- Mt Pleasant St and Cook St
- Mt Pleasant St and Curran St
- Mt Pleasant St and Gratton St
- Mt Pleasant St and Curran St
- Mt Pleasant St
- Robinson Heights
- Mt Pleasant St and Dehn St
- Mt Pleasant St and Weimer St
- Mt Pleasant St and Deer Run Dr
- Mt Pleasant St and N Roosevelt Ave
- Burlington Mattress & Furniture - Mt Pleasant St
- Burlington Mattress & Furniture - Mt Pleasant St
- E Mt Pleasant St and W Burlington Ave
- E Mt Pleasant St and W Burlington Ave
- Southeastern Community College (SCC)
- Great River Wellness Plaza
- Westland Mall
- N Roosevelt Ave and Winegard Dr
- Kirkwood St and Roosevelt Ave
- Quality Inn - Kirkwood St
- Kirkwood St and Cottonwood Ct
- Autumn Heights
- Kirkwood St and Melrose Ct
- Kirkwood St and Argyle Ct
- Kirkwood St and Kenilworth Ct
- Kirkwood St and Hayes St
- Kirkwood St and Shields St
- Kirkwood St and Emmett St
- Kirkwood St and Gratton St
- Kirkwood St and Curran St
- Curran St and Mt Pleasant St
- Washington St and N Central Ave
- Washington St and N Central Ave
- E Agency St and Holstein Ave
- E Agency St and Holstein Ave
- E Agency St and N Gunnison St
- E Agency St and N Gunnison St
- E Agency St and Heisey St
- E Agency St and Heisey St
- E Agency St and Remick St
- E Agency St and Cameron St
- E Agency St and Cameron St
- E Agency St and Mercer St
- E Agency St and N Gertrude St
- E Agency St and N Gertrude St
- E Agency St and N Plane St
- E Agency St and N Plane St
- E Agency St and Curran St
- E Agency St and Curran St
- E Agency St and Gratton St
- E Agency St and Gratton St
- E Agency St and Burlington Ave
- E Agency St and Burlington Ave
- Shields St and Washington St
- Shields St and Washington St
- Greenway - Shields St and Valley St
- Flint Hills Dr and Hayes Ct
- Flint Hills Dr and Argyle Ct
- Flint Hills Dr and Melrose Ct
- Flint Hills Dr and Melrose Ct
- Flint Hills Dr and Belmont Ct
- Flint Hills Dr and Belmont Ct
- Flint Hills Dr and Cottonwood Ct
- Columbus Dr and Valley St
- Columbus Dr and Columbia St
- Hy-Vee
- E Agency St and N Roosevelt Ave
- Dollar General - E Agency St
- Dollar General - E Agency St
- E Agency Rd and W Burlington Ave
- E Agency Rd and W Burlington Ave
- Great River Health Systems
- Division St and S Roosevelt Ave
- Division St and Flint Hills Dr
- Flint Hills Dr and Division St
- Flint Hills Dr and Fleming Ct
- Division St and S 7th St
- Division St and S 8th St
- Division St and S 9th St
- Division St and S 10th St
- Division St and S Central Ave
- Division St and Marietta St
- Valley St and N 5th St
- Valley St and N Central Ave
- Valley St and N Woodlawn Ave
- Burlington Area Homeless Shelter - N Marshall St and Valley St
- N Marshall St and Market St
- Smith St and S Marshall St
- Smith St and S Gunnison St
- Smith St and S Garfield Ave
- S Leebrick St and Smith St
- Division St and S Leebrick St
- Division St and S Garfield Ave
- Division St and S Gunnison St
- Division St and S Marshall St
- Division St and S Woodlawn Ave
- Division St and Leebrick St
- Division St and S Adams St
- Division St and S Starr Ave
- Division St and S Gertrude St
- Division St and S Plain St
- Division St and S Plane St
- Bible Missionary Church - Division St
- Division St and Sunrise Ln
- Terrace Dr and Division St
- Terrace Dr and Meadowbrook Dr
- Burlington High School
- Terrace Dr and Clearview Ave
- Terrace Dr and Johannsen Dr
- Terrace Dr and Cathmar St
- Terrace Dr and West Ave
- West Ave and Westland Ave
- West Ave and Willow Ave
- West Ave and Easy St
- West Ave and Morningside Dr
- Amelia St and S Plane St
- Spray St and S Plane St
- Spray St and S Gertrude St
- Spray St and S Starr Ave
- Spray St and S Adams St
- S Leebrick St and Spray St
- S Leebrick St and Oakdale St
- Corse Elementary School
- West Ave and S Leebrick St
- S Garfield Ave and West Ave
- West Ave and Summer St
- Summer St and Grove St
- Angular St and Summer St
- Angular St and May Ave
- S 8th St and Elm St
- S 8th St and Aetna St
- Maple St and S 8th St
- Maple St and S 9th St
- Maple St and S 10th St
- S Central Ave and Maple St
- S Central Ave and Vine St
- S Central Ave and Angular St
- S Central Ave and Spruce St
- S Central Ave and Cedar St
- S Central Ave and Locust St
- S Central Ave and Pine St
- S Central Ave and Walnut St
- S Central Ave and South St
- S Central Ave and Louisa St
- S Central Ave and Dodge St
- S Central Ave and Acres St
- S Central Ave and Denmark St
- S Central Ave and Barret St
- and 151 more (see the full list on the map or in the GeoJSON)
Over time
Overall score across the last 9 checks — unchanged since 2026-07-08.
Show the numbers
| Check | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 75.2 | first check |
| 2026-07-01 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-02 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-04 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-05 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-06 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-07 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-08 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-09 | 75.2 | no change |
What changed since your last check
- Correctness no change
- Freshness no change
- Rider experience no change
What changed in this feed
Overall grade and score held steady since 2026-07-08.
Same feed file as 2026-07-08; the published zip did not change.
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Everything we checked
- Warning401 instances
401 of 401 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)
- Warning73 instances
Stop has too many matches for shape (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'stop_has_too_many_matches_for_shape' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Validator rule: stop_has_too_many_matches_for_shape · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning30 instances
30 of 30 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 (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default). (Often one default setting in your export.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).
Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
Missing feed contact email and url (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'missing_feed_contact_email_and_url' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 6 observed fixes).
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
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)
- Info1 instance
feed_info.txt has no technical contact (feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url).
App makers and state data programs 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.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 10 observed fixes).
Validator rule: scorecard_no_feed_contact · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
Beyond the grade
Opportunities that do not change your grade today: fare detail, on-demand service, and deeper accessibility data.
1 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Flint Hills).
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.
383 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("S Main St", "S Main St and Angular St", "Dairy Queen - S Main St", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
NTD certification readiness Ready
Published at a public URL, valid, and current: the three things the NTD GTFS requirement asks of a feed all hold here. Only your own D-10 certification makes that official; this is a heads-up, not a determination.
- Published Ready
- Published at a public URL.
- Valid Ready
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Ready
- Service data covers the next 83 days.
- agency_id matches your NTD ID Not checked yet
- Setting your GTFS agency_id to your five-digit NTD ID is an optional way to line a feed up with its National Transit Database record. FTA links the two on your P-50 form, so it is not a required feed change. We don't have your NTD ID on file, so this is not checked yet.
In plain words: if you report to the federal transit database, you have to publish a working, up-to-date feed and confirm it once a year. This box is a heads-up on whether yours looks ready; it is not the official sign-off.
A readiness signal mapping this feed to the FTA National Transit Database GTFS requirement (Report Year 2023 onward: a public, valid, current feed, certified annually on the D-10). Aligning agency_id with your NTD ID lets the feed line up with your NTD record; the July 2025 final rule links the two on the P-50 form rather than requiring that feed change, and requires shapes.txt in the published GTFS: Full Reporters from Report Year 2025, and Reduced, Rural, and Tribal Reporters from Report Year 2026. Not an official determination; your certification is the official check.
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 83 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.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 83 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
A data-quality lens, not a compliance determination. Each category shows this feed's score and the standards it relates to: the FTA National Transit Database GTFS requirement, the MobilityData grading scheme, and the Google Transit gate. Read the full standards crosswalk.
- Correctness 88 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices, checked by the MobilityData validator. MobilityData grading: stop locations, route names and colors. Google Transit: a feed must pass validation to stay in Maps.
- Freshness 100 / 100
- The FTA National Transit Database expectation of a valid, current feed. Google Transit: an expired calendar drops the agency from Maps.
- Rider experience 38 / 100
- GTFS Best Practices for rider-facing fields. MobilityData grading: 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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