Capital Area Transit System (CATS)

What changed since the last check

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

Top three things to fix

1. Confirm your next service period is published: export its calendar and set feed_info feed_end_date past it.

   The published calendar ended 140 day(s) ago at a boundary between the feed's own scheduled service periods. The calendar encodes distinct service periods (like academic terms), so this looks like a planned transition rather than a lapse — but trip planners still show nothing until the next period is published.

   Effort: One export when the next period's schedule is set.

2. Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.

   1596 of 1596 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.

   Effort: A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.

3. Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).

   2372 of 2372 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.

   Effort: Often one default setting in your export.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).

NTD certification readiness: Not ready

Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. Service data expired 139 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.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Service data expired 139 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.

agency_id and 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.

Key facts

Feed URL

https://github.com/transitland/gtfs-archives-not-hosted-elsewhere/raw/master/f-baton~rouge~cats.zip

Last checked

2026-07-09

Service window

Feed has expired. Last service date 2026-02-19.

State

Louisiana