Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA)

What changed since the last check

• Correctness no change
• Freshness down 1.7
• Rider experience no change
• Realtime quality no change

Top three things to fix

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

   1335 of 1335 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.

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

   7620 of 7620 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).

3. 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.

   Effort: A small file for most flat-fare systems.

NTD certification readiness: Ready

This feed looks ready for your NTD certification: published at a public URL, valid, and current. The official check is still your D-10 certification.

Published Ready

Published at a public URL.

Valid Ready

Passes validation with no errors.

Current Ready

Service data covers the next 57 days.

agency_id and NTD ID: Aligned. Your agency_id is set to your NTD ID (50036), so this feed lines up with your National Transit Database record.

The bar this score answers to

The state transit-data program is Michigan Public Transit Open Data Program. MDOT's program helping agencies produce and maintain GTFS and GTFS-Flex.

Key facts

Feed URL

http://developers.cata.org/gtfsdownload.ashx?key=5b4690ed-0a69-4320-897b-7d92def4b96f&data=base

Last checked

2026-07-09

Service window

45 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-08-23.

Feed version

26-04 (May04-Aug23)_20260512

State

Michigan