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Call-prep brief · checked 2026-07-09

Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA)

Grade A · 91.0 / 100

Down 0.3 points since 2026-07-08 (A to A).

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
  • Realtime quality no change

Top three things to fix

  1. Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed.

    Some service calendars in the feed have already ended. Expired calendars are dead weight and can hide real schedule problems from your staff and vendors.

    Effort: One setting in most export tools.

    Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 61 observed fixes).

  2. Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them.

    Some stops exist in the feed but no trip ever stops at them. Riders may walk to a stop where no bus is scheduled to arrive.

    Effort: A review pass in your scheduling software.

    Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 11 observed fixes).

  3. Use mixed case for stop names and headsigns (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave', not 'MAIN ST & 2ND AVE').

    Some rider-facing names are in ALL CAPS or all lowercase. ALL-CAPS stop and headsign names are harder to read in apps and are read awkwardly by screen readers.

    Effort: Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.

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 52 days.

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
http://www.cdta.org/schedules/google_transit.zip
Last checked
2026-07-09
Service window
51 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-08-29.
Feed version
Major
State
New York

Part of the New York portfolio: see where this agency sits among the state's feeds before the call.

A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.1, validator 8.0.1.