Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD)

What this grade measures

The quality of the schedule data this agency publishes 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:

1. Delete the empty calendars or set their service days.

   Some service calendars have no days of the week switched on. Trips tied to these calendars never run; they are dead data that can mask real schedule problems.

   Estimated effort: A few minutes in your scheduling software.

2. Check the flagged trips in your scheduling software; remove them or restore their missing stops.

   Some trips serve fewer than two stops. A trip with one stop can't be ridden; planners ignore it and it may signal an export problem.

   Estimated effort: Worth a vendor question if it appears often.

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

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

   Estimated effort: One setting in most export tools.

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

Where this agency stands

Ahead of 56% of all tracked agencies, and ahead of 68% of large agencies nationwide.