Call-prep brief · checked 2026-08-23

Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD)

Grade C · 76.8 / 100

Unchanged since 2026-08-22.

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 no change
Rider experience no change

Top three things to fix

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.
Effort: A few minutes in your scheduling software.
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.
Effort: Worth a vendor question if it appears often.
Check the flagged stops' coordinates and the route shape in your scheduling software; re-snap whichever is misplaced.
Some stops sit far from the route line they belong to. Trip planners may draw the bus route through the wrong streets or point riders to the wrong corner.
Effort: A few minutes per flagged stop.

Finding handoff

Move one finding to a recheck

Select one finding. Copy the request, make the change in the feed-producing tool, then compare the next complete run.

Feed evidence: Some service calendars have no days of the week switched on.
Next action: Delete the empty calendars or set their service days.
Recheck: Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.

Copy handoff text

Agency: Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD)
Finding: service_has_no_active_day_of_the_week
Feed evidence: Some service calendars have no days of the week switched on.
Why it matters: Trips tied to these calendars never run; they are dead data that can mask real schedule problems.
Requested change: Delete the empty calendars or set their service days.
Recheck: Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
Evidence: https://gtfsscorecard.org/agency/champaign-urbana-mass-transit-district-mtd/?finding=service_has_no_active_day_of_the_week#finding-handoff

NTD GTFS readiness: Ready

Published at a public URL, valid, current, and identified with agency_id: the four feed checks for RY2026 all hold here. Only your own D-10 and P-50 filings make 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 118 days.
agency_id provided Ready: agency.txt provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk each value on the P-50 form.

agency_id equals NTD ID (optional): Not checked yet. This feed provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk it on the P-50 form. The value does not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID; we do not have that ID on file, so the optional equality comparison is not checked yet.

Key facts

Feed URL: http://developer.cumtd.com/gtfs/google_transit.zip
Last checked: 2026-08-23
Service window: 118 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-12-19.
Feed version: GTFS Feed 09/08/2026 – 19/12/2026 (Generated: 09/08/2026 12:30:29)
Location: Illinois

Part of the Illinois 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 v1.3, validator 8.0.1.