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Feed status · checked 2026-07-09
Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System (CARTS)
Based on the feed this agency publishes
unchanged since 2026-07-08
Ahead of 42% of all tracked agencies and 39% of mid-size agencies. Operates in New York.
A data-quality and completeness lens to help an agency improve its GTFS feed. Not an official compliance determination from any transit program. New to this? How to read your scorecard. Interactive view of this scorecard. Rubric v1.1, validator 8.0.1.
Checked for changes 19 hours ago; last changed 2 days ago.
Measured 3 of 4 score categories from the agency's own feed.
How we measured this
Confidence in this measurement: medium.
- Realtime quality was not measured this run. It does not count against the grade.
- The feed was downloaded from the agency's own URL.
Confidence describes how much the pipeline could measure this run, not the feed itself. It never changes the grade.
Top things to fix
Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.Likely your team
111 of 111 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.
⏱ A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.worth about +25 points
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).Likely your export tool
88 of 88 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
⏱ Often one default setting in your export.worth about +15 points
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).
Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays.Likely your export tool
88 of 88 trips have no headsign. Riders at the stop can't tell which direction a bus is going.
⏱ Usually a bulk edit in your scheduling software.worth about +15 points
Close the loop on each fix. Read the guide, make the change in your tool, and let the next run verify it — the scorecard shows the fix; the agency publishes it.
Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. See this feed's dated fix log.
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default). · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. See this feed's dated fix log.
Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. See this feed's dated fix log.
Send your vendor a fix request
You may not control the GTFS export yourself. Copy this and send it to whoever runs your scheduling software export. It names each fix with the validator notice and a guide link.
Score by category
The MobilityData validator flagged 9 kinds of issue across 294 instances (0 error, 291 warning, 3 informational).
Service data covers the next 175 days.
0% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (0% marked accessible, 0% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is not published.
0% of stops state accessibility (0% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.
Not scored yet. Nothing here counts against the grade.
Routes and stops
Each route is drawn once, using the longest shape its trips follow; stops are the dots.
Skip to route and stop dataBasemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes and stops: this agency's GTFS feed.
- Green (green)
- Baker (red)
- North Main (purple)
- Lakewood via Fairmount (teal)
- Falconer Route (yellow)
- Lakewood via Jones & Gifford (teal)
- Red (red)
- Southwest Express (white)
- Willard (green)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| Green Dunkirk City Route - Green | Bus | green |
| Baker City of Jamestown- Baker Route | Bus | red |
| North Main City of Jamestown- North Main Route | Bus | purple |
| Lakewood via Fairmount City of Jamestown- Lakewood via Fairmount | Bus | teal |
| Falconer Route Jamestown- Falconer Route | Bus | yellow |
| Lakewood via Jones & Gifford City of Jamestown- Lakewood via Jones & Gifford | Bus | teal |
| Red Dunkirk City - Red Route | Bus | red |
| Southwest Express City of Jamestown- Southwest Express | Bus | white |
| Willard City of Jamestown-Willard Route | Bus | green |
This feed has 111 stops.
List every stop
- Kennedy Supermarket
- Portland Post Office
- Lakeside Community
- E 2nd & Roberts Rd.
- Doughty & Lincoln
- D&F Plaza
- Central & Howard
- Resource Center
- Don's Motel
- 2nd & Swan
- Central & 6th
- Steger Apts
- Junction
- Riverwalk Medical Center
- Barrett & Newland
- Newland & Prospect
- Cole & Sampson
- Baker & Sprague
- Front & Hall
- Farm Fresh Foods
- 2nd & Foote
- 2nd & Buffalo
- 2nd & Hopkins
- Elmwood & S Work
- Methodist Gardens (OR)
- Falconer & Aldren
- JCC
- 2nd & Winsor
- 2nd & Tiffany
- MASON DR (OR)
- Trucklite/MRC
- Budget Inn
- Falconer & Tiffany
- Falconer & N Work
- Hallock & W 3rd st.
- Fairmount & McDaniel
- Chautauqua Mall
- Chautauqua & Summit
- Ellicott Shores
- TRC
- Washington & W 8TH
- 5th & Prendergast
- Lakeview & Falconer
- Thayer & Newton
- Hotchkiss & Clyde (OR)
- Buffalo & Prendergast
- Prendergast & 8th
- TOPS
- N Main & 10th
- 6th & Washington
- S Main & 3rd
- S Main & Harrison
- Arterial & Prather
- Southside Plaza
- Sherman & Prather
- Foote & Harrison
- Prendergast & 4th st
- 4th & Washington
- Jones Hill (OR)
- REM-Tronics
- Mayville County Office
- Bush Elementary
- S Main St & Newland Ave
- Riverside Medical Center (OR)
- Cherry Creek Sub Shop
- WCA
- Ellington Town Park (OR)
- Save-A-Lot
- Crane St. (OR)
- Home Depot/Bob Evans (OR)
- K-Mart (OR)
- Courtney Apts
- Tops Plaza
- Passages Resource Center
- Shirley Lane (OR)
- High Rise (OR)
- Walmart
- Dunkirk City Hall
- TJ Maxx Plaza/Aldi (OR)
- Fairmount & Big Tree (OR)
- Walmart
- Save-A-Lot (OR)
- Four Corners
- Fairmount & Lowe (OR)
- Dunkirk Senior Center (OR)
- Connections North/JCC (OR)
- Falconer HSBC (OR)
- Fredonia-Water Street
- Frewsburg Town Hall
- Ellington Town Park - Thornton Rd
- W 8th St & Jones and Gifford
- Pardee Ave & Willard St
- Fredonia-Water Street (OR)
- 3rd St & Washington St
- Westfield (Elm St Parking Lot)
- Conewango Good as New (OR)
- Conewango Good as New
- Cherry Creek Sub Shop (OR)
- Westfield (Elm St Parking Lot) (OR)
- Rogers Elementary
- Family Court (OR)
- Gateway Station
- Brocton Country Fair (OR)
- W 8th St & Jones and Gifford (OR)
- Sinclairville Post Office
- W 4th St & Cherry St
- Portland Post Office (OR)
- Brocton Country Fair
- Cole Ave & Foote Ave
- Allen St & Willard St
- Pine Bluff Trailer Park (OR)
Over time
Overall score across the last 20 checks — unchanged since 2026-07-08.
Show the numbers
| Check | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | 46.4 | first check |
| 2026-06-20 | 46.4 | no change |
| 2026-06-21 | 46.4 | no change |
| 2026-06-22 | 46.4 | no change |
| 2026-06-23 | 46.4 | no change |
| 2026-06-24 | 46.4 | no change |
| 2026-06-25 | 46.4 | no change |
| 2026-06-26 | 46.4 | no change |
| 2026-06-27 | 46.4 | no change |
| 2026-06-28 | 46.3 | down 0.1 |
| 2026-06-29 | 46.3 | no change |
| 2026-06-30 | 46.3 | no change |
| 2026-07-01 | 46.3 | no change |
| 2026-07-02 | 46.3 | no change |
| 2026-07-04 | 46.3 | no change |
| 2026-07-05 | 46.3 | no change |
| 2026-07-06 | 54.2 | up 7.9 |
| 2026-07-07 | 54.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-08 | 54.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-09 | 54.2 | no change |
What changed since your last check
- Correctness no change
- Freshness no change
- Rider experience no change
What changed in this feed
Overall grade and score held steady since 2026-07-08.
Same feed file as 2026-07-08; the published zip did not change.
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What changed over time
On 2026-06-19 this feed started at grade F. On 2026-07-06 it cleared trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance. As of 2026-07-09 it holds grade F.
A plain-language history of this feed, newest first.
- 2026-07-06 Score rose 8 points, correctness rose 18 points.
Everything we checked
- Warning233 instances
Missing timepoint value (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'missing_timepoint_value' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Validator rule: missing_timepoint_value · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning111 instances
111 of 111 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.
Fix: Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops. (A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.)
Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning88 instances
88 of 88 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.
Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
Fix: Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default). (Often one default setting in your export.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).
Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning88 instances
88 of 88 trips have no headsign.
Riders at the stop can't tell which direction a bus is going.
Fix: Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays. (Usually a bulk edit in your scheduling software.)
Validator rule: scorecard_missing_headsigns · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
- Warning26 instances
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.
Fix: Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them. (A review pass in your scheduling software.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 11 observed fixes).
Validator rule: stop_without_stop_time · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning22 instances
Trip distance exceeds shape distance below threshold (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Validator rule: trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning4 instances
Route short name too long (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'route_short_name_too_long' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Validator rule: route_short_name_too_long · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning3 instances
Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require.
Recommended fields like agency_phone or stop descriptions make the feed more useful to riders and trip planners.
Fix: Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use. (A field at a time; not urgent.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 2 weeks (based on 8 observed fixes).
Validator rule: missing_recommended_field · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
Missing feed contact email and url (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'missing_feed_contact_email_and_url' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 6 observed fixes).
Validator rule: missing_feed_contact_email_and_url · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
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.
Fix: Use mixed case for stop names and headsigns (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave', not 'MAIN ST & 2ND AVE'). (Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.)
Validator rule: mixed_case_recommended_field · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
Some route colors don't contrast with their text color.
Route badges get hard to read, most of all for riders with low vision.
Fix: Pick a darker/lighter route_text_color for the flagged routes. (One field per route.)
Validator rule: route_color_contrast · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
feed_info.txt is missing its start/end dates
Apps and this scorecard can't warn anyone before the feed goes stale without stated validity dates.
Fix: Add feed_info.txt with feed_start_date and feed_end_date to your export. (Two fields, set once in export settings.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 16 observed fixes).
Validator rule: scorecard_missing_feed_info_dates · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
The feed contains no fare information.
Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected.
Fix: 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. (A small file for most flat-fare systems.)
Validator rule: scorecard_no_fare_data · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
- Info3 instances
Some files contain columns that are not part of the GTFS spec.
Harmless to riders, but apps ignore these columns and they can hide typos in real column names.
Fix: Check the flagged column names for misspellings of standard GTFS fields; remove them if they are vendor extras. (A quick look at the flagged files.)
Validator rule: unknown_column · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info1 instance
feed_info.txt has no technical contact (feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url).
App makers and state data programs have nobody to email when they spot a problem with your feed, so problems linger.
Fix: Add feed_contact_email to feed_info.txt. (One field.)
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 10 observed fixes).
Validator rule: scorecard_no_feed_contact · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
Beyond the grade
Opportunities that do not change your grade today: fare detail, on-demand service, and deeper accessibility data.
4 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Baker, North Main, Green, Red).
Consider: Adjust route_color or route_text_color so each pair clears 4.5:1. Often switching the text between black and white is enough.
58 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Prendergast & 8th", "Buffalo & Prendergast", "Lakeview & Falconer", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
Some fixes we can make for you
These are the safe mechanical fixes, applied to a copy of your feed. They change only what is certain and leave everything else untouched. Review the diff before you publish.
Recased shouting stop names 2 changes
For example: TOPS -> Tops
Run it yourself on your own copy of the feed: scorecard autofix <feed.zip> --out corrected.zip
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 175 days.
- agency_id matches your 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.
- shapes.txt covers your trips Ready
- All 88 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.
In plain words: if you report to the federal transit database, you have to publish a working, up-to-date feed and confirm it once a year. This box is a heads-up on whether yours looks ready; it is not the official sign-off.
A readiness signal mapping this feed to the FTA National Transit Database GTFS requirement (Report Year 2023 onward: a public, valid, current feed, certified annually on the D-10). Aligning agency_id with your NTD ID lets the feed line up with your NTD record; the July 2025 final rule links the two on the P-50 form rather than requiring that feed change, and requires shapes.txt in the published GTFS: Full Reporters from Report Year 2025, and Reduced, Rural, and Tribal Reporters from Report Year 2026. Not an official determination; your certification is the official check.
Conformance mark Not yet
This feed is close to the conformance mark. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.
- Valid Met
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Met
- Service data covers the next 175 days.
- Accessible Not yet
- States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.
In plain words: earn this mark when your feed passes validation, has not expired, and says whether nearly every stop and trip is wheelchair accessible.
A pass credential for a feed that is valid, current, and states wheelchair access on nearly every stop and trip. Accessibility here measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. How the conformance mark works.
Can riders use it?
Checks beyond structural validation: places where the feed is valid but a rider still could not travel.
- 26 of 111 boardable stops are never served by any trip. Riders see these stops in apps and on the map but can never catch anything there, which erodes trust in the data. Remove stops no route serves, or add the trips that should call at them.
These do not change the grade. They catch trips with no rideable leg and stops no trip serves, the kind of gap a trip planner trips over.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 175 days of service ahead, clearing the four-week (28-day) window Maps asks for. No validator errors either, so riders keep seeing this agency in their trip planners; warnings lower the grade here but do not remove a feed from Maps.
How this agency maps to the standards
A data-quality lens, not a compliance determination. Each category shows this feed's score and the standards it relates to: the FTA National Transit Database GTFS requirement, the MobilityData grading scheme, and the Google Transit gate. Read the full standards crosswalk.
- Correctness 60 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices, checked by the MobilityData validator. MobilityData grading: stop locations, route names and colors. Google Transit: a feed must pass validation to stay in Maps.
- Freshness 85 / 100
- The FTA National Transit Database expectation of a valid, current feed. Google Transit: an expired calendar drops the agency from Maps.
- Rider experience 22 / 100
- GTFS Best Practices for rider-facing fields. MobilityData grading: stop names and headsigns.
- Realtime quality Not yet published
- GTFS-Realtime best practices: a stable URL, high uptime, and frequent updates.
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