Feed status · checked 2026-08-01
Clinton Municipal Transit Administration (Clinton MTA)
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Bus
down 0.4 since 2026-07-31
Catalogued in Iowa.
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Checked for changes 79 minutes ago; last changed 41 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
224 of 224 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 in its category
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.Likely your export tool
127 of 127 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
⏱ A default or per-trip field in your export.worth about +15 points in its category
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.
⏱ A small file for most flat-fare systems.worth about +15 points in its category
Trillium produces and hosts this feed as a service. These changes are made on their side: send the fix list to your Trillium contact and they apply it and republish.
Finding handoff
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- Feed evidence
- 224 of 224 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there.
- Next action
- Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.
- 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
- Feed evidence
- 127 of 127 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.
- Next action
- Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.
- 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
- Feed evidence
- The feed contains no fare information.
- Next action
- 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.
- 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
How to make and check these changes
Check the result on the published feed. Read the guide, make the change in your tool, and use the next comparable run to see whether the finding is still reported. Only an action or ticket record can attribute who made the change.
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. Trillium produces and hosts this feed as a service. These changes are made on their side: send the fix list to your Trillium contact and they apply it and republish.
Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Trillium produces and hosts this feed as a service. These changes are made on their side: send the fix list to your Trillium contact and they apply it and republish.
Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. Self-check a feed before you publish.
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. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Trillium produces and hosts this feed as a service. These changes are made on their side: send the fix list to your Trillium contact and they apply it and republish.
Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Rider view: what this feed publishes
A quick read of rider-facing information in this feed.
- Schedule visibility
- The feed's last published service date is in 30 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 0% of stops and 0% of trips. This measures published data, not whether stops or vehicles are physically usable.
- Fare information
- No fare information is published in the feed.
- Realtime information
- Realtime-feed availability and live-arrival coverage are not known from this scorecard.
Important: This does not rate service reliability. Riders should confirm current service alerts, fares, and accessibility accommodations with the transit operator before traveling.
Send Trillium a fix request
This feed is produced and hosted by Trillium. Copy this and send it to your Trillium contact; they make the change and republish the feed. Each fix names the validator notice and a guide link.
Score by category
The validator found no problems in this feed. That is rare and worth celebrating.
Service data covers the next 30 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.
2 accessibility depth signals
1 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Branch).
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.
188 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Central Transfer Point (6th Ave S)", "4th St and 9th Ave S", "4th and 10th Ave S", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
Opportunities to strengthen the data, not deductions from the sub-score above. States what the second accessibility lens can check from the feed, 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.
This feed has 224 stops.
The route and stop data is ready below. Load the map only when you want the geographic view. It uses additional data.
Basemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes and stops: this agency's GTFS feed.
- Main Avenue (green)
- Camanche Avenue (red)
- 13th Avenue North (brown)
- Branch (orange)
- Hill (teal)
- Lincolnway Shuttle (teal)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| Main Avenue | Bus | green |
| Camanche Avenue | Bus | red |
| 13th Avenue North | Bus | brown |
| Branch | Bus | orange |
| Hill | Bus | teal |
| Lincolnway Shuttle | Bus | teal |
List every stop
- Central Transfer Point (6th Ave S)
- 2nd St and 13th Ave N
- Main Ave and 2nd St N
- 31st Ave and 3rd St N
- Eagle Point Nursing
- 2nd St and Main Ave
- Court House
- 4th St and 9th Ave S
- Dollar General
- Shuttle Transfer Point (STP)
- 27th Ave S and 19th St S
- South Clinton
- Hy-Vee
- Bluff Prof Springdale
- Bluff and 2nd Ave S
- Ericksen Center
- Mercy Health Plaza (formerly Medical Associates)
- Mercy North
- 2nd Ave and 4th St S
- Victory Ctr and 5th St
- 8th St and 10th Ave S
- Iowa Avenue and 22nd Place
- CCC and 11th Ave S
- 8th Avenue South and 9th Street
- 7th Street and 4th Avenue South
- 7th Avenue South and 8th Street
- Mercy South Bluff Blvd and 7th Ave
- 8th Ave and 18th St S
- Harts Mill Road and South 22nd Street
- Skyline and South 21st Street
- Clinton HS and S 9th St
- Kohl's
- Walmart
- The Home Depot
- Wild Rose
- Hobby Lobby
- Quality Care Westgate
- Kwik Star and Burger King
- Farm and Fleet
- McDonald's
- Library
- Central Transfer Point (2nd St)
- 2nd St and 4th Ave S
- 2nd St and 3rd Ave So
- 2nd St and 9th Ave N
- 2nd St and 4th Ave N
- 2nd St and 21st Ave N
- 2nd St and 19th Ave N
- 2nd St and 17th Ave N
- 2nd St and 15th Ave N
- 2nd St and 28th Ave N
- 2nd St and 30th Ave N
- 3rd St and 30th Ave N
- 3rd St and 28th Ave N
- 3rd St and 26th Ave N
- Miller Ridge Apartments
- 28th Ave N and 4th St N
- 4th St and 26th Ave N
- 25th Ave and 3rd St N
- Lyons United Methodist Church
- 2nd St and 20th Ave N
- 2nd St and 17th Ave N
- 2nd St and 13th Ave N
- 2nd St and 12th Ave N
- 2nd St and 9th Ave N
- 2nd St and 4th Ave N
- 2nd St and 1st Ave N
- 2nd St and 3rd Ave N
- 2nd St and 2nd Ave N
- Dewitt Park
- 4th St and 11th Ave S
- 14th Ave S and 4th St
- 11th Ave S and 5th St
- Camanche Ave and 6th St
- Camanche Ave and 7th St
- Camanche Ave and 15th Ave S
- Camanche Ave and 17th Pl
- Camanche Ave and 21st Pl
- Chancy Park
- Camanche Ave and 14th St
- 27th Ave S and 18th St
- 27th Ave S and 16th St
- 14th St and Camanche Ave
- Camanche Ave and 23rd Pl
- Liberty Ave and 21st Pl
- Camanche Ave and 17th Pl
- Camanche Ave and 15th Ave S
- Camanche Ave and 7th St
- Camanche Ave and 6th St
- Camanche Ave and 12th Ave S
- 11th Ave S and 4th St
- 3rd St and 8th Ave S
- 3rd St and 4th Ave N
- 3rd St and 6th Ave N
- 7th Ave and N 5th St
- N Bluff Blvd and 5th Ave N
- N Bluff Blvd and 3rd Ave N
- N Bluff Blvd and Locust Pl
- 2nd Ave and N 11th St
- Whittier Elementary School
- 13th St and 3rd Ave N
- 13th St and Ridge Crest Dr
- 8th Ave and 12th St N
- 12th St and 11th Ave N
- 14th St and 13th Ave N
- Prairie Village
- 13th Ave and Woodland Dr
- 13th Ave and 7th St N
- 13th Ave and 4th St N
- 3rd St and 15th Ave N
- 4th St and 12th Ave N
- 4th St and 10th Ave N
- 4th St and 8th Ave N
- 4th St and 6th Ave N
- 4th St and 4th Ave N
- 4th St and 4th Ave S
- 6th Ave and 4th St S
- 3rd St and 3rd Ave S
- 3rd St and 2nd Ave N
- 6th Ave and 7th St S
- 7th Ave and Douglas Ct
- Bluff Blvd and Terrace Dr
- Bluff Blvd and 17th St S
- 8th Ave and 16th St S
- College Ave and S Bluff Blvd
- Bluff Blvd and 19th St S
- Windsor Dr and 16th Ave S
- 19th St and 15th Ave S
- Manufacturing Dr and Manufacturing Ct
- Manufacturing Dr and 18th
- Bluff Elementary School
- Bluff Blvd and 9th Ave S
- Bluff Blvd and 7th Ave S
- YMCA
- 7th Ave and 6th St S
- 11th Ave and 14th St S
- 8th Ave and 12th St S
- 9th St and 5th Ave S
- 4th Ave and 6th St S
- 4th Ave and 4th St S
- Grandview Dr and 13th Ave S
- Harrison Dr and 15th Ave S
- Harrison Dr and 14th St S
- Bible Missionary Church and Iowa Ave
- Iowa Ave and 15th Ave S
- 9th St and 13th Ave S
- 9th St and 11th Ave S
- 10th Ave and 6th St S
- Super 8 and 17th St S
- Clinton 8 Theater
- 2nd and 25th Ave N
- 2nd and 27th Ave N
- 31st Ave and 2nd St N
- 25th Ave and Miller Ridge Apartments
- 25th Ave and 9th St N
- Main Ave and Cleveland St
- 2nd and 23rd Ave
- 2nd Ave and 18th Ave N
- 2nd St and 15th Ave N
- 2nd and 2nd Ave S
- 2nd and 6th Ave N
- 2nd and 8th Ave N
- 2nd and 12th Ave N
- 1st St and 4th Ave S
- 1st and 6th Ave S
- 4th and 10th Ave S
- Prospect Ave and 15th St S
- 2nd and 4th Ave S
- 3rd and 2nd Ave S
- 3rd and 1st Ave
- 3rd and 3rd Ave N
- 7th Ave and Park Pl
- Bluff Blvd and 6th Ave N
- Bluff Blvd and Ike's Peak Rd
- 2nd Ave and 10th St N
- 13th St and Highview Dr
- 13th St and 8th Ave N
- 12th St and 10th Ave N
- 11th Ave and 13th St N
- 14th St and 12th Ave N
- 13th Ave and 13th St N
- 13th Ave and 11th St N
- Alverno Health Care Facility
- 3rd St and 13th Ave N
- 3rd St and 14th Ave N
- 14th Ave and 4th St N
- 4th St and 2nd Ave N
- 4th St and Locust Pl
- 4th St and 3rd Ave S
- 4th St and 5th Ave S
- 6th Ave and 3rd St
- 6th and 3rd St S
- 6th and 5th St S
- 7th Ave and Argyle Ct
- Bluff Blvd and Elmhurst Ct
- 8th Ave and Orchard Ln
- 8th Ave and 17th St S
- 18th St and East Ln
- College Ave and Dubuque Ct
- Bluff Blvd South
- Harts Mill Rd and Windsor Dr
- Manufacturing Dr and 19th St S
- 7th Ave and Melrose Ct
- 7th Ave and 8th St S
- 7th Ave and 4th St S
- 7th Ave and 2nd St
- Iowa Ave and 21st Pl
- 14th St and Concord Ave
- 10th St and 11th Ave S
- 11th Ave and 12th St S
- 8th Ave S and Bluff Blvd
- 8th Ave and Melrose Ct
- 9th St and 7th Ave S
- 4th Ave and 8th St S
- 4th Ave and 5th St S
- 4th Ave and 3rd St S
- Culver's
- 2nd St and 2nd Ave S
- 4th Ave and 2nd St S
- 2nd and 3rd Ave N
- 36th Ave and 3rd St N
- Bluff Blvd and S 14th St
- 19th Ave and 2nd St N
- 16th Ave and 4th St N
Over time
Overall score across the last 4 checks — down 0.4 since 2026-07-31.
Show the numbers
| Check | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | 73.2 | first check |
| 2026-07-30 | 71.1 | down 2.1 |
| 2026-07-31 | 70.7 | down 0.4 |
| 2026-08-01 | 70.3 | down 0.4 |
What changed since your last check
- Correctness no change
- Freshness down 1.7
- Rider experience no change
What changed in this feed
Overall score fell 0.4 points since 2026-07-31.
Same feed file as 2026-07-31; the published zip did not change.
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What changed over time
On 2026-07-25 this feed started at grade C. On 2026-08-01 feed entered the expiry window (30 days of service left). As of 2026-08-01 it holds grade C.
A plain-language history of this feed, newest first.
- 2026-08-01 Feed entered the expiry window (30 days of service left).
Everything we checked
3 findings, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning224 instances
224 of 224 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.)
Finding code: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning127 instances
127 of 127 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. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. (A default or per-trip field in your export.)
Finding code: scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference 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.)
Finding code: scorecard_no_fare_data · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
NTD GTFS readiness Needs attention
This feed is close to NTD-ready. Service data runs out in 30 days; renew before you certify.
- Published Ready
- Published at a public URL.
- Valid Ready
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Needs attention
- Service data runs out in 30 days; renew before you certify.
- 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 your 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.
- shapes.txt covers your trips Ready
- All 127 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, provide a stable agency_id for each represented reporter, and confirm the feed and P-50 crosswalk each year. This box is a heads-up; your filings are the official check.
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). For RY2026, each represented reporter needs a stable agency_id, unique within the feed and crosswalked to its five-digit NTD ID on P-50; the values do not need to be equal. FTA also 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. Service data runs out in 30 days; renew to qualify. 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 Not yet
- Service data runs out in 30 days; renew to qualify.
- 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.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 30 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
The scorecard is a data-quality lens, not a compliance determination. Its universal references describe good GTFS and useful rider information. Useful references here are GTFS Schedule Best Practices, GTFS-Realtime Best Practices, MobilityData grading scheme, Google Transit publication guidance, FTA National Transit Database GTFS requirement. Read the full standards crosswalk.
- Correctness 100 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices, checked by the MobilityData validator. MobilityData grading covers stop locations, route names, and colors. Google Transit requires a feed to pass validation for publication. FTA NTD readiness also checks that the published feed is valid.
- Freshness 50 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices call for a dataset that stays current. An expired calendar can remove service from Google Transit and other rider trip planners. FTA NTD readiness also checks that the published feed is current.
- Rider experience 45 / 100
- GTFS Best Practices for rider-facing fields. MobilityData grading covers 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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