Feed status · checked 2026-08-01
Danville Transit Flex
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Bus
unchanged since 2026-07-31
Catalogued in Virginia.
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 v1.3, validator 8.0.1.
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
297 of 318 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 +23 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
246 of 246 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
Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed.Likely your export tool
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.
⏱ One setting in most export tools.worth about +4 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
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
- 297 of 318 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
- 246 of 246 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
- Some service calendars in the feed have already ended.
- Next action
- Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed.
- 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.
Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed. · 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 60 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 6.6% of stops and 0% of trips. This measures published data, not whether stops or vehicles are physically usable.
- Fare information
- Fare information is published using GTFS Fares v1.
- 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 MobilityData validator flagged 4 kinds of issue across 236 instances (0 error, 4 warning, 232 informational).
Service data covers the next 60 days.
7% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (7% marked accessible, 0% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is published.
7% of stops state accessibility (7% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.
1 accessibility depth signal
199 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Patton St Biscuitville", "Patton & Craghead", "Intersection N Main & Worsham", 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.
Fares are applied to trips.
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 318 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.
- 4 (yellow)
- 4 (blue)
- 5 (red)
- 6 (brown)
- 1 (red)
- 2 (teal)
- 2 (yellow)
- 3 (black)
- 1 (purple)
- 3 (green)
- 5 (orange)
- Cougar Express Door to Door (green)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Health Center - DCC | Bus | yellow |
| 4 North Main | Bus | blue |
| 5 Riverside | Bus | red |
| 6 Glenwood | Bus | brown |
| 1 North Main | Bus | red |
| 2 Riverside | Bus | teal |
| 2 Third Avenue - NorDan | Bus | yellow |
| 3 Edgewood - Stokesland | Bus | black |
| 1 Kemper Road - DCC | Bus | purple |
| 3 Danville Estates - NorDan | Bus | green |
| 5 Edgewood - Stokesland | Bus | orange |
| Cougar Express Door to Door | Bus | green |
| Handivan | Bus | green (no shape in feed) |
| Reserve A Ride | Bus | green (no shape in feed) |
List every stop
- 58E Hardees
- Hairston at DPCS
- Southampton & Kemper
- W Main & Edgewood
- Ballou Park
- Holt Garrison Pkwy Old Dicks Location
- Wendell Scott & Arnett Blvd
- First & Washington
- YMCA
- Riverside Hardees
- Executive Dr Piedmont Reg Med Ctr
- Walmart
- Med Express
- Holbrook & Cleveland
- Taylor Dr Health Department
- Bonner Cardinal Village
- Stokes & Jefferson
- N Main & W James
- Seminole Dr & North Pointe
- NorDan Shopping Center
- Danville Transit System Hub
- Centra Medical Center
- Westover Goodwill
- Squire Armory & Seminole Dr
- Halifax & Kent
- Halifax Rd & Robin Hood Dr
- 2930 W Main Davenport Energy
- Cane Creek & Airside Near Nestle
- Patton At Courthouse
- Washington & Fifth
- Franklin Tpke Strip Mall
- Cabell & Monument
- Cabell & Beauregard
- N Main & Hairston Wd Rowe
- Craghead & Deboe
- Patton & Craghead
- 830 N Main
- Franklin & Chatham
- N Main Negril
- N Main & Motley
- Express Mart Richmond Blvd
- 1224 N Main 7 Gerard
- S Main Modern Pharmacy
- Main St. - Stratford House
- N Main & Ficklen
- N Main & Walker
- 850 Stokes
- Taylor Dr & Taylor Ln
- Avondale & Montague
- Craghead & Newton
- 2325 N Main
- Bonner & Taylor
- Washington & Third
- Freeze & N Main
- Claiborne & Bellevue
- Washington & Madison
- N Main Pure Gas
- N Main & Fuller
- Bradley & Carver
- Memorial Camilla Williams Park
- Craghead & Colquhoun
- Memorial KFC
- Piney Forest Highland Burial Park
- N Main & Greenwich
- Mt Cross Old Ups
- Intersection N Main & Worsham
- N Main Gods Pit Crew
- Seminole Tr & Springfield Rd.
- Grace Fellowship N Main & Third Ave
- Avondale & Virginia
- Bradley & Oakvale
- Forestlawn & Richmond
- Bradley & Camp
- Social Security
- N Main Across From Family Dollar
- Franklin & Andes
- Washington & W Thomas
- Kemper & Wooding
- Chatham & Edmonds
- 701 Springfield
- As Pugh N Main
- Taylor Dr Across From Health Dept
- S Main Family Dollar
- N Main & N Ave
- Camp Grove Rec Center
- N Main & Parkland
- Stokes & Forest
- Orchard & Guill
- Floyd & Upper
- 731 Memorial Dr
- N Main & Clement
- N Main & Ida
- Washington & Harrison
- Holbrook & Grove
- Moffett Mem Church N Main 7 Moffett
- Bonner Temple Bldg (Across from Shelter)
- Piedmont Pl Lidl
- Belmeade & Bradley
- S Main & Gray
- Chatelaine & Southampton
- Avondale & Marshall
- Westover Advance Auto
- Stokes & Rison
- Holbrook & Gay
- Memorial Gods Storehouse
- Memorial Roto Rooter
- N Ridge & Poplar
- Poplar Aamco
- Craghead & Loyal
- Memorial Dr Former Dmv
- Riverside Burger King
- Chatelaine & Edmonds
- N Main & Henry
- Seminole Tr & Freeze Rd
- Franklin Tpke & Orchard
- Straford & Westhapton
- Westover Dr Across From Post Office
- Franklin Tpke & Cheryl
- Memorial Office Plus
- Memorial & Cahill
- Memorial Dr & Sycamore
- Old Mt Cross Applebees
- Stokes & Holbrook
- 202 Henry St
- Riverside Taco Bell
- N Main Old Dutch
- Kemper & Reid
- Bonner Temple Bldg (Adj To Taylor Bldg)
- 1336 Piney Forest
- N Main & Vance
- 330 Holbrook
- 1706 N Main
- N Main & Third
- 638 Holbrook
- N Main & New St
- Patton St Biscuitville
- Riverside Pepsi
- Memorial Dr & N Ridge
- S Main & Stokes
- Spring St Behind Danville House
- Edmonds & Kemper
- Holbrook & Sycamore
- 173 Executive Drive
- Memoria & Cedar
- Kemper & Boswell
- Lee & Berryman
- Lee & Jefferson
- Kemper Rd House Of Prayer
- Henry Rd Danville Electronic
- Bonner & Chatham
- Across From 607 Claiborne
- Executive Dr Big Lots
- Riverside Harris Harvey & Neal
- Washington & Seventh
- Third & Aspen
- Third Ave & Northwest
- Wendell Scott & Locust Lane
- Arnett Valero
- Penny Wise Drycleaners
- Arnett Johnson School
- 798 Melrose
- Melrose & Ruskin
- Nor Dan Dr & Parrish
- Piney Forest Rd Advance Auto
- Piney Forest Burger King
- Piney Forest Golden Skillet
- Piney Forest & Beavers Mill
- Beavers Mill Hairston & Johnson Apts
- Beavers Mill & Inge
- Piney Forest Astoria Hotel
- Arnett Tiny Town
- 739 Arnett
- Arnett & Glendale
- Arnett And Colonial Heights Apts
- Claiborne & Myrtle
- Claiborne & Dean
- Claiborne & Miller
- Third & Northwest
- Aspen & Third Ave
- 1229 Claiborne
- Third Ave & Lowell
- 1201 Claiborne & First
- Claiborne & Harrison
- Claiborne & Vanburen
- Claiborne & Washington
- High St & Memorial
- 335 Henry
- Henry & Keen
- 415 Claiborne
- Union St Bridge Rd & Henry Rd
- 204 Henry
- Locust & Henry Rd
- Farrar & Locust
- Locust & Lynndale
- 112 Sunset
- Piney Forest Papa Johns
- First & Sunset
- Piney Forest O Kellys
- Arnett & Colonial Mart
- Arnett & Verne
- N Union & High
- Third & Cooper
- Memorial Main Market
- Wendell Scott & Old Piney Forest
- Main & Jefferson
- Am Natl Bank Main St & N Ridge
- Piney Forest & Parker
- Piney Forest & Deer Run
- Third & Jordan
- Main & Chestnut
- Southside Urology
- Across From Danville Dist.
- Lowes Dr Behind Ashley
- Riverside Old Wyatt Buick
- Riverside Nikis
- Piney Forest New Starbucks
- Across From 235 Wendell Scott Dr
- Piney Forest Chiropractic
- Piney Forest Professional Ctr
- Memorial Adult Education Center
- 150 W Main
- W Main Dr Ashby
- W Main & Robinson Averett Library
- W Main & Hawthorne
- W Main Dr Smith
- W Main & Baltimore
- W Main & Augusta
- W Main Hardees
- W Main & N Hunter
- W Main Old Dutch
- W Main & Kimberly Executive Inn
- W Main Valero
- W Main & Clearview
- Across From 2414 W Main
- Across From Old Dutch
- W Main & S Hunter
- W Main & Riveroak
- W Main & Stokesland
- W Main & Augusta Gen Dentistry
- W Main & Baltimore
- W Main CVS
- W Main Ballou Park Shopping Center
- W Main & Howeland
- W Main & College
- W Main & Virginia
- W Main & Canterbury
- W Main & Mt Vernon
- W Main & Chestnut
- W Main Across From Union Church
- W Main Mt Hermon Church
- and 68 more (see the full list on the map or in the GeoJSON)
Over time
Overall score across the last 4 checks — unchanged since 2026-07-31.
Show the numbers
| Check | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | 85.0 | first check |
| 2026-07-30 | 85.0 | no change |
| 2026-07-31 | 85.0 | no change |
| 2026-08-01 | 85.0 | 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 2026-07-31.
Same feed file as 2026-07-31; the published zip did not change.
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Everything we checked
8 findings, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning297 instances
297 of 318 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)
- Warning246 instances
246 of 246 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)
- Warning22 instances
22 of 246 trips lack rider-facing destination or direction text.
When a route has multiple directions or patterns, the route name alone may not tell riders which service is coming.
Fix: Add the destination, direction, or 'via' label riders actually see to trip_headsign. Do not copy the route name. If the label changes during the trip, use stop_headsign. (Usually one value per route pattern in your scheduling source.)
Finding code: scorecard_missing_headsigns · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
- Warning4 instances
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.
Fix: Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed. (One setting in most export tools.)
Finding code: expired_calendar · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info224 instances
Trip with shape dist traveled but no shape distances (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'trip_with_shape_dist_traveled_but_no_shape_distances' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Finding code: trip_with_shape_dist_traveled_but_no_shape_distances · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info5 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.)
Finding code: unknown_column · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info3 instances
Some service dates fall outside the date window set in feed_info.txt.
feed_info.txt should span every day your service runs, so apps know when the data applies.
Fix: Widen feed_start_date and feed_end_date to cover all service dates, or fix the dates that fall outside. (Two fields in feed_info.txt, or one export setting.)
Finding code: service_window_outside_feed_period · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info1 instance
This feed includes flexible (demand-responsive) service, and riders are told how to book it.
Dial-a-ride and zone service are described for trip planners, not just fixed routes.
Fix: No action needed. (None.)
Finding code: scorecard_flex_service
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 60 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 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 Needs attention
- 244 of 246 trips have a shape; 2 do not. Fill in shapes.txt and trips.shape_id for the remaining trips so every trip has a path. Reduced, Rural, and Tribal NTD reporters need full coverage by Report Year 2026.
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. States wheelchair access on 7% 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 60 days.
- Accessible Not yet
- States wheelchair access on 7% 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 60 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 94 / 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 100 / 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 60 / 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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