Call-prep brief · checked 2026-08-01

Pensacola Bay City Ferry

Grade A · 96.5 / 100

Unchanged since 2026-07-31.

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

Check the flagged terminals' coordinates and the route shape in your scheduling software; re-snap whichever is misplaced.
Some terminals sit far from the route line they belong to. Trip planners may draw the vessel route through the wrong path or point riders to the wrong terminal.
Effort: A few minutes per flagged terminal.
Turn on 'remove unused shapes' (or the like) in your export tool.
The feed contains route shapes no trip uses. Harmless to riders, but it bloats the feed and suggests stale export data.
Effort: One setting.

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 terminals sit far from the route line they belong to.
Next action: Check the flagged terminals' coordinates and the route shape in your scheduling software; re-snap whichever is misplaced.
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: Pensacola Bay City Ferry
Finding: stop_too_far_from_shape
Feed evidence: Some terminals sit far from the route line they belong to.
Why it matters: Trip planners may draw the vessel route through the wrong path or point riders to the wrong terminal.
Requested change: Check the flagged terminals' coordinates and the route shape in your scheduling software; re-snap whichever is misplaced.
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/gulf-islands-national-seashore/?finding=stop_too_far_from_shape#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 91 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: https://www.nps.gov/external-resources/gtfs/guis/guis-ferry-service-fl.zip
Last checked: 2026-08-01
Service window: 91 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-10-31.
Feed version: 20260327
Location: Florida

Part of the Florida 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.