Feed status · checked 2026-08-01
Iowa City Transit System
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Bus
unchanged since 2026-07-31
Catalogued in Iowa.
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 76 minutes ago; last changed 17 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
355 of 355 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
502 of 502 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
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
- 355 of 355 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
- 502 of 502 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 91 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 91 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.
1 accessibility depth signal
323 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Hwy 6 East & Heinz Rd", "Commerce Dr & Liberty Dr", "Scott Blvd & Systems Unlimited", 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 355 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.
- 1 (yellow)
- 2 (brown)
- 3A (brown)
- 3P (brown)
- 5 (pink)
- 6 (white)
- 7 (gray)
- 8 (red)
- 9 (red)
- 10 (yellow)
- 11 (gray)
- 12 (green)
- 13 (gray)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 1 South Iowa City | Bus | yellow |
| 2 Court Street | Bus | brown |
| 3A AM Eastside Loop | Bus | brown |
| 3P PM Eastside Loop | Bus | brown |
| 5 Lower Muscatine | Bus | pink |
| 6 Peninsula | Bus | white |
| 7 North Dodge | Bus | gray |
| 8 Oakcrest | Bus | red |
| 9 Towncrest | Bus | red |
| 10 West Iowa City | Bus | yellow |
| 11 Rochester | Bus | gray |
| 12 Highway 1 | Bus | green |
| 13 South Gilbert | Bus | gray |
List every stop
- 2nd Ave & Court St
- 2nd Ave & Court St
- Downtown Interchange
- Downtown Interchange
- Iowa Ave @ UI English Philosophy Building
- Iowa Ave @ Hubbard Park
- Newton Rd - VA Hospital
- Newton Rd - VA Hospital
- Newton Rd - MERF
- Newton Rd Ramp
- Newton Rd - UI Student Health
- Court St & Dubuque St
- Court St & Dubuque St
- Court St Transportation Center
- Court St & Gilbert St
- Gilbert St & Prentiss St
- Gilbert St & Benton St
- Gilbert St & Benton St
- Gilbert St & Kirkwood Ave
- Gilbert St & Kirkwood Ave
- Kirkwood Ave & Gilbert St
- Gilbert St @ Big Grove Brewery
- Gilbert St & 3rd St
- Highland Ave & Gilbert St
- Boyrum St @ Hy Vee
- Boyrum St @ Hy Vee
- Boyrum St & Southgate Ave
- Gilbert St & Stevens Dr
- Southgate Ave & Keokuk St
- Southgate & Keokuk St
- Sandusky Dr & Broadway St
- Crosspark Ave - 900 Block
- Crosspark Ave & Broadway St
- Broadway St 1900 Block
- Sandusky Dr & Taylor Dr
- Taylor Dr & Sandusky Dr
- Lakeside Dr & Hwy 6
- Lakeside Dr & Nevada Ave
- Lakeside Dr & Miami Dr
- Miami Dr & California Ave
- California Ave & Sycamore St
- Burns Ave & Taylor Dr
- Sycamore Mall - Entrance
- Highland Ave & Gilbert Court
- Benton St & Clinton St
- Benton St & Capitol St
- Capitol St & Benton St
- Court St & Capitol St
- Court St & Madison St
- UI Main Library
- Dubuque St & Market St
- Dubuque St & Davenport St
- Dubuque St & Church St
- Bowery St & Van Buren St
- Bowery St & Johnson St
- Bowery St & Dodge St
- Dodge St & Bowery St
- Kirkwood Ave & Dodge St
- Kirkwood Ave & Dodge St
- Kirkwood Ave & Keokuk St
- Kirkwood Ave & Keokuk St
- Kirkwood Ave & Summit St
- Kirkwood Ave & Franklin St
- Kirkwood Ave & Franklin St
- Lower Muscatine Ave & Pine St
- Lower Muscatine Ave & Pine St
- Kirkwood Community College From Downtown
- Kirkwood Community College to Downtown
- Lower Muscatine Ave & Mall Dr
- Lower Muscatine Ave & Fairmeadows Blvd
- Hwy 6 East & Heinz Rd
- Heinz Rd & Hwy 6 East
- Commerce Dr & Liberty Dr
- ACT
- Heinz Rd & Scott Blvd
- ALPLA
- Eastdale Plaza
- Sycamore Mall Cinema Theater
- Washington St & Linn St - IC Library, Senior Center
- Washington St & Gilbert St - Iowa City City Hall
- Market St & Linn St
- Clinton St & Jefferson St
- Muscatine Ave & 4th Ave
- Muscatine Ave & 2nd Ave - Walgreens Inbound
- 1st Ave @ Hy Vee
- 3rd Ave & Friendship St
- Friendship St & Garden St
- 7th Ave & Court St
- Burlington St & Johnson St
- Burlington St & Gilbert St - City Hall / Rec. Center
- Burlington St & Dubuque St
- Burlington St & Lucas St
- Burlington St & Summit St
- Burlington St & Summit St
- Burlington St & Muscatine Ave
- Muscatine Ave & Rundell St
- Muscatine Ave & Court St
- Muscatine Ave & 7th Ave
- Muscatine Ave & 7th Ave
- Muscatine Ave & 5th Ave
- Muscatine Ave & Wade St
- Muscatine Ave @ Hy Vee
- William St @ Towncrest Medical Offices
- William St & Wayne Ave @ South East Junior High
- Wayne Ave & Arthur St
- Wayne Ave & Dover St
- Wayne Ave & Village Rd
- Village Rd & Village Green Blvd
- Muscatine Ave @ Autumn Park Apartments
- Muscatine Ave & Dover St
- Muscatine Ave & Arthur St
- Court St & 1st Ave
- Court St & 1st Ave
- Court St & Upland Ave
- Court St & Westminster St
- Court St & Friendship Ave
- Friendship St & Court St
- Court St & Peterson St
- Court St & Camden Rd
- Ashford Pl & Chadwick Pl
- Ashford Pl & York Pl
- York Pl & Brentwood Ln
- Clinton St & Jefferson St
- Jefferson St & Linn St
- Jefferson St & Van Buren St
- Clapp St & Hotz Ave
- Rochester Ave & 7th Ave
- Rochester Ave & 7th Ave
- Rochester Ave & Ashwood Dr
- Rochester Ave & Windsor Court
- Regina Education Center
- Regina Education Center
- Rochester Ave & 1st Ave
- Rochester Ave & 1st Ave
- Rochester Ave & Post Rd
- Rochester Ave & Post Rd
- Rochester Ave & Mount Vernon Dr
- Mount Vernon Dr & Rochester Ave
- Rochester Ave & Larch Ln
- Amhurst St & Lower West Branch Rd
- Amhurst St & Hastings Ave
- Amhurst St & Washington St
- Washington St @ Lemme Elementary
- Washington St & Westminster St
- Washington St & Green Mountain Dr
- Washington St & Mount Vernon Dr
- Mount Vernon Dr & Concord Circle
- Mount Vernon Dr - 300 Block
- Market St & Governor St
- Market St & Dodge St
- North Dodge St & Market St
- Mercy Hospital
- Dubuque St & Fairchild St
- Dubuque St & Market St
- Governor St & Market St
- Governor St & Davenport St
- Governor St & Church St
- Governor St & Brown St
- Governor St & North Dodge St
- North Dodge St & Conklin St
- North Dodge St @ Hy Vee
- Iowa City Community School District Office
- Iowa City Community School District Office
- North Dodge St & Scott Blvd
- North Dodge St & ACT Circle
- 900 North Dodge St
- North Dodge St & Brown St
- North Dodge St & Church - Horace Mann Elementary
- Eastdale Plaza
- 1st Ave @ South East Junior High
- City High School
- Arlington Dr & Canterbury Court
- Arlington Dr & American Legion Rd
- American Legion Rd & Scott Blvd
- Wellington Dr & Scott Blvd
- Scott Blvd #1
- Kirkwood Ave & Gilbert St
- Riverside Dr & Burlington Stl
- Riverside Dr & Myrtle Ave
- Riverside Dr & Myrtle Ave
- Riverside Dr & Benton St
- Hwy 1 West & Miller Ave
- Ruppert Rd & Hwy 1 West
- Westport Plaza 1
- Walmart
- Hwy 1 West @ Slagers
- S Riverside Dr @ mobile home park
- Foster Rd & Dubuque St
- Foster Rd & Laura Dr
- Forest View Trailer Park
- Foster Rd & Idyllwild Dr
- Foster Rd & Algonquin Rd
- Foster Rd & Algonquin Rd
- Foster Rd 900 Block
- Foster Rd & Swisher St
- Swisher St & Foster Rd
- Walker Circle & Moses Bloom Ln
- Grand Ave & South Grand Ave - UIHC Emergency Entrance
- UI Family Care
- UIHC Family Care
- Melrose Ave & South Grand Ave
- Melrose Ave & Hawkins Dr
- Melrose Ave & Golfview Ave
- Melrose Ave & Koser Ave
- Sunset St & Melrose Ave
- Sunset St & Melrose Ave
- Sunset St & Marietta Ave
- Sunset St & Marietta Ave
- Sunset St & Oakcrest St
- Sunset St & Oakcrest St
- Oaknoll Retirement Center #2
- Oakcrest St & Woodside Dr
- 815 Oakcrest St
- Woodside Place & Greenwood Dr
- Greenwood Dr & Benton St
- Benton St @ Seville Apartments
- Benton St & Oaknoll Dr
- Benton St & Streb St
- Sunset St & Denbigh Dr
- Melrose Ave & Sunset St
- Newton Rd - Dental College
- Hawkins Dr - UI Main Hospital, Kinnick Stadium
- Hawkins Dr - UI Center for Disabilities, Dental College
- Hawkins Dr & Melrose Ave - UI Childrens Hospital
- Ramp 2, Pappajohn & Pomerantz
- Melrose Ave & Sunset St
- Melrose Ave & Emerald St
- Melrose Ave @ IC Fire Station #2
- Melrose Ave & Westgate St
- Melrose Ave & Macbride Rd
- Melrose Ave & Finkbine Ln
- Melrose Ave & Finkbine Ln
- Westwinds Dr & Melrose Ave
- Mormon Trek Blvd & Cameron Way - Walden Plaza
- Westwinds Dr - Walden Plaza
- Benton St & Westgate St
- Benton St - Horn Elementary
- Benton St & Denbigh Dr
- Crosspark Ave & Broadway St
- Sunset St & Arbury Dr
- Benton St & Sunset St
- Westside Dr & Earl Rd
- Westside Dr & Jeffrey St
- Westside Dr & Mormon Trek Blvd
- Mormon Trek Blvd & Gryn Dr
- Mormon Trek Blvd & Rohret Rd
- Coll Dr & Coll Court
- Jensen St & Jensen Court
- Irving Ave & Shannon Dr
- Shannon Dr & Rohret Rd
- and 105 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 | 79.1 | first check |
| 2026-07-30 | 79.1 | no change |
| 2026-07-31 | 79.1 | no change |
| 2026-08-01 | 79.1 | 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
4 findings, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning502 instances
502 of 502 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)
- Warning393 instances
393 of 502 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)
- Warning355 instances
355 of 355 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)
- 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 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 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 502 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. 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 91 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.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 91 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 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 33 / 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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