Call-prep brief · checked 2026-10-15

JR Shikoku Bus, Kochi (JR四国バス高知支店)

Grade B · 86.4 / 100

Unchanged since 2026-10-14.

For this call: lead with the grade and the three fixes below, then confirm the feed is current and the rider information is complete. 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

Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.
54 of 58 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.
Fixing this covers 54 of 58 stops, about 93% of them.
Effort: A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.
Only change the flagged IDs if an app needs basic ASCII values. Update each place that uses the ID. Keep all names and headsigns in their original language.
Some internal IDs use characters outside the basic text set. These IDs are valid UTF-8 data. This warning is only about support in older apps. It does not mean that names in other languages are wrong.
This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.
Effort: A planned ID change, not a quick text cleanup.
Use mixed case for stop names and headsigns (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave', not 'MAIN ST & 2ND AVE').
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.
This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.
Effort: Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.

Riders and need behind these fixes

Rider-trip figures come from the United States National Transit Database, which does not cover this feed's country.
The served-area need overlays cover the United States and Canada, so none of them applies to this feed.

These describe this feed only. They do not rank agencies, and they do not change the grade or the order of the fixes.

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: 54 of 58 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

Agency: JR Shikoku Bus, Kochi (JR四国バス 高知支店)
Finding: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown
Feed evidence: 54 of 58 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there.
Why it matters: Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all.
Requested change: 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.
Evidence: https://gtfsscorecard.org/agency/jr-shikoku-bus-kochi/?finding=scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown#finding-handoff

Key facts

Feed URL: https://api.gtfs-data.jp/v2/organizations/jr-shikoku-bus-kochi/feeds/GTFS-JRbus_Otochi/files/feed.zip?rid=current
Last checked: 2026-10-15
Service window: 167 days of service data remain. Last service date 2027-03-31.
Feed version: 年次更新版
Location: Kochi, Japan

Part of the Japan portfolio: see where this agency sits among the other feeds in that group before the call.

A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.4, validator 8.0.1.