Feed status · checked 2026-08-01
Kern Transit
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Bus
unchanged since 2026-07-31
Catalogued in California.
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 29 hours ago; last changed 16 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
268 of 270 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
154 of 154 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 retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them.Likely your export tool
Some stops exist in the feed but no trip ever stops at them. Riders may walk to a stop where no bus is scheduled to arrive.
⏱ A review pass in your scheduling software.worth about +8 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
- 268 of 270 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
- 154 of 154 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 stops exist in the feed but no trip ever stops at them.
- Next action
- Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them.
- 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 retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them. · 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 182 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 0.7% 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 5 kinds of issue across 101 instances (0 error, 51 warning, 50 informational).
Service data covers the next 182 days.
1% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (1% marked accessible, 0% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is published.
1% of stops state accessibility (1% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.
2 accessibility depth signals
3 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (100, 240, 150).
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.
245 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Rio Vista Dr. at Cannell Dr. (2332463)", "Flower St. at Williams St. (2335886)", "Brundage Ln. at A St. WB (2388251)", 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.
This agency publishes realtime, but the feed needs an access key we don't have 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 270 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.
- 110 (green)
- 120 (yellow)
- 140 (purple)
- 130 (teal)
- 100 (orange)
- 250 (teal)
- 227 (green)
- 240 (teal)
- 145 (pink)
- 230 (purple)
- 150 (red)
- 220 (yellow)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 110 Delano - Bakersfield | Bus | green |
| 120 Taft - Bakersfield | Bus | yellow |
| 140 Lamont - Bakersfield North | Bus | purple |
| 130 Frazier Park - Bakersfield | Bus | teal |
| 100 Bakersfield - Lancaster | Bus | orange |
| 250 California City - Lancaster | Bus | teal |
| 227 Lake Isabella - Ridgecrest | Bus | green |
| 240 Boron - Mojave | Bus | teal |
| 145 Lamont - Bakersfield South | Bus | pink |
| 230 Mojave - Ridgecrest | Bus | purple |
| 150 Lake Isabella - Bakersfield | Bus | red |
| 220 Kernville - Lake Isabella | Bus | yellow |
List every stop
- Cap Canyon EB (2332461)
- Cap Canyon WB (2332462)
- Rio Vista Dr. at Cannell Dr. (2332463)
- Flower St. at Williams St. (2335886)
- Brundage Ln. at A St. WB (2388251)
- Brundage Ln. at A St. EB (2388252)
- Harrison St. at Cedar St. EB (2394606)
- Chester Ave. at California Ave./Starbucks (2394633)
- Tejon Ranch (2428751)
- Pine Mountain Health Center (2454445)
- Mt. Vernon & Brundage Ln (2455707)
- McBean Regional Transit Center (2505058)
- Santa Clarita Metrolink Station (2505059)
- Buena Vista Blvd. at Main St. SB (2512206)
- Buena Vista Blvd. at Main St. NB (2512207)
- Tehachapi Park & Ride EB (2512208)
- Lerdo Highway at Beech Ave. NB (2618132)
- Lerdo Highway at Beech Ave. SB (2618133)
- Kern River Rd at Kernville Rd (2740418)
- Cerro Coso Community College (2740476)
- Stringham Park/Northbound (4160861)
- Stringham Park/Southbound (4160862)
- Mountain View Village SB (4160863)
- Mountain View Village NB (4160864)
- PSB (4207407)
- Chaparral Ave. at Borax Blvd. EB (4208627)
- Rio Tinto/US Borax (4212236)
- Hard Rock Tejon (4255605)
- Acacia Ave. at Worthington St. (760730)
- Taco Bell/Eagle Way (760732)
- Aldea Park Apts./Lost Hills Rd. (760733)
- AV College/Entrance H (760735)
- N. Hill St. at Bear Mountain Blvd. (760737)
- Aspen Mall/82nd St. (760739)
- AV Medical Center/15th St. (760740)
- Mobil/W Ave. J (760742)
- Bakersfield Amtrak (760743)
- Bakersfield College/Panorama Dr. (760744)
- Fairfax Rd. at Brundage Ln. NB (760746)
- Cactus Deli/California City Blvd. (760750)
- Cal State University Bakersfield/Transit Center (760751)
- Columbus Ave. at Verna St. (760752)
- Carl's Jr./Inyo St. (760757)
- Ridgecrest Hospital/China Lake Blvd. (760758)
- Chaparral Ave. at Borax Blvd. WB (760759)
- Kern County Superior Court/Truxtun Ave. (760760)
- Chevron/Hwy. 178 (760761)
- Main St. at Hall Rd./Chipres Plaza (760763)
- Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave. (760764)
- Rite Aid/California City Blvd. (760765)
- Clinica Sierra Vista/Lebec Rd. (760766)
- County Administration Bldg./Lakeland St. (760770)
- Main St. at Hall Rd./County Fair Market (760771)
- Lake Isabella Blvd. at Crestview Ave. (760772)
- DHS/Hwy. 58 (760774)
- DMV/F St. (760775)
- Main St. at School St. SB (760776)
- Target/Mall View Rd. (760777)
- Fairfax Rd. at Redbank Rd. (760784)
- S Fairfax Rd. at Morro Dr. (760785)
- Shell Gas Station/California City Blvd. (760786)
- Main St. at E Panama Rd. SB (760787)
- Flower St. at Beale Ave. (760788)
- Flying J/Frazier Mountain Park Rd. (760789)
- Frazier Park Recreation Bldg./Park Dr. (760791)
- Main St. at Segrue Rd. SB (760792)
- GET Downtown Transit Center (760793)
- 8th St. at North St./Heritage Park Senior Complex (760797)
- Hummel Hall/20th St. W (760799)
- Harrison St. at Cedar St. WB (760800)
- Tehachapi Park & Ride WB (760801)
- AutoZone/China Lake Blvd. (760802)
- Kaiser/Mall View Rd. (760804)
- Keene (760805)
- Kern Medical Center/Flower St. (760806)
- Kern Valley High School/Erskine Creek Rd. (760808)
- Kern Valley Hospital/Laurel Ave. (760809)
- Kern Valley Plaza/Erskine Creek Rd. (760810)
- KOA Campground/Hwy. 178 EB (760811)
- Main St. at Wharton Ave. NB (760812)
- Lake Isabella Blvd. at Alta Sierra Ave. (760813)
- Lake of the Woods/Frazier Mountain Park Rd. (760814)
- MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. (760816)
- Niles St. at Fairfax Rd. NB (760817)
- North Dr. at Columbus Ave. (760818)
- North Edwards Shopping Center/Claymine Rd. (760819)
- Hwy. 155 at Old State Rd. (760821)
- Park & Ride/McKee Rd. (760823)
- Paul's Place/Paul's Place Dr. (760824)
- Laval Rd. at Dennis McCarthy Dr. West (760825)
- Pine Mtn. Club/Mil Potrero Hwy. (760826)
- Mil Potrero Hwy. at Tirol Dr. (760827)
- Pinon Pines/Cuddy Valley Rd. (760828)
- Post Office/Boron Ave. (760829)
- Post Office/Monterey Trail (760830)
- Post Office/Lebec Rd. (760831)
- Post Office/Hwy. 46 (760832)
- Power's Track/Hwy. 178 EB (760833)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Bengston Ave. SB (760834)
- S Fairfax Rd. at Mayfair Ct. (760835)
- Redbank Rd. at Weedpatch Hwy. NB (760836)
- Redbank Rd. at Weedpatch Hwy. SB (760837)
- Schools First/15th St. (760840)
- Senior Center/Twenty Mule Team Rd. (760841)
- Shafter City Hall/Hwy. 43 (760844)
- Shell/Rose Station Rd. (760845)
- Southfork Elementary School/Hwy. 178 (760847)
- Southfork Middle School/Kelso Valley Rd. (760849)
- Southlake Plaza/Entrada Blvd. (760850)
- Stockdale Hwy. at New Stine Rd. (McDonalds) (760851)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Sunset Blvd. NB (760853)
- Taft College/6th St. at Cougar Ct. (760856)
- Tobias St. at Kernville Rd. (760858)
- Trailer Park/Lost Hills Rd. (760859)
- Taft Transit Center (760860)
- Valero Gas/Edmonston Pumping Plant Rd. (760862)
- Valley Acres EB (760863)
- Valley Acres WB (760864)
- Macy's/Hughes Ln. (760865)
- Senior Center/Lake Isabella Blvd. (760867)
- Hwy. 178 at Vista Grande Dr. (760869)
- Wal-Mart/Panama Ln. (760871)
- Wasco City Hall/8th St. (760872)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Doney St. (760873)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Hilltop Rd. SB (760874)
- Buena Vista Blvd. at Main St./End of Route (760875)
- Valley Plaza/Wible Rd. (760878)
- Wofford Blvd. at Evans Rd. (760879)
- Wofford Blvd. at Panorama Dr. (760880)
- Stater Bros Shopping Center/Hwy. 14 (760882)
- McFarland Community Center (760886)
- 9th Ave. at Jefferson St. (760887)
- Delano City Hall/Jefferson St. (760888)
- ETR - NAPD/F St. (760892)
- Delano Community Center/Ellington St. (760893)
- F St. at Poso Dr. NB (761106)
- Delano Transit Center (761109)
- Lake Isabella Blvd. at Commercial Ave. (761118)
- Hwy. 155 at Old State Rd. (761120)
- Wofford Blvd. at Evans Rd. (761121)
- Wofford Blvd. at Park Way (761122)
- Valley View Dr. at Sierra Way (761124)
- Sirretta Dr. at Scodie Ave. (761125)
- Burlando Rd. at Tobias St. (761127)
- Kern Valley Airport (761137)
- Transit Center/3rd St. (761138)
- F St. at Poso Dr. SB (761141)
- Jefferson Ave. at Cecil Ave. (761145)
- Main St. at Segrue Rd. NB (761650)
- Main St. at School St. NB (761651)
- Main St. at Lamont Ave. NB (761653)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Fuller Dr./Irwin's Market (761654)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Blackburn St. (761655)
- Main St. at Wharton Ave. SB (761658)
- Post Office/Main St. SB (761659)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Hilltop Rd. NB (761660)
- Main St. at E Panama Rd. NB (768679)
- E Panama Rd. at Main St. (768695)
- Travel Centers of America/Laval Rd. (768705)
- Park & Ride/California City Blvd. (768724)
- Alta Sierra Ave. at Lupine St. (768745)
- Tank Park/Lake Isabella Blvd. (768748)
- Lake Isabella Blvd. at Chain Ave. (768749)
- Kern Valley Automotive/Lake Isabella Blvd. (768750)
- Elk Dr. at Park Way (768751)
- Columbus Ave. at Caliente-Bodfish Rd. (768752)
- Lake Isabella Blvd. at Bodfish Canyon Rd. (768753)
- French Gulch Marina/Hwy. 155 (768764)
- Pioneer Point Campground (768765)
- Boulder Gulch/Hwy. 155 (768766)
- Hungry Gulch Rd. at Hwy. 155 (768767)
- Wofford Blvd. at Lakeshore Dr. (768768)
- Burlando Rd. at Terrace Way (768770)
- Scodie Park Rd. at Cypress St. (768780)
- Wellness Center/Lynch Canyon Dr. (768789)
- Paradise Cove/Hwy. 178 EB (768790)
- Paradise Cove/Hwy. 178 WB (768791)
- Hwy. 178 at Mobile Dr. EB (768793)
- Eye Care Center/Mountain Mesa Rd. (768794)
- Bowling Alley/McCray Rd. (768795)
- Frontage Rd. at Navajo Ave. (768796)
- Prince Ranch/Hwy. 178 (768797)
- Harbor Light/Hwy. 178 (768798)
- Hwy. 155 at Keysville Rd. (769818)
- Hwy. 155 at Keysville Rd. (769819)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Bengston Ave. NB (769820)
- Fairfax Rd. at Pioneer Dr. NB (769821)
- Niles St. at Tate St. NB (769822)
- Niles St. at Tate St. SB (769823)
- Richard Prado Senior Center (769824)
- Niles St. at Fairfax Rd. SB (769825)
- Fairfax Rd. at Pioneer Dr. SB (769826)
- Fairfax Rd. at Brundage Ln. SB (769827)
- Bear Mountain Blvd. at Comanche Dr. SB (769828)
- Chester Ave. at Truxtun Ave./City Hall (769829)
- Chester Ave. at California Ave./Tire Shop (769830)
- Stockdale Hwy. at New Stine Rd. (7/11) (769831)
- Mojave Airport (769832)
- Chevron/West Inyokern Rd. (769954)
- Lake Isabella Blvd. at Turner Ave. (769969)
- Easy St. at Hwy. 178 (769971)
- Wal-Mart/Bernard St./GET Bus Shelter (770065)
- Kernville Rd. at Sierra Dr. (771165)
- Wofford Blvd. at Bristlecone Dr. (771166)
- Wofford Blvd. at Marina Dr. (771167)
- Sierra Way at Bowman Rd. (771168)
- Wofford Blvd. at Marina Dr. (771169)
- Burlando Rd. at Rio Vista Dr. (771170)
- Kernville Rd. at Sierra Dr. (771171)
- Kernville Storage/Sierra Way (771172)
- Tejon Outlets/Food Court (771174)
- Kern Medical Center/ER (771403)
- Senior Center/Jackman St. (771438)
- Bear Mountain Blvd. at Comanche Dr. NB (771439)
- Post Office/Main St. NB (771440)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Sunset Blvd. SB (771441)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Reynolds St. NB (771442)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Reynolds St. SB (771443)
- Main St. at Lamont Ave. SB (771444)
- Weedpatch Hwy. at Muller Rd. (771445)
- Frazier Park Lumber & Hardware/Mt. Pinos Way (771446)
- Frazier Park Lumber & Hardware/Mt. Pinos Way (771447)
- Frazier Park Market/Laguna Trail (771448)
- Frazier Park Market/Laguna Trail (771449)
- Rock House/Clay Trail (771450)
- Rock Houses/Clay Trail (771451)
- Burlando Rd. at Terrace Way (771452)
- Edna St. at Erskine Creek Rd. (771454)
- Power's Track/Hwy. 178 WB (771455)
- Paul's Place/Paul's Place Dr. (771456)
- KOA Campground/Hwy. 178 (WB) (771457)
- Frontage Rd. at Navajo Ave. (771458)
- Hwy. 178 at Mobile Dr. WB (771459)
- Transit Center/3rd Street (771460)
- Aspen Mall/California City Blvd. (771461)
- Wal-Mart/China Lake Blvd. (780704)
- Lake Isabella Blvd. at Turner Ave. (780766)
- Kern County Superior Court/Desert Sport Center (780768)
- Kern County Superior Court/N. China Lake Blvd. (780769)
- F St. at 30th St. (780775)
- Nuui Cunni/Hwy. 155 (780781)
- Mt. Vernon at Columbus Ave. (781033)
- White Blanket Rd. at Hwy. 178 EB (781464)
- White Blanket Rd. at Hwy. 178 WB (781465)
- Frank St. at Hwy. 178 EB (781466)
- Frank St. at Hwy. 178 WB (781467)
- Ridgecrest Hospital/China Lake Blvd. (781468)
- Walker Pass at Hwy. 178 EB (781469)
- Walker Pass at Hwy. 178 WB (781470)
- Easy St. at Cypress St. (781471)
- and 20 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 | 82.9 | first check |
| 2026-07-30 | 82.9 | no change |
| 2026-07-31 | 82.9 | no change |
| 2026-08-01 | 82.9 | 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
- Warning268 instances
268 of 270 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)
- Warning154 instances
154 of 154 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)
- Warning51 instances
Some stops exist in the feed but no trip ever stops at them.
Riders may walk to a stop where no bus is scheduled to arrive.
Fix: Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them. (A review pass in your scheduling software.)
Finding code: stop_without_stop_time · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
This feed describes flexible (demand-responsive) service but has no booking_rules.txt.
Riders can see the service area but not how or when to reserve a trip, so they can't actually use the service.
Fix: Add booking_rules.txt saying how far ahead and how to book (phone, app, or web). (A small file; one rule often covers the whole service.)
Finding code: scorecard_flex_no_booking_rules · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Info34 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)
- Info8 instances
The feed includes a file that is not part of the GTFS spec.
Apps ignore files they don't know, and a stray file can hide a misspelled standard file name.
Fix: Check the flagged file name for a typo of a standard GTFS file. Remove it if it is a vendor extra. (A quick look at the flagged file.)
Finding code: unknown_file · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info7 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
Stop without zone id (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'stop_without_zone_id' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Finding code: stop_without_zone_id · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
Beyond the grade
Opportunities that do not change your grade today: fare detail, on-demand service, and deeper accessibility data.
Flex zones are published but no booking_rules.txt is present.
Consider: Add booking_rules.txt with how far ahead and how to reserve (phone, app, or web).
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 182 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 154 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 1% 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 182 days.
- Accessible Not yet
- States wheelchair access on 1% 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.
Can riders use it?
Checks beyond structural validation: places where the feed is valid but a rider still could not travel.
- 51 of 270 boardable stops are never served by any trip. Riders see these stops in apps and on the map but can never catch anything there, which erodes trust in the data. Remove stops no route serves, or add the trips that should call at them.
These do not change the grade. They catch trips with no rideable leg and stops no trip serves, the kind of gap a trip planner trips over.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 182 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.
In California, the published guideline is California Transit Data Guidelines. Caltrans' published quality guidelines and compliance checklist; this rubric is anchored to them.
California Minimum GTFS Guidelines checklist (5 of 6 measured items met)
The state's own Data Process Checklist, matched item by item to what this scorecard already measures. An item marked "not measured here" is real ground the checklist covers that this tool does not check; see the official checklist for the full picture.
- Meets Publish GTFS Schedule at a stable, automatically-fetchable URL
The published feed URL downloaded at the last check.
- Not measured here Implement required fields: Fares v2, text-to-speech stop names, shapes.txt, wheelchair_boarding, and Pathways where applicable
This scorecard measures wheelchair_boarding, shapes.txt coverage, fare data, and station pathways separately, below; it does not check the Fares v2 format specifically or text-to-speech stop names.
- Not measured here Achieve a passing score in every category of the MobilityData GTFS Grading Scheme v1
This scorecard automates a proxy for the Grading Scheme's rider-facing fields (see the standards crosswalk) rather than running the scheme itself, which grades by comparison to the real world by hand.
- Not measured here Publish changes to the base schedule at least one week ahead of every service change
This scorecard does not track a feed's publish history, so advance notice cannot be checked.
- Meets Produce no critical errors in the MobilityData GTFS Validator
Passes validation with no errors.
- Not measured here Publish Trip Updates, Vehicle Positions, and Alerts feeds
This scorecard checks realtime reachability and freshness overall; it does not check for all three feed types individually.
- Not measured here Update Trip Updates and Vehicle Positions at least every 20 seconds
This scorecard samples realtime freshness; it does not check this specific 20-second cadence.
- Not measured here Publish information for at least 99% of vehicles in service
This scorecard measures the share of scheduled trips represented in TripUpdates, a related but different figure than vehicle coverage.
- Not measured here Keep 100% of trip_ids consistent between Schedule and Realtime
This scorecard does not currently check trip_id consistency between the Schedule and Realtime feeds.
- Not measured here Produce no critical errors in the Center for Urban Transportation Research realtime validator
This scorecard does not run the CUTR realtime validator.
- Not measured here Publish accessible feed links on the agency or regional partner website
This scorecard does not check the agency's own website.
- Not measured here Register GTFS and GTFS-Realtime feeds with transit.land and the Mobility Database
This scorecard does not currently check aggregator registration for this section.
- Meets Designate a technical contact in feed_info.txt's feed_contact_email
feed_info.txt states a technical contact.
- Gap wheelchair_boarding stated on stops and trips
States wheelchair access on 1% of stops and 0% of trips.
- Meets shapes.txt with a shape for every trip
All 154 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.
- Meets Fare data published, or the service marked fare-free
Fare data is published.
- Correctness 89 / 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 Access needed to measure
- GTFS-Realtime best practices: a stable URL, high uptime, and frequent updates.
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