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Feed status · checked 2026-07-09

KU on Wheels & Lawrence Transit System

Based on the feed this agency publishes

65.6 / 100

unchanged since 2026-07-08

Ahead of 56% of all tracked agencies and 54% of mid-size agencies. Operates in Kansas.

Covers 30 daysAccessibility gapsNo realtime feed

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 v1.1, validator 8.0.1.

Checked for changes 14 minutes ago; last changed 14 minutes ago.

Measured 3 of 4 score categories from the agency's own feed.

How we measured this

Confidence in this measurement: medium.

Confidence describes how much the pipeline could measure this run, not the feed itself. It never changes the grade.

Top things to fix

Fix 01

Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays.Likely your export tool

1943 of 1943 trips have no headsign. Riders at the stop can't tell which direction a bus is going.

⏱ Usually a bulk edit in your scheduling software.worth about +15 points

Fix 02

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

Fix 03

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

192 of 440 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 +11 points

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  1. Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays. · Read the fix guide

    Make the change. This feed is generated by your Passio system from the route and stop data they maintain. Send the fix list to your Passio contact.

    Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. Self-check a feed before you publish.

  2. 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. This feed is generated by your Passio system from the route and stop data they maintain. Send the fix list to your Passio contact.

    Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. Self-check a feed before you publish.

  3. 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. This feed is generated by your Passio system from the route and stop data they maintain. Send the fix list to your Passio contact.

    Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. Self-check a feed before you publish.

Send Passio a fix request

This feed is generated by your Passio system. Copy this and send it to your Passio contact; the fixes apply to the route and stop data behind your AVL setup. Each fix names the validator notice and a guide link.

Score by category

Correctness80.5 / 100

The MobilityData validator flagged 6 kinds of issue across 34 instances (0 error, 17 warning, 17 informational).

Freshness50.0 / 100

Service data covers the next 30 days.

Rider experience57.4 / 100

56% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (36% marked accessible, 20% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is not published.

Accessibility68.6 / 100

56% of stops state accessibility (36% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.

2 accessibility depth signals

  • 7 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (36, 44, 4, 2, 10, and more).

    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.

  • 380 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("1 - Vermont @ 7th", "10 - 31st @ Harrison", "100 - Haskell @ 15th", 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.

Realtime qualityNot yet measured

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.

Skip to route and stop data

Basemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes and stops: this agency's GTFS feed.

Routes in KU on Wheels & Lawrence Transit System's feed
RouteTypeLine color
38 31st St / KUBuspurple
10 Central Station / Rock Chalk ParkBusgray
43 Red CirculatorBusred
5 Central Station / East Hills via HINUBusteal
34 7th St / KUBusyellow
12 Central Station / 27th & WakarusaBuswhite
4 Central Station / Downtown via KUBusteal
42 Blue Circulator via Rec CenterBusteal
3 Downtown / Lakeview Road via LMHBusorange
9 South Iowa / 27th & WakarusaBusbrown
44 Campus Circulator (Evening)Busgray
30 Bob Billings & Crestline / KUBuspink
2 Central Station / Lakeview Road via LMHBusteal
8 Central Station / Peaslee Tech via KU & HINUBuswhite
36 6th & Kasold / KU via Emery RoadBusgreen
53 KU / Downtown (SafeBus)Busyellow
7 Downtown / South IowaBusyellow
6 Rock Chalk Park / North Lawrence via DowntownBusgreen
1 Downtown / East HillsBusred
11 Central Station / 31st & Iowa via KUBuswhite

This feed has 440 stops.

List every stop
  • 3 - 31st @ Iowa
  • 2 - Ousdahl @ 31st
  • 7 - 33rd @ Kohl's
  • 6 - Nieder @ 33rd
  • 5 - Nieder @ 31st (Petco)
  • 68 - Iowa @ 27th
  • 18 - 27th @ Ridge
  • 48 - Ridge @ 25th (United Way)
  • 290 - Ridge @ 24th
  • 38 - 24th @ Ousdahl
  • 39 - 24th @ Eddingham
  • 41 - Naismith @ 23rd
  • 109 - Naismith @ 21st
  • 372 - Naismith Hall
  • 257 - Cap Fed Hall - NB
  • 387 - Robinson Center
  • 388 - Price Computer Center
  • 260 - Watson Library
  • 373 - Bailey Hall
  • 455 - Snow Hall
  • 369 - Learned Hall (Engineering)
  • 410 D - Central Station
  • 410 E - Central Station
  • 370 - Jayhawker Towers
  • 371 - Green Hall
  • 456 - Wescoe Hall
  • 382 - Stauffer-Flint Hall
  • 259 - Haworth
  • 258 - Allen Fieldhouse
  • 379 - Oliver Hall
  • 108 - Naismith @ 21st
  • 110 - Naismith @ 23rd
  • 43 - Naismith @ 23rd
  • 40 - 24th @ Eddingham
  • 37 - 24th @ Ousdahl
  • 49 - Ridge @ 25th
  • 19 - 27th @ Redbud
  • 95 - LMH Health West
  • 156 - Rock Chalk Dr. @ George Williams Way
  • 466 - Rock Chalk @ Links
  • 469 - Wakarusa @ Dole
  • 86 - Wakarusa @ 6th
  • 478 - 6th @ Champion
  • 363 - Folks @ Bauer Farm
  • 351 - Overland @ Folks
  • 85 - Overland @ Free State HS
  • 87 - Wakarusa @ Harvard
  • 391 - Wakarusa @ Legends
  • 88 - Bob Billings @ Wakarusa
  • 89 - Bob Billings @ Inverness (Brandon Woods)
  • 174 - Bob Billings @ Quail Pointe
  • 75 - Bob Billings @ Monterey Way
  • 90 - Bob Billings @ St. Andrews
  • 268 - Bob Billings @ Kasold
  • 285 - Bob Billings @ Westbrooke
  • 410 F - Central Station
  • 288 - Bob Billings @ Westbrooke
  • 73 - Bob Billings @ Apple Ln
  • 74 - Bob Billings @ Monterey Way
  • 172 - Bob Billings @ Stone Meadows
  • 289 - Bob Billings @ Wakarusa
  • 392 - Wakarusa @ Inverness
  • 80 - Wakarusa @ Harvard
  • 81 - Wakarusa @ 6th
  • 468 - Wakarusa @ Dole
  • 467 - Rock Chalk @ Links
  • 155 - George Williams @ Rock Chalk
  • 465 - Sports Pavilion
  • 322 - 24th @ Crossgate
  • 31 - Crossgate @ Clinton
  • 323 - Clinton @ Hawthorn
  • 269 _ Kasold @ 22nd Terrace
  • 270 - Kasold @ 22nd St.
  • 30 - Clinton @ Kasold
  • 344 - Clinton Pkwy @ Hartford
  • 337 - Crossgate @ Clinton
  • 9 - 24th & Crossgate
  • 339 - 24th @ Inverness
  • 347 - Inverness @ Southwest Middle School
  • 33 - 27th @ Inverness
  • 34 - 27th @ Scottsdale
  • 293 - Wakarusa @ Stoneback
  • 79 - Wakarusa @ Clinton
  • 241 - Clinton @ Aberdeen
  • 320 - Inverness @ Adam
  • 321 - 24th @ Inverness
  • 239 - Overland @ Stoneridge
  • 164 - Overland @ Eisenhower
  • 470 - Congressional @ 6th
  • 477 - 6th @ Congressional
  • 473 - Champion @ Overland
  • 475 - Overland @ Folks
  • 474 - Folks @ 6th
  • 83 - 6th @ Folks
  • 187 - 6th @ Eldridge EB
  • 193 - 6th @ Monterey Way
  • 189 - 6th @ Kasold
  • 190 - 6th @ Gateway
  • 185 - 6th @ Schwarz
  • 184 - 6th @ Crestline
  • 182 - 6th @ Rockledge
  • 181 - Rockledge @ 6th
  • 353 - Rockledge @ 9th
  • 327 - 9th @ Iowa
  • 214 - 9th @ University Terrace
  • 217 - 9th @ Arkansas EB
  • 329 - 9th @ Maine
  • 343 - 9th @ Mississippi
  • 331 - 9th @ Ohio
  • 1 - Vermont @ 7th
  • 408 - 6th @ New Hampshire
  • 195 - Locust @ 2nd
  • 197 - Locust @ 4th
  • 199 - 7th @ Locust
  • 201 - 7th @ Lyon
  • 462 - 7th @ North
  • 463 - North @ 4th
  • 205 - 2nd @ North
  • 202 - 2nd @ Industrial
  • 207 - I-70 Business Center
  • 206 - 2nd @ North
  • 464 - North @ 4th
  • 461 - North @ 7th
  • 280 - Lyon @ 7th
  • 200 - 7th @ Locust
  • 198 - Locust @ 5th
  • 196 - Visitor's Center
  • 138 - 8th @ Vermont
  • 208 - 9th @ Ohio
  • 209 - 9th @ Mississippi
  • 210 - 9th @ Maine
  • 211 - 9th @ Michigan
  • 364 - 9th @ Avalon
  • 312 - 9th @ Iowa
  • 354 - Rockledge @ 9th
  • 350 - Rockledge @ 6th
  • 186 - 6th @ Crestline
  • 183 - 6th @ Lawrence
  • 188 - 6th @ Frontier
  • 362 - 6th @ Monterey Way
  • 191 - 6th @ HyVee
  • 192 - 6th @ Eldridge
  • 479 - Champion @ 6th
  • 476 - 6th @ Congressional
  • 471 - Congressional @ 6th
  • 165 - Overland @ Eisenhower
  • 240 - Overland @ Stoneridge (westbound)
  • 410 C - Central Station
  • 168 - Fraser Hall
  • 171 - Kansas Union
  • 367 - Indiana @ 11th NB
  • 124 - 9th @ New Hampshire
  • 357 - Indiana @ 11th
  • 173 - Kansas Union
  • 166 - Lippincott Hall
  • 21 - 27th @ Naismith Valley Park
  • 20 - 27th @ Alabama
  • 402 - 27th @ Louisiana
  • 56 - Louisiana @ Utah
  • 51 - Louisiana @ 23rd (Checker's)
  • 114 - Louisiana @ 21st
  • 115 - 19th @ Tennessee
  • 438 - 19th @ Massachusetts
  • 96 - 19th @ Delaware
  • 131 - Haskell @ 16th
  • 130 - Haskell @ 15th
  • 368 - Haskell @ 12th
  • 483 - 11th @ Haskell WB
  • 278 - 11th @ Delaware
  • 225 - Delaware @ 9th
  • 223 - 8th @ Pennsylvania (westbound)
  • 221 - 7th @ New York
  • 218 - 7th @ New Hampshire
  • 144 - 7th @ New Hampshire
  • 220 - 7th @ New York
  • 222 - 8th @ Pennsylvania
  • 224 - Delaware @ 9th
  • 279 - 11th @ Delaware
  • 482 - 11th @ Haskell
  • 361 - Haskell @ 12th
  • 100 - Haskell @ 15th
  • 101 - Haskell @ LaSalle
  • 97 - 19th @ Delaware
  • 419 - 19th @ Massachusetts
  • 111 - 19th @ Tennessee
  • 383 - 19th @ Ohio
  • 112 - Louisiana @ 20th
  • 52 - Louisiana @ 23rd
  • 50 - Louisiana @ 23rd (Petworld)
  • 55 - Louisiana @ 25th
  • 401 - Louisiana @ 27th
  • 23 - 27th @ Alabama
  • 22 - 27th @ Naismith Valley Park
  • 128 - Greenway Circle
  • 57 - East Hills Business Park
  • 332 - 25th @ Franklin
  • 330 - 25th Ter @ O'Connell
  • 60 - 23rd @ Harper
  • 247 - Harper @ Harper Woods
  • 105 - Douglas County Fairgrounds
  • 113 - Harper @ 19th
  • 132 - 19th @ Maple
  • 235 - 19th @ Almira
  • 365 - Massachusetts @ 19th (Dillons)
  • 118 - Mass @ 17th (Babcock)
  • 119 - Mass @ 14th (Central Middle School)
  • 122 - Mass @ South Park
  • 145 - Vermont @ 10th
  • 139 - 11th @ New Hampshire
  • 121 - Mass @ South Park
  • 120 - Mass @ 14th
  • 117 - Mass @ 17th
  • 116 - Mass @ 19th
  • 102 - 19th @ Haskell
  • 133 - 19th @ Maple
  • 103 - 19th @ Harper
  • 104 - Harper @ Edgelea
  • 246 - Harper @ Harper Square Apts
  • 58 - 23rd @ Harper
  • 348 - O'Connell @ 25th
  • 404 - Franklin @ 25th
  • 229 - East Hills Business Park NB
  • 230 - Greenway Circle WB
  • 410 B - Central Station
  • 341 - Clinton @ Lawrence
  • 340 - Clinton @ Crestline
  • 267 - Crestline @ Clinton Parkway SB
  • 385 - 24th Terr @ Crestline
  • 315 - Melrose @ 25th
  • 264 - 25th @ Iowa EB
  • 42 - 23rd @ Naismith (Dillons)
  • 54 - 23rd @ Louisiana
  • 65 - Mass @ Winona
  • 63 - HINU
  • 70 - 23rd @ Haskell
  • 92 - 23rd @ Ponderosa
  • 236 - Venture Park Dr. @ O'Connell (eastbound)
  • 234 - Greenway Cir @ Plastikon
  • 231 - Greenway Circle @ Plastikon WB
  • 237 - Venture Park Dr. @ O'Connell (westbound)
  • 93 - 23rd @ Silicon
  • 71 - 23rd @ Haskell
  • 62 - HINU
  • 64 - Mass @ Winona
  • 61 - 23rd @ Louisiana
  • 53 - 23rd @ Alabama
  • 263 - 25th @ Iowa WB
  • 265- Melrose @ 25th
  • 266 - 24th Terrace @ Crestline NB
  • 284 - Crestline @ Clinton Parkway NB
  • and 190 more (see the full list on the map or in the GeoJSON)

Over time

Overall score across the last 20 checks — unchanged since 2026-07-08.

2026-06-19: 65.62026-06-20: 65.62026-06-21: 65.62026-06-22: 65.62026-06-23: 65.62026-06-24: 65.62026-06-25: 65.62026-06-26: 65.62026-06-27: 65.62026-06-28: 65.62026-06-29: 65.62026-06-30: 65.62026-07-01: 65.62026-07-02: 65.62026-07-04: 65.62026-07-05: 65.62026-07-06: 65.62026-07-07: 65.62026-07-08: 65.62026-07-09: 65.6
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Overall score by check, with the change from the previous check
CheckScoreChange
2026-06-1965.6 first check
2026-06-2065.6 no change
2026-06-2165.6 no change
2026-06-2265.6 no change
2026-06-2365.6 no change
2026-06-2465.6 no change
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2026-06-2665.6 no change
2026-06-2765.6 no change
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2026-06-3065.6 no change
2026-07-0165.6 no change
2026-07-0265.6 no change
2026-07-0465.6 no change
2026-07-0565.6 no change
2026-07-0665.6 no change
2026-07-0765.6 no change
2026-07-0865.6 no change
2026-07-0965.6 no change

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NTD certification readiness Needs attention

This feed is close to NTD-ready. Service data runs out in 30 days; renew before you certify.

Published Ready
Published at a public URL.
Valid Ready
Passes validation with no errors.
Current Needs attention
Service data runs out in 30 days; renew before you certify.
agency_id matches your NTD ID Not checked yet
Setting your GTFS agency_id to your five-digit NTD ID is an optional way to line a feed up with its National Transit Database record. FTA links the two on your P-50 form, so it is not a required feed change. We don't have your NTD ID on file, so this is not checked yet.
shapes.txt covers your trips Ready
All 1943 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 and confirm it once a year. This box is a heads-up on whether yours looks ready; it is not the official sign-off.

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). Aligning agency_id with your NTD ID lets the feed line up with your NTD record; the July 2025 final rule links the two on the P-50 form rather than requiring that feed change, and 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. Service data runs out in 30 days; renew to qualify. States wheelchair access on 56% of stops and 89% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.

Valid Met
Passes validation with no errors.
Current Not yet
Service data runs out in 30 days; renew to qualify.
Accessible Not yet
States wheelchair access on 56% of stops and 89% 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.

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 540 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

A data-quality lens, not a compliance determination. Each category shows this feed's score and the standards it relates to: the FTA National Transit Database GTFS requirement, the MobilityData grading scheme, and the Google Transit gate. Read the full standards crosswalk.

Correctness 80 / 100
GTFS Schedule best practices, checked by the MobilityData validator. MobilityData grading: stop locations, route names and colors. Google Transit: a feed must pass validation to stay in Maps.
Freshness 50 / 100
The FTA National Transit Database expectation of a valid, current feed. Google Transit: an expired calendar drops the agency from Maps.
Rider experience 57 / 100
GTFS Best Practices for rider-facing fields. MobilityData grading: 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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