Feed status · checked 2026-10-20
Manchester Transit Authority (MTA)
Based on the official feed source on file
Service mode Bus
First scorecard for this agency
Cataloged in New Hampshire.
Source feed: https://rapid.nationalrtap.org/GTFSFileManagement/UserUploadFiles/7841/NHMTAGTFS.zip Version history on the Mobility Database
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Measured 3 of 4 score categories from the official feed URL on file.
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 official feed URL on file.
Confidence describes how much the pipeline could measure this run, not the feed itself. It never changes the grade.
About this feed
Manchester Transit Authority (MTA)’s published feed lists 18 bus routes, 550 scheduled trips and 593 stops. Its service dates run from 2025-06-01 through 2028-01-15.
Top things to fix
Review the rule documentation for 'same_name_and_description_for_route' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
Same name and description for route (flagged by the MobilityData validator). See the linked rule for what this affects.
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.
⏱ Varies.worth about +4 points in its category
Riders and need behind these fixes
- No ridership snapshot was on hand when this was built, so annual rider-trips are not known.
- New Hampshire as a whole measures lower on transit need. That is a statewide reading, not one for this feed's service area. Source: US Census ACS 5-year 2022, statewide overlay, as of 2026-10-19.
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
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- Finding
- Fix 01 in Top things to fix: its feed evidence and the requested change.
- Recheck
- Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
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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 452 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 100% of stops and 100% 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 your vendor a fix request
You may not control the GTFS export yourself. Copy this and send it to whoever runs your scheduling software export. It names each fix with the validator notice and a guide link.
Score by category
The MobilityData validator flagged 1 kind of issue across 1 instance (0 error, 1 warning, 0 informational).
Service data covers the next 452 days.
100% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (100% marked accessible, 0% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is published.
100% of stops state accessibility (100% 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 (3 Brown Ave/Airport, 4 Commerce Dr/Target Bedford, 7 Bedford Grove Plaza/Second St, 21 Concord Express, 22 Nashua/MHT Express, 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.
511 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Abby & Harvey", "Amoskeag & Fletcher", "Amoskeag & River Front", 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.
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 593 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 Dartmouth/VA Hospital (green)
- 10 Valley St/Mall Of NH (red)
- 11 Front St/Target (gray)
- 12 South Beech St/Mall Of NH (white)
- 2 Hanover St/East Industrial Park (pink)
- 21 Concord Express (gray)
- 22 Nashua/MHT Express (gray)
- 23 Salem Express (gray)
- 2S Hanover St/East Side Plaza SAT (black)
- 3 Brown Ave/Airport (blue)
- 4 Commerce Dr/Target Bedford (red)
- 41 Green DASH (green)
- 5 River Rd/SNHU (yellow)
- 6 Bremer St/ Mast Rd (brown)
- 7 Bedford Grove Plaza/Second St (orange)
- 8 South Willow St/Mall Of NH (purple)
- 9 Elliot Hospital/East Side Plaza (teal)
- Salem Shopper Shuttle (black)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Dartmouth/VA Hospital | Bus | green |
| 10 Valley St/Mall Of NH | Bus | red |
| 11 Front St/Target | Bus | gray |
| 12 South Beech St/Mall Of NH | Bus | white |
| 2 Hanover St/East Industrial Park | Bus | pink |
| 21 Concord Express | Bus | gray |
| 22 Nashua/MHT Express | Bus | gray |
| 23 Salem Express | Bus | gray |
| 2S Hanover St/East Side Plaza SAT | Bus | black |
| 3 Brown Ave/Airport | Bus | blue |
| 4 Commerce Dr/Target Bedford | Bus | red |
| 41 Green DASH | Bus | green |
| 5 River Rd/SNHU | Bus | yellow |
| 6 Bremer St/ Mast Rd | Bus | brown |
| 7 Bedford Grove Plaza/Second St | Bus | orange |
| 8 South Willow St/Mall Of NH | Bus | purple |
| 9 Elliot Hospital/East Side Plaza | Bus | teal |
| Salem Shopper Shuttle | Bus | black |
List every stop
- 100 Dow
- 1050 Perimeter
- 1070 Holt
- 130 Edward J Roy
- 130 Edward J Roy
- 131 Village Circle
- 14-16 Country Club
- 140 Abby
- 1491 Front
- 15 Village Circle
- 155 Eastern
- 189 Garden
- 195 Eastern
- 200 Perimeter
- 205 Village Circle
- 22-20 Country Club
- 234 Abby
- 27 Industrial
- 300 East Industrial
- 312 Front
- 329 Front
- 335 Millstone
- 377 Kimball
- 377 Kimball
- 444 East Industrial
- 459 Kimball
- 459 Kimball
- 48 Downing
- 527 River
- 529 Kimball
- 535 North Commercial
- 54 Spring
- 569 Kimball
- 569 Kimball
- 679 Mast
- 70 Telfer Cir
- 721 Mammoth
- 724 East Industrial
- 8 Commerce (Callogix)
- 83 Dunbarton
- 86 Karatzas
- 90 Edward J Roy
- 99 Eastern
- Abby & Harvey
- Airport Terminal
- Amoskeag & Fletcher
- Amoskeag & River Front
- Auburn & Tarrytown
- Auto Center @ CarMax
- Baker & Branch
- Baker & Calef
- Bartlett & Auclair
- Bartlett & Putnam
- Bartlett & Wayne
- Bartlett & Wayne
- Bedford Hills Center
- Beech Hill & South Beech
- Beech Hill Ave & Beech Hill Dr
- Beech Hill Ave & Beech Hill Dr
- Big Lots
- Bradley & Beech Hill
- Bradley & Beech Hill
- Bradley & Gold
- Bradley & Sentinel
- Braemore Commons
- Bremer & Joliette
- Bremer & Joliette
- Bremer & Lafayette
- Bremer & Lafayette
- Bremer & Montgomery
- Bremer & Moore
- Bremer & Moore
- Bremer & Youville
- Bremer & Youville
- Bridge & Ash
- Bridge & Ashland
- Bridge & Ashland
- Bridge & Beacon
- Bridge & Beech
- Bridge & Bridge Ext
- Bridge & Hall
- Bridge & Hall
- Bridge & Highland
- Bridge & Highland
- Bridge & Malvern
- Bridge & Mammoth
- Bridge & Maple
- Bridge & Maple
- Bridge & Pine
- Bridge & Pine
- Bridge & Russell
- Bridge & Union
- Bridge & Union
- Bridge & Weston
- Bridge @ Trinity
- Brown & Bow
- Brown & Coldwell
- Brown & Connecting
- Brown & Connecting
- Brown & Crescent
- Brown & Crescent
- Brown & Goffs Fall
- Brown & Highlander
- Brown & Kennedy
- Brown & Mitchell
- Brown & O'Malley
- Brown & O'Malley
- Brown & Pine Island
- Brown & Pine Island
- Brown & South Beech
- Brown & Tessier
- Brown & Tessier
- Brown & Trafford
- Brown & Westland
- Brown & Westland
- Brown & Winston
- Brown & Winston
- Brown @ Little Frogs
- Burlington Coat Factory
- Calef & Blackstone
- Calef & Blackstone
- Calef & Elmhurst
- Calef & Elmhurst
- Calef & Elmwood
- Calef & Elmwood
- Calef & Garfield
- Calef & Garfield
- Calef & Gold
- Calef & Gold
- Calef & Hillcrest
- Calef & Lancaster
- Calef & Mitchell
- Calef & Mitchell
- Calef & Randall
- Calef & Titus
- Calef & Titus
- Calef & Wilmot
- Calef & Wilmot
- Calef & Wyoming
- Candia & Bridge
- Candia & East Industrial
- Candia & Elton
- Candia & Groveland
- Candia & Hanover
- Candia & Hester
- Candia & Lake Shore
- Candia & Proctor
- Candia & Sherburne
- Candia & Sherburne
- Candia @ Goldenrod
- Candia @ Moe Joe's
- Candia @ Rizzas Pizza
- Candia @ Triangle Credit Union
- Candia @ Youngsville Park
- Canton & Auburn
- Cedar Swamp Trail
- Christmas Tree Shop
- Cilley & Jewett
- Cilley & Kilby
- Cilley & South Porter
- Club at Meadowbrook
- Colby Court @ Panera
- Colby Court @ Service Credit Union
- College & Desailnier
- College & Desailnier
- College & St. Anselm
- College & Warren
- Commercial & Stark
- Commercial & Textile
- Conant & Dubuque
- Conant & Norte Dame
- Concord Terminal
- Country Club & Front
- Countryside & Hidden Oak
- Dana Center-Koonz Theatre
- Dartmouth Hitchcock
- Downtown - Double Tree Hotel
- Downtown - Veterans Park
- Dubuque & Conant
- Dubuque & Putnam
- Dubuque & Sullivan
- Dubuque & Sullivan
- East Industrial & Buckley
- East Industrial & Buckley
- East Industrial & Candia
- East Industrial & Holt
- East Industrial & Zachary
- East Side Plaza @ Aloha
- East Side Plaza @ Hannaford
- East Side Plaza @ St Mary's Bank
- Eastern & Jefferson Place
- Eastern & Karatzas
- Eastern & Old Wellington
- Edward J Roy @ Z1 Xpress
- Elm & Auburn
- Elm & Brook
- Elm & Cheney
- Elm & Dow
- Elm & Fir
- Elm & Gas
- Elm & Gas
- Elm & Granite
- Elm & Green
- Elm & Green
- Elm & Hayward
- Elm & Hollis
- Elm & Orange
- Elm & Pennacook
- Elm & Prospect
- Elm & Valley
- Elm & Valley
- Elm & Wall
- Elm & Welch
- Elm & West Auburn
- Elm & West Brook
- Elm & West Pennacook
- Elm @ Bridge Cafe
- Elm @ Citizens Bank
- Elm @ City Hall
- Elm @ SNHU Arena
- Front & Delia
- Front & Dunbarton
- Front & Dunbarton
- Front & Greenview
- Front & Northbrook
- Front & Northbrook
- Front & Old Hackett Hill
- Front & Old Hackett Hill
- Front & Stark Lane
- Front & Stark Way
- Front & Stark Way
- Front @ Manchester Self Storage
- Front @ Sundance Village
- Garden & Dunbarton
- Garden & English Village
- Goffs Falls @ Bobs Furniture
- Gold & March
- Gold @ Aspen
- Gold @ Mercedes
- Gold @ Subaru
- Hackett Hill & Evergreen
- Hackett Hill & Hidden Oak
- Hackett Hill & Poore
- Hackett Hill @ Astronics
- Hackett Hill @ Glenhaven
- Hackett Hill @ Hackett Hill Center
- Hackett Hill @ Regency West
- Hackett Hill @ The Gables
- Hannaford on John E Devine
- Hannaford on Mast
- and 343 more (see the full list on the map or in the GeoJSON)
Over time
This is the first scorecard for this agency. A trend and a "what changed" summary appear here once it has been checked more than once.
Everything we checked
1 finding, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning1 instance
Same name and description for route (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'same_name_and_description_for_route' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Finding code: same_name_and_description_for_route · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules 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 452 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) Different (allowed)
- Your feed's agency_id is MTA; your National Transit Database ID is 10002. A feed that serves several agencies (a shared regional feed) can legitimately carry more than one agency_id. The values do not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID, so this difference is allowed and carries no score. Confirm that P-50 crosswalks agency_id MTA to NTD ID 10002, and keep the feed value stable. Do not change it solely to make the two values equal.
- shapes.txt covers your trips Ready
- All 550 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 Awarded
This feed earns the conformance mark: valid, current, and stating wheelchair access on nearly every stop and trip.
- Valid Met
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Met
- Service data covers the next 452 days.
- Accessible Met
- States wheelchair access on 100% of stops and 100% of trips.
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 452 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 96 / 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 100 / 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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