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Feed status · checked 2026-08-01

Marshalltown Municipal Transit

Based on the feed this agency publishes

Service mode Bus

85.6 / 100

unchanged since 2026-07-31

Catalogued in Iowa.

Covers 122 daysAccessibility gapsRealtime not yet published

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Checked for changes 9 hours ago; last changed 9 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

Fix 01

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

525 of 525 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

Fix 02

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

49 of 49 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

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Feed evidence
525 of 525 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
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  1. 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. See this feed's finding-clearance log.

  2. 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. See this feed's finding-clearance log.

  3. Use mixed case for stop names and headsigns (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave', not 'MAIN ST & 2ND AVE'). · 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. See this feed's finding-clearance log.

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 122 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
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.

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Score by category

Correctness96.0 / 100

The MobilityData validator flagged 1 kind of issue across 1 instance (0 error, 1 warning, 0 informational).

Freshness100.0 / 100

Service data covers the next 122 days.

Rider experience59.6 / 100

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 published.

Accessibility0 / 100

0% of stops state accessibility (0% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.

1 accessibility depth signal

  • 454 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Marshalltown Arts & Civic Center (MACC)", "S. 6th St./W. South St.", "S. 6th St./Player St.", 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.

FaresLegacy fares

Fares are applied to trips.

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.

This feed has 525 stops.

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

  • Green #2 (green)
  • Pink (pink)
  • Grey (gray)
  • Red (red)
  • Orange (orange)
  • Blue (blue)
  • Green (green)
  • North AM (black)
  • South AM (red)
  • Brown (brown)
  • Yellow (yellow)
Routes in Marshalltown Municipal Transit's feed
RouteTypeLine color
Green #2Busgreen
PinkBuspink
GreyBusgray
RedBusred
OrangeBusorange
BlueBusblue
GreenBusgreen
North AMBusblack
South AMBusred
BrownBusbrown
YellowBusyellow
List every stop
  • Marion St. & 12th Ave.
  • Casey's
  • State St. & 3rd St.
  • 13th St. & State St.
  • Olive St. & 2nd Ave. (Marshalltown High School)
  • 7th Ave. & South St.
  • Anson St. & 12th Ave.
  • 3rd Ave. & Anson St.
  • Center St. & South St.
  • Boone St. & 9th St.
  • Main St. & 8th Ave.
  • State St. & 7th Ave.
  • Edgebrook Dr. & Olive St.
  • Journey Church
  • Theisens / Menards
  • Lenihan Intermediate School - 4th St. & Ingledue St.
  • Mid Iowa Workshops
  • 12th Ave & State St.
  • 8th Ave. & Woodbury St.
  • Riverside St. & 4th Ave.
  • Lincoln Way & 12th St.
  • Main St. & 9th St.
  • Iowa Works & Primary Health
  • Odd Fellows Apartments
  • Southridge Rd. & Center St.
  • Olive St. & Center St.
  • Lenihan Intermediate School - 4th St. & Ingledue St.
  • Senior Center - 1st Ave. & State St.
  • Summit St. & 3rd St.
  • The Flying Elbow
  • Miller Middle School
  • Boone St. & 7th St.
  • Library - Boone St. & 2nd St.
  • Anson St. & 3rd Ave.
  • 7th Ave. & High St.
  • S. Center St./E. Merle Hibs Blvd
  • Anson St. & 7th Ave.
  • Hy-Vee
  • Jiffy
  • 2nd St. & Main St.
  • Courthouse
  • N 4th Ave & E Main St.
  • JBS
  • 3rd Ave. & Marion St.
  • Main St. & 3rd Ave.
  • Marshalltown Arts & Civic Center (MACC)
  • Walmart
  • South St. & 7th Ave.
  • Edgebrook Dr. & Olive St.
  • Anson St. & 3rd Ave.
  • Pizza Ranch
  • Community Y
  • Marion St & 14th Ave
  • Halfway House
  • Hogland Elementary School
  • 12th St & Lincoln Way
  • Anson St & 3rd Ave
  • Anson St & 11th Ave
  • Southridge Rd & 3rd Ave
  • 5th Ave & Anson St
  • Unity Point Health
  • Sundance Apt./Christian School
  • Softball Skate Park
  • Coliseum
  • Anson Park
  • Riverview Park
  • 12th Ave & Boone St
  • Olive St. & 2nd Ave. (Eastbound)
  • Westown Apts.
  • McFarland Clinic
  • Glenda Dr. & 2nd Ave.
  • 6th St. & Nicholas Dr.
  • Thunderbird Dr. & Edgebrook Dr.
  • High St. & 6th St.
  • 3rd St. & Boone St.
  • House of Compassion
  • Church St. & 5th St
  • Church St. & 7h St.
  • Nevada St. & 9th St.
  • Nevada St. & 3rd St.
  • 3rd St & Madison St
  • 3rd St. & Park St.
  • Center St. & Church St.
  • 5th Ave. & Main St.
  • 5th Ave & Linn St.
  • 7th Ave. & Marion St.
  • 14th Ave. & Woodbury St.
  • 12th Ave. & Woodbury St.
  • Boone St. & 14th Ave
  • 9th St. & Lincoln Way.
  • 9th St. & Summit St.
  • Center St. & Riverside St.
  • 4th Ave. & Woodbury St.
  • 8th Ave. & Boone St.
  • Woodbury School
  • Linn St. & 3rd Ave.
  • Southridge Rd. & 2nd St.
  • Trailer Park
  • Kwik Star
  • S. 3rd St./W. Nevada St.
  • S. 3rd St./W. Linn St.
  • S 2nd St./W. Linn St.
  • S. 1st St./W. Linn St.
  • S. Center St./W. Linn St.
  • S. 1st Ave./W. Linn St.
  • S. 2nd Ave./W. Linn St.
  • Tall Corn Towers
  • N. 3rd Ave./E. State St.
  • N. 3rd Ave./Woodbury St.
  • N. 3rd Ave./Lee St.
  • Haley's Market
  • N. 4th Ave./E. Marion St.
  • N. 5th Ave./E. Marion St.
  • N. 6th Ave/E. Marion St.
  • N. 8th Ave./E. Marion St.
  • N. 10th Ave./E. Marion St.
  • N. 11th Ave./Lee St.
  • N. 12th Ave./Lee St.
  • N. 12th Ave./Bromley St.
  • E. Boone St./S. 12th Ave. Pl
  • N. 11th Ave./E. Main St.
  • Casey's
  • MMT
  • N. 6th Ave/E. Main St.
  • Pawn Shop
  • S. 1st Ave./E. Church St.
  • S. 1st Ave./W. Church St.
  • S. 2nd Ave./W. Church St.
  • S. 3rd Ave./W. Main St.
  • S. 1st Ave./W. Main St.
  • Family Dollar
  • S. 3rd Ave./May St.
  • W. South St./S. 2nd St.
  • W. South St./S. 1st St
  • E. High St./Center St.
  • Hardees
  • E. Anson St./S. 1st Ave.
  • E. Anson St./S. 4th Ave.
  • E. Anson St./S. 6th Ave.
  • E. Anson St./Finkle Ave
  • Ratcliffe Dr./S. 7th Ave.
  • Henry Dr./S. 7th Ave.
  • E. Olive St./Rainbow Dr.
  • E. Olive St./Olson Way
  • E. Olive St./S. 3rd Ave.
  • Crestview Dr./S. Center St.
  • Edgeland Dr./S. Center St.
  • W. Meadow Ln/S. Center St.
  • Santa Barbara Dr./S. Center St.
  • Westwood Dr./Frontage Rd.
  • Burger King
  • Aspen Dental
  • Legions Bar
  • E. Merle Hibbs Blvd/Melissa Ln
  • behind Mall
  • Plaza Heights Rd/S. 3rd Ave.
  • Melody Ln./S. 3rd Ave.
  • Newcastle Rd./S. 3rd Ave.
  • Harmony Dr./S. 3rd Ave.
  • Thunderbird Dr./S. 3rd Ave.
  • Bohen St./S. 3rd Ave.
  • Palmer St./S. 3rd Ave.
  • Thomas Dr./S. 3rd Ave.
  • Thomas Dr./S. 2nd Ave.
  • Rainbow Dr./S. 2nd Ave.
  • Olson Way/S. 2nd Ave.
  • Koeper Dr./S. 2nd Ave.
  • E. Olive St./Rainbow Dr.
  • Journey Church
  • Sundance / Christian school
  • Henry Dr./S. 7th Ave
  • Ratcliffe Dr./S. 7th Ave
  • E. High St./S. 7th Ave.
  • E. Anson St./Finkle Ave
  • E. Anson St./S. 6th ave
  • E. Anson St./S. 5th Ave.
  • E. Anson St./S. 4th Ave.
  • E. Anson St./S. 2nd Ave.
  • E. Anson St./S. 1st Ave.
  • Trailer Park
  • S. 6th St./W. High St.
  • W. Madison St./S. 2nd St.
  • W. Madison St./S. 1st. St.
  • W. Nevada St./S. 1st. St.
  • W. Boone St/S. 1st. St.
  • W. Boone St/S. 2nd St.
  • Lowes Flowers
  • W. Boone St/S. 4th St.
  • W. Boone St/S. 5th St.
  • W. Boone St/S. 6th St.
  • W. Boone St/S. 8th St.
  • W. Boone St/S. 10th St.
  • W. Boone St/S. 11th St.
  • Vance
  • W. Boone St/S. 13th St.
  • W. Linn St./S. 13th St.
  • W. Church St./S. 13th St.
  • W. Main St./S. 13th St.
  • Fremont St./S. 13th St.
  • Iowa Vets Home
  • Jerome St./N. 9th St.
  • Summit St./N. 8th St.
  • Summit St./N. 7th St.
  • Summit St./N. 6th St.
  • Rogers Elementary
  • Summit St./N. 4th St.
  • W. Grant St./N. 3rd St.
  • W. Grant St./N. 2nd St.
  • W. Webster St./N. 1st St.
  • W. Webster St./N. Center St.
  • E. Grant St./N. Center St.
  • E. Grant St./N. 1st Ave.
  • Byron St./N. 1st Ave.
  • E. Main St./N. 1st Ave.
  • E. Church St./N. 1st Ave.
  • E. Church St./S. Center St.
  • CIRSI
  • E. Boone St./S. 3rd Ave.
  • E. Anson St./S. 2nd Ave.
  • S. 4th St./W. South St.
  • Columbus Dr./W. Ingeldue St.
  • W. Olive St./W. Ingeldue St.
  • Crestview Dr./W. Ingeldue St.
  • S. 2nd St./W. Ingeldue St.
  • S. 1st St./W. Ingeldue St.
  • S. 2nd St./W. Southridge Rd
  • Wakefield Dr./W. Southridge Rd
  • Wauconda Rd./W. Southridge Rd
  • S. 6th St./W. Southridge Rd
  • S. 6th St./Richard Ln
  • S. 6th St./Nicholas Dr.
  • Unity Point
  • S. 2nd St./Nicholas Dr.
  • S. 2nd St./W. Merle Hibbs Blvd
  • S. 2nd St.
  • S. 2nd St./W. Berle Rd.
  • VA, PH, IWFD
  • Applebees
  • S. Center St./Iowa Ave.
  • Unity Point Hospital
  • S. Center St./Iowa Ave.
  • S. Center St./W. Berle Rd.
  • S. Center St./La Frentz Ln
  • S. Center St./Nicholas Dr.
  • Mall
  • Plaza Dr./E. Southridge Dr.
  • S. Center St./Palmer St.
  • Bobcat Academy
  • S. Center St./Edgeland Dr.
  • S. Center St./Crestview Dr.
  • and 275 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.

2026-07-25: 85.62026-07-30: 85.62026-07-31: 85.62026-08-01: 85.6
Show the numbers
CheckScoreChange
2026-07-2585.6 first check
2026-07-3085.6 no change
2026-07-3185.6 no change
2026-08-0185.6 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
  • Warning525 instances

    525 of 525 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

  • Warning49 instances

    49 of 49 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

  • Warning1 instance

    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.

    Fix: Use mixed case for stop names and headsigns (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave', not 'MAIN ST & 2ND AVE'). (Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.)

    Finding code: mixed_case_recommended_field · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules

  • Warning1 instance

    1 of 49 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

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 122 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 49 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 122 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 122 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 60 / 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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