Feed status · checked 2026-08-01
Mass Transportation Authority Flint
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Bus
unchanged since 2026-07-31
Catalogued in Michigan.
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 1 days ago; last changed 38 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
1204 of 1204 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
1745 of 1745 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
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 in its category
This feed is built with National RTAP's GTFS Builder. Your staff can usually make these changes in the GTFS Builder spreadsheets and republish, and National RTAP's help desk supports that at no cost.
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
- 1204 of 1204 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
- 1745 of 1745 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
- The feed contains no fare information.
- Next action
- 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.
- 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. This feed is built with National RTAP's GTFS Builder. Your staff can usually make these changes in the GTFS Builder spreadsheets and republish, and National RTAP's help desk supports that at no cost.
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. This feed is built with National RTAP's GTFS Builder. Your staff can usually make these changes in the GTFS Builder spreadsheets and republish, and National RTAP's help desk supports that at no cost.
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.
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 built with National RTAP's GTFS Builder. Your staff can usually make these changes in the GTFS Builder spreadsheets and republish, and National RTAP's help desk supports that at no cost.
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 517 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
- No fare information is published in the feed.
- 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
This feed comes from National RTAP's GTFS Builder, so your own staff can usually make these changes in the GTFS Builder spreadsheets and republish. If a consultant maintains it for you, forward this to them. Each fix names the validator notice and a guide link.
Score by category
The MobilityData validator flagged 3 kinds of issue across 3 instances (0 error, 3 warning, 0 informational).
Service data covers the next 517 days.
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 not published.
0% of stops state accessibility (0% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.
3 accessibility depth signals
10 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (2, 3A, 4, 4-5, 5, 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.
106 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("SBD Saginaw at 5th Ave", "Church at 3rd", "SBD Saginaw at 1st Ave", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
This feed models stations or entrances but has no pathways.txt and levels.txt.
Consider: Add pathways.txt connecting entrances, platforms, and elevators, and levels.txt for each floor, so the step-free route is described.
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.
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 1204 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 (yellow)
- 10 (orange)
- 11 (teal)
- 12 (orange)
- 13 (pink)
- 15 (pink)
- 2 (red)
- 3 (purple)
- 3A (teal)
- 4 (teal)
- 4-5 (yellow)
- 5 (green)
- 502 (red)
- 504 (red)
- 505 (red)
- 6 (gray)
- 7 (brown)
- 7-6 (purple)
- 8 (green)
- 9 (pink)
- DAV (red)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 1 North Saginaw | Bus | yellow |
| 10 Richfield | Bus | orange |
| 11 Fenton Road | Bus | teal |
| 12 Beecher-Corunna | Bus | orange |
| 13 Crosstown | Bus | pink |
| 15 Burton-Davison | Bus | pink |
| 2 M L King | Bus | red |
| 3 Miller-Linden | Bus | purple |
| 3A Linden-Pierson | Bus | teal |
| 4 Civic Park | Bus | teal |
| 4-5 Civic Park/Dupont | Bus | yellow |
| 5 Dupont | Bus | green |
| 502 Great Lakes Crossing Mall | Bus | red |
| 504 Howell | Bus | red |
| 505 Brighton | Bus | red |
| 6 Lewis-Selby | Bus | gray |
| 7 Franklin | Bus | brown |
| 7-6 Franklin/Lewis-Selby | Bus | purple |
| 8 South Saginaw | Bus | green |
| 9 Lapeer Road | Bus | pink |
| DAV Davison Trolley | Bus | red |
List every stop
- MTA Transfer Center
- WBD Carpenter at Dort
- EBD Pierson at Selby
- SBD Saginaw at Piper
- WBD Lippincott at McPhail
- WBD Lippincott at Whittlesley
- WBD Lippincott at Seymour
- WBD Lippincott at Burr
- WBD Lippincott at Blades
- WBD Lippincott at Aitken
- Howard at Lippincott
- NBD Howard at Pingree
- Howard at Lapeer
- WBD Lapeer at 12th St
- SBD Saginaw at Hobson
- WBD Lapeer at Wellington
- WBD Lapeer at 9th St
- WBD Lapeer at 7th St
- WBD Lapeer at 5th St
- WBD Lippincott at GCCARD
- NBD Averill at Kent
- NBD Averill at Lapeer
- WBD Lapeer at Hosler
- WBD Lapeer at Tebo
- WBD Lapeer at Kelso
- SBD Saginaw at Mott
- EBD Lapeer at Kelso
- WBD Lapeer at Dort
- NBD Dort at Public Storage
- SBD Dort at America Inn
- Franklin at Davison
- SBD Dort at Atherton
- SBD Dort at CRC Appliance
- WBD Hemphill at Cheyenne
- SBD Saginaw at Parkway
- WBD Hemphill at Ogema
- Ogema at McKeighan
- Circle at Leta
- Circle at Atherton
- EBD Atherton at Ogema
- EBD Atherton at Dort
- Walmart on Belsay
- SBD Albert R Horrigan Dr at Robert T Longway
- EBD Miller E of Claude
- EBD Davison at Averill
- SBD Saginaw at Pierson
- NBD Center at Lippincott
- NBD Center at Lapeer
- EBD Lapeer at Munson
- NBD Lapeer at Genesee
- NBD Genesee at Court
- WBD Court at Genesee
- SBD Genesee at Lapeer
- WBD Lapeer at Munson
- SBD Center at Lapeer
- SBD Center at Lippincott
- SBD Saginaw at Marengo
- WBD Davison at Branch
- NBD Holly at Hillcrest
- SBD Holly at Hillcrest
- SBD Western at Fire Station
- NBD Averill at Boys and Girls Club
- Pemberton Drive
- Dupont at Home
- Clio at Home
- Clio at Lyndon
- Clio at Chateau
- SBD Saginaw at Baltimore
- N Saginaw at Frances
- Horton at Ruth
- SBD MLK at Gillespie
- NBD MLK at Gillespie
- Atherton at Center
- Richfield at ADESA
- WBD Miller at Tim Horton's
- NBD Linden at Oak Creek Office Pk
- Linden at Town Center Pkwy
- Linden at Post Dr
- SBD Saginaw at Flint Park
- NBD Linden at Walnut Square
- SBD Linden at American House North
- SBD Linden at Linden Charter Acad.
- EBD Pasadena Post Office
- SBD Linden at Northgate
- SBD Linden at Post
- SBD Linden at Kohl's
- EBD Miller at Hooters
- EBD Miller past Hammerberg
- SBD Linden at Shady Oak
- SBD Saginaw at Stewart
- MTA Transfer Center (Harrison)
- O'Brien at Parkton Rd
- SBD Saginaw at Edmund
- Leith at Minnesota
- Richfield Rd at Dort
- SBD Beach at 4th St
- Mackin Rd & Lavender Ave
- EBD Pierson at Horton
- SBD Saginaw at Carton
- Mackin Rd at Ballenger Hwy
- Ballenger Hwy at Concord St
- NBD Ballenger Hwy at Copeman Blvd
- NBD Welch Blvd at Winona St
- Welch Blvd at Dayton St
- Welch Blvd at Seneca St
- SBD Welch Blvd at Winona St
- SBD Ballenger Hwy at Copeman Blvd
- Ballenger Hwy at Barth St
- SBD Saginaw at Pasadena
- SBD Saginaw at Dewey
- SBD Saginaw at Leith
- Hemphill Rd @ Kings Ln Apts
- EBD Hemphill at I-475/Grand Traverse
- S Grand Traverse St & Carman St
- S Grand Traverse & E Bristol Rd
- WBD Bristol Rd & Camden Ave
- Crapo St & Chavez Dr
- SBD Ballenger at Court
- E Bristol Rd at Otto St
- Flint Southwestern High
- SBD Saginaw at Dartmouth
- NORTHGATE
- SBD Detroit at Kurtz
- Fenton Rd at E Mandeville St
- Clio at Sonny Ave
- Clio at Cooper Ave
- Clio at W Stewart Ave
- Clio at Canterbury Ln
- North Flint Food Market
- WBD Atherton at Stonegate
- 5091 Miller Rd
- 5080 Bristol Rd
- Lin Mill Plaza
- 5267 Fleming Rd
- SBD Saginaw at Warren
- 5067 Fleming Rd
- NBD Fleming at Mott Ave
- SBD Fleming at Mott Ave
- NBD Clio at Pierson Rd
- SBD Saginaw at Hamilton
- SBD Saginaw at Harriet
- SBD Saginaw at Mary
- SBD Saginaw at Roosevelt
- Court St at Thayer
- EBD 4378 W Pierson
- SBD Saginaw at Wood
- SBD Linden at Beecher
- NBD Linden at Pasadena
- SBD Linden at Oak Brook Square
- SBD Linden at Magoo's Pet Outlet
- Fenton at Hemphill
- EBD Pasadena at Bertha
- SBD Dort Hwy at Leith
- SBD Dort at Delaware
- SBD Saginaw at William
- EBD Davison at N Center
- EBD Davison at Donegal
- EBD Davison at Wilmar
- WBD Davison Rd at N Genesee Rd
- EBD Davison at Burton Comfort Care
- SBD Belsay Rd at Hugh St
- SBD Belsay at Dollar Tree
- SBD Center at Farley
- SBD Center at Byers
- SBD Center at Atherton
- SBD Saginaw at Father Dukette
- NBD Center at Burton Place
- NBD Center at Lockwood of Burton
- NBD Center at Hurley Urgent Care
- NBD Belsay at Court
- NBD Belsay at Hugh
- WBD Davison at Crestline
- EBD Davison Rd at N Genesee Rd
- WBD Davison at Wilmar
- WBD Davison at Virginia
- WBD Davison at Averill
- SBD Saginaw at 5th Ave
- NBD Dort at Davison
- NBD Dort at Delaware
- NBD Dort at Leith
- NBD Dort at Richfield
- NBD Center at Courtland Center
- EBD Court at Huntington Bank
- EBD Court at Genesee
- EBD Court at N Irish
- Davison Meijer
- WBD Court at N Irish
- Church at 3rd
- WBD Court at Centennial
- SBD Center at Court
- Church St & W 4th St
- SBD Chavez at 3rd St
- March Coatings
- Dunnage Engineering
- TG Fluid Systems
- Tube Wright
- SBD Saginaw at 1st Ave
- Eberspaecher
- Grupo Antolin
- Novares
- Carcoustics
- Hatch Stampings
- Tribar Manufacturing LLC
- Ultra Aluminum MFG
- Great Lakes Crossing
- Beach at Kearsley
- Thai Summit
- MTA Transfer Center (Bays 8-14)
- MTA Transfer Center (Bays 1-7)
- EBD Court at Centennial
- Academy West
- NBD Saginaw at 4th
- Cracker Barrel (By Request)
- NBD Saginaw at Paterson
- NBD Saginaw at Damon
- MTA Transfer Center (Wallenberg)
- Fleming at Carpenter
- WBD Pierson at Dolan
- NBD Saginaw at Damon
- Davison VG's
- WBD Davison Rd at Old Hickory
- WBD Davison Rd at Belle Meade
- NBD Saginaw at Stewart
- SBD Irish at Lion's Gate Apts
- SBD Irish at Court
- EBD Court at Farmer's Market
- NBD Gale at Lk Callis / Abernathy Pk
- NBD Gale at Davison Rd
- Davison Kroger
- NBD State at Hank Graff
- Marlene at State
- SBD State at Madden's Lounge
- SBD State at Leo's Coney Island
- NBD Saginaw at Coldwater
- SBD State at Whitey's
- SBD State at South St
- SBD State at Central Elementary
- SBD State at Charcoal & Ash
- SBD State at Burger King
- EBD Lapeer at Best Wstrn / Lucky's
- Davison Senior Center
- NBD State at Italia Gardens
- NBD State at Walgreen's / Davita
- NBD State at Davison Village
- NBD Saginaw at Morris Hills
- NBD State at Tropical Smoothie
- NBD State at Clark
- NBD State at South St
- Rising at Main
- Downtown Davison
- and 954 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 | 75.2 | first check |
| 2026-07-30 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-07-31 | 75.2 | no change |
| 2026-08-01 | 75.2 | 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
- Warning1745 instances
1745 of 1745 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)
- Warning1204 instances
1204 of 1204 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)
- Warning1 instance
Some values have extra spaces at the start or end.
A stray space can break a match, so a stop or route may fail to link across files.
Fix: Trim leading and trailing spaces on export. The scorecard's auto-fixed copy already does this. (Usually one export setting.)
Finding code: leading_or_trailing_whitespaces · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
feed_info.txt lists no contact email and no contact URL.
Without a contact, apps like Google Maps can't reach you when they find a problem in the feed.
Fix: Add feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url to feed_info.txt. (One field, set once in export settings.)
Finding code: missing_feed_contact_email_and_url · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
Some route colors don't contrast with their text color.
Route badges get hard to read, most of all for riders with low vision.
Fix: Pick a darker/lighter route_text_color for the flagged routes. (One field per route.)
Finding code: route_color_contrast · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
The feed contains no fare information.
Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected.
Fix: 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. (A small file for most flat-fare systems.)
Finding code: scorecard_no_fare_data · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
This feed models stations or entrances but has no pathways.txt.
Trip planners can't guide riders through the station, and there is no step-free route information for wheelchair users.
Fix: Add pathways.txt connecting entrances, platforms, and any elevators, with a level for each. (Worth it for multi-level or large stations; flat stops don't need it.)
Finding code: scorecard_station_no_pathways · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Info1 instance
feed_info.txt has no technical contact (feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url).
Trip-planning apps and regional data coordinators have nobody to email when they spot a problem with your feed, so problems linger.
Fix: Add feed_contact_email to feed_info.txt. (One field.)
Finding code: scorecard_no_feed_contact · Read the fix guide · 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 517 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 1745 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 517 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 517 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.
A local transit-data support resource is Michigan Public Transit Open Data Program. MDOT's program helping agencies produce and maintain GTFS and GTFS-Flex. This resource supports agencies; it is not a scoring authority.
- Correctness 88 / 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 38 / 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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