Massport

What this grade measures

The quality of the schedule data in the feed scored here for trip-planning apps: whether riders using Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Transit see current, correct, and complete information. It measures the data feed, not service quality or operations.

Progress this period

No newly cleared items this period. The score and trend above reflect where the feed stands today.

What needs attention next

Three improvements, in priority order, each sized so the board can see what it is approving:

1. Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them.

   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.

   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.

   Estimated effort: A review pass in your scheduling software.

2. Check the flagged stops' shape_dist_traveled against the route shape, and re-generate it on export if they disagree.

   Some stops sit far from the route line, going by the feed's own distance values. Trip planners may draw the route down the wrong streets or point riders to the wrong corner.

   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.

   Estimated effort: Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.

3. Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.

   14 of 83 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.

   Fixing this covers 14 of 83 stops, about 17% of them.

   Estimated effort: A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.

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.