Long Island Rail Road

Top things to fix

Score by category

Over time

Overall score across the last 20 checks — down 0.3 since 2026-07-08.

What changed since your last check

• Correctness— no change
• Freshness▼ down 1.7
• Rider experience— no change
• Realtime quality— no change

What changed in this feed

Overall score fell 0.3 points since 2026-07-08.

Same feed file as 2026-07-08; the published zip did not change.

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What changed over time

On 2026-06-19 this feed started at grade D. On 2026-07-02 it cleared missing_feed_contact_email_and_url, missing_recommended_field, scorecard_missing_feed_info_dates, scorecard_no_feed_contact. As of 2026-07-09 it holds grade D.

A plain-language history of this feed, newest first.

• 2026-07-02 Score rose 3 points, correctness rose 10 points.

Everything we checked

• Error1 instance

  The trip updates realtime feed failed during sampling.

  When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live.

  Fix: Check the trip updates endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request. (Usually a vendor support ticket.)

  Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 11 observed fixes).

  Validator rule: scorecard_rt_trip_updates_unreachable · Read the fix guide · See GTFS-Realtime reference (opens the GTFS-Realtime reference on an external site)

• Error1 instance

  The vehicle positions realtime feed failed during sampling.

  When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live.

  Fix: Check the vehicle positions endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request. (Usually a vendor support ticket.)

  Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 9 observed fixes).

  Validator rule: scorecard_rt_vehicle_positions_unreachable · Read the fix guide · See GTFS-Realtime reference (opens the GTFS-Realtime reference on an external site)

• Warning2097 instances

  2097 of 2097 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 (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default). (Often one default setting in your export.)

  Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).

  Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)

• Warning39 instances

  39 of 39 trips scheduled during the sampling window had no live predictions.

  Riders on those trips get schedule data dressed up as realtime. Caltrans expects every operating trip in TripUpdates.

  Fix: Check with your AVL vendor that every vehicle assignment flows into TripUpdates, including school-day and tripper runs. (A vendor data-mapping question.)

  Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 82 observed fixes).

  Validator rule: scorecard_rt_trip_coverage · Read the fix guide · See GTFS-Realtime reference (opens the GTFS-Realtime reference on an external site)

• Warning1 instance

  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.

  Fix: Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them. (A review pass in your scheduling software.)

  Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 11 observed fixes).

  Validator rule: stop_without_stop_time · 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.)

  Validator rule: scorecard_no_fare_data · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)

• Info1 instance

  Some files contain columns that are not part of the GTFS spec.

  Harmless to riders, but apps ignore these columns and they can hide typos in real column names.

  Fix: Check the flagged column names for misspellings of standard GTFS fields; remove them if they are vendor extras. (A quick look at the flagged files.)

  Validator rule: unknown_column · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)

• Info1 instance

  Realtime feeds didn't include a header timestamp, so freshness couldn't be checked.

  Without a header timestamp, apps and this scorecard can't tell how old the data is.

  Fix: Set the GTFS-Realtime FeedHeader.timestamp on every response. (A vendor configuration question.)

  Validator rule: scorecard_rt_no_timestamp

Beyond the grade

Opportunities that do not change your grade today: fare detail, on-demand service, and deeper accessibility data.

• 3 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Babylon Branch, Oyster Bay Branch, Long Beach Branch).

  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.

• 7 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Centre Av", "Hunterspoint Av", "Merillon Av", and more).

  Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.