Monroe County Transportation Authority (MCTA)

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. Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out. Set feed_end_date in feed_info.txt past your next service change.

   Service data ended 943 day(s) ago. When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the buses are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist.

   This one is about the feed as a whole, so there is no share of it to count.

   Estimated effort: Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.

2. Turn on shape cleanup in your export tool, or drop the repeated points from shapes.txt.

   Some route lines list the same point twice in a row. Repeated points don't hurt riders, but they can skew distance math and hint at a shaky export.

   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 one export setting.

3. 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.