Call-prep brief · checked 2026-10-07
Mountain Line Transit Authority
Grade B · 85.6 / 100
Unchanged since 2026-10-06.
For this call: lead with the grade and the three fixes below, then confirm the feed is current and the NTD details line up. Each fix is framed as a next step, not a failure.
What changed since the last check
- Correctness no change
- Freshness no change
- Rider experience no change
Top three things to fix
Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use.
Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require. Recommended fields like agency_phone or stop descriptions make the feed more useful to riders and trip planners.
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.
Effort: A field at a time; not urgent.
Trim leading and trailing spaces on export. The scorecard's auto-fixed copy already does this.
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.
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.
Effort: Usually one export setting.
Check the stop order and the shape direction in your scheduling software; the shape is often drawn backwards.
On some trips the stops fall along the route line in a different order than the schedule lists. Trip planners can draw the bus doubling back or skipping ahead, which confuses riders reading the map.
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.
Effort: A few minutes per flagged trip.
Riders and need behind these fixes
- This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.
- West Virginia as a whole measures moderate on transit need. That is a statewide reading, not one for this feed's service area. Source: US Census ACS 5-year 2022, statewide overlay, as of 2026-10-05.
These describe this feed only. They do not rank agencies, and they do not change the grade or the order of the fixes.
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
- Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require.
- Next action
- Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use.
- 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
- Some values have extra spaces at the start or end.
- Next action
- Trim leading and trailing spaces on export. The scorecard's auto-fixed copy already does this.
- 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
- On some trips the stops fall along the route line in a different order than the schedule lists.
- Next action
- Check the stop order and the shape direction in your scheduling software; the shape is often drawn backwards.
- 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
NTD GTFS readiness: Not ready
Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. agency.txt has no nonblank agency_id. Every RY2026 NTD GTFS submission needs a stable value unique among the reporters represented in the feed, crosswalked to each reporter's NTD ID on the P-50 form.
- Published Ready
- Published at a public URL.
- Valid Ready
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Ready
- Service data covers the next 85 days.
- agency_id provided Not ready
- agency.txt has no nonblank agency_id. Every RY2026 NTD GTFS submission needs a stable value unique among the reporters represented in the feed, crosswalked to each reporter's NTD ID on the P-50 form.
Key facts
- Feed URL
- http://site.busride.org/google/google_transit.zip
- Last checked
- 2026-10-07
- Service window
- 85 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-12-31.
- Feed version
- 1.0-2.7.19
- Location
- West Virginia
A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.4, validator 8.0.1.