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Feed status · checked 2026-07-09
Nantucket Regional Transit Authority (WAVE)
Based on the feed this agency publishes
down 0.4 since 2026-07-08
Ahead of 73% of all tracked agencies and 71% of mid-size agencies. Operates in Massachusetts.
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Checked for changes 14 hours ago; last changed 8 days ago.
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
234 of 234 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
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).Likely your export tool
105 of 105 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
⏱ Often one default setting in your export.worth about +15 points
Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).
Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays.Likely your export tool
105 of 105 trips have no headsign. Riders at the stop can't tell which direction a bus is going.
⏱ Usually a bulk edit in your scheduling software.worth about +15 points
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.
Close the loop on each fix. Read the guide, make the change in your tool, and let the next run verify it — the scorecard shows the fix; the agency publishes it.
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. 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.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default). · Read the fix guide
Make the change. 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.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. 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.
Prove it cleared. The next scorecard run re-checks this automatically and, once it is gone, mints a dated receipt. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Send Trillium a fix request
This feed is produced and hosted by Trillium. Copy this and send it to your Trillium contact; they make the change and republish the feed. Each fix names the validator notice and a guide link.
Score by category
The MobilityData validator flagged 1 kind of issue across 132 instances (0 error, 132 warning, 0 informational).
Service data covers the next 54 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 published.
0% of stops state accessibility (0% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.
Fares are applied to trips.
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.
Skip to route and stop dataBasemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes and stops: this agency's GTFS feed.
- Miacomet Loop (brown)
- Mid Island Loop (pink)
- Sconset via Old South Road Route (red)
- Airport (teal)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| Jetties Beach Route | Bus | red (no shape in feed) |
| Madaket Route | Bus | green (no shape in feed) |
| Miacomet Loop | Bus | brown |
| Mid Island Loop | Bus | pink |
| Sconset via Milestone Road Route | Bus | gray (no shape in feed) |
| Sconset via Old South Road Route | Bus | red |
| Sconset via Polpis Road Route | Bus | purple (no shape in feed) |
| Airport | Bus | teal |
This feed has 234 stops.
List every stop
- MacLean Lane
- North Beach Street/Charles Street (Outbound)
- North Beach Street/Charles Street (Inbound)
- North Beach Street/Bathing Beach Road (Outbound)
- North Beach Street/Bathing Beach Road (Inbound)
- Almanack Road
- Almanack Road
- Chester Street/North Water Street (Inbound)
- Parker Lane
- Trotters Lane
- Newtown Road
- Ironwood Road
- Nobadeer Way
- Nobadeer Way
- Water Company Exit Road
- Cato Lane
- Nantucket Golf Club
- Nantucket Golf Club
- Hospital Entry Door
- 240 Polpis Road
- 253 Polpis Road
- 334 Polpis Road
- Airport Road/Old South Road/Macy's Lane
- Anne's Lane
- Bayberry Lane
- Boulevarde Road/The Boulevarde
- Faregounds Restaurant/Park and Ride Lot
- Hoicks Hollow Road
- Life Saving Museum
- Main Street/West Sankaty Road
- Masquet Avenue
- Milestone Crossing/Sheep Commons Lane
- Moors End Lane/Gardner Road
- Nonantum Avenue
- North Pasture Lane
- Polpis Road
- Quaise Pastures
- Quiase Road/Altar Rock Road
- Quidnet Road
- Rosaly Lane/Clifton Street
- Sankaty Head Golf Club
- Sconset Avenue/Emily Street
- Shawkemo Road
- Shimmo Pond Road
- Tawpoot Road
- UMass Field Station
- Wauwinet Road
- West Sankaty Road/New Street
- West Sankaty Road/Main Street (Inbound)
- Main Street Rotary, Sconset
- Washington Street
- Masaquet Avenue
- Nonantum Avenue
- Surfside Beach
- Tawpoot Road
- Milestone Crossing/Sheep Commons Lane
- Nobadeer Farm Road/Milestone Road (Outbound)
- Tetawkimmo Drive (Outbound)
- Bunker Road
- Russells Way (Outbound)
- Tom Nevers Road (Covered Shelter) (Outbound)
- Chuck Hollow Road (Outbound)
- Sconset Golf Course (Outbound)
- New Street (Outbound)
- Main Street/Morey Lane (Outbound)
- Main Street/West Sankaty Road (Outbound)
- Amelia Drive (Outbound)
- Youngs Way (Outbound)
- Lovers Lane (Outbound)
- Goldfinch Drive (Outbound)
- Egan Lane (Outbound)
- Pine Crest Drive (Outbound)
- Mary Anne Lane (Outbound)
- Airport Road/Old South Road
- Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Broad Street (in front of Whaling Museum)
- North Water Street/Easton Street (Outbound)
- South Beach Street/Easton Street (Outbound)
- East Lincoln Avenue
- Jetties Beach
- Macy's Lane (Inbound)
- Square Rigger Road (Outbound)
- Hinsdale Road (Outbound)
- Sun Island Road (Outbound)
- Nobadeer Crossing (Outbound)
- South Cambridge Street (Inbound)
- Trotters Lane
- Parker Lane
- Downtown (Washington Street, Greenhound Stop)
- Francis Street/Union Street (Outbound)
- Francis Street/Washington Street (Inbound)
- York Street/Orange Street
- York Street/Pleasant Street
- Vesper Ln and Surfside Rd
- Anna Drive
- Nantucket Elem. School (Park and Ride Lot)
- The Muse
- Miacomet Avenue
- Surfside Road/Surfside Drive
- Surfside Drive/Hooper Farm Road
- Parker Lane
- Brinda Lane
- Trotters Lane
- Waydale Road
- Hooper Farm Road/Newtown Road
- Milestone Lane
- Orange St and Dave St (Outbound)
- Dave Street (Park and Ride)
- Freedom Square
- Pleasant Street at 5 Corners
- West Dover Street/Orange Street
- East Dover Street
- South Beach Street/Easton Street (Inbound)
- West Chester Street/Centre Street (Inbound)
- Cliff Road/North Liberty Street (Outbound)
- North Liberty Street/ West Chester Street (Outbound)
- West Chester Street/New Lane (Outbound)
- Grove Lane (Outbound)
- Woodbury Lane/Meadow Lane (Outbound)
- New Lane/Madaket Road (Outbound)
- Dukes Road (Outbound)
- Cavalier Stables (Outbound)
- Crooked Lane (Outbound)
- Maxcy Pond Road (Outbound)
- Millbrook Road (Inbound)
- Madaket Road (at bike crossing) (Outbound)
- Barrett Farm Road/Swift Rock Road (Outbound)
- Public Works Department (Outbound)
- Warren's Landing Road (Outbound)
- Second Bridge (Outbound)
- Long Pond Drive (Outbound)
- North Cambridge Street (Outbound)
- Oakland Street (Outbound)
- Starbuck Road (Outbound)
- F Street (Outbound)
- End of Madaket Road
- Union Street/Orange Street (Outbound)
- Bayberry Court (Outbound)
- Rotary/Old South Road (Outbound)
- Fairgrounds Road/Newtown Road
- Faregrounds Restaurant (Park & Ride Lot)
- Fairgrounds Road/Surfside Road
- Surfside Drive
- Thirty Acres
- Cedar Circle
- Appleton Road
- Friendship Lane
- Marble Way
- 83 Barlett Road
- Raceway Drive/Somerset Lane
- Catherine Lane
- Somerset Lane/Hummock Pond Road
- Burnt Swamp Lane
- Hawthorne Lane
- Hussey Farm Road
- Hummock Pond Road/Vesper Lane/Somerset Road
- Joy Street/Mt. Vernon Street
- The Old Mill
- West York Lane at 5 Corners
- Milestone Road @ Water Company (Outbound)
- Monomoy Road (Inbound)
- Polpis Road (just past intersection)
- Shimmo Pond Road
- Moors End Lane/Gardner Road
- North Pasture Lane
- Shawkemo Road
- Life Saving Museum
- UMass Field Station
- Quaise Road/Altar Rock Road
- Quaise Pastures
- 240 Polpis Road
- 253 Polpis Road
- Wauwinet Road
- Quidnet Road
- 334 Polpis Road
- Hoicks Hollow Road
- Sankaty Head Golf Club
- Bayberry Lane
- Anne's Lane
- Sconset Avenue/Emily Street
- Rosaly Lane/Clifton Street
- Shell Street/Coffin Street (Outbound)
- Sankaty Road/Coffin Street (Inbound)
- West Sankaty Road/Coffin Street (Outbound)
- West Sankaty Road/New Street
- The Boulevarde
- North Beach Street/Easton Street (Inbound)
- 2 Fairgrounds Road (Ferry Connector Lot)
- Hy-Line (Easy Street)
- Steamship Authority Stop
- Hy-Line (New Whale Street)
- Cliff Road/North Liberty Street (Inbound)
- North Liberty Street/ West Chester Street (Inbound)
- West Chester Street/New Lane (Inbound)
- Grove Lane (Inbound)
- Woodbury Lane/Meadow Lane (Inbound)
- New Lane/Madaket Road (Inbound)
- Dukes Road (Inbound)
- Cavalier Stables (Inbound)
- Crooked Lane (Inbound)
- Madaket Road (at bike crossing) (Inbound)
- Barrett Farm Road/Swift Rock Road (Inbound)
- Public Works Department (Inbound)
- Warren's Landing Road (Inbound)
- Second Bridge (Inbound)
- Long Pond Drive (Inbound)
- Oakland Street (Inbound)
- Starbuck Road (Inbound)
- F Street (Inbound)
- Bayberry Court (Inbound)
- Orange Street/Landmark House (Inbound)
- Rotary/Old South Road (Inbound)
- Amelia Drive (Inbound)
- Youngs Way (Inbound)
- Lovers Lane (Inbound)
- Goldfinch Drive (Inbound)
- Egan Lane (Inbound)
- Pine Crest Drive (Inbound)
- Mary Anne Lane (Inbound)
- Square Rigger Road (Inbound)
- Hinsdale Road (Inbound)
- Sun Island Road (Inbound)
- Nobadeer Crossing (Inbound)
- Nobadeer Farm Road/Milestone Road (Inbound)
- Tetawkimmo Drive (Inbound)
- Bunker Road (Inbound)
- Russells Way (Inbound)
- Tom Nevers Road (Covered Shelter) (Inbound)
- Chuck Hollow Road (Inbound)
- Sconset Golf Course (Inbound)
- New Street (Inbound)
- East Lincoln Avenue
- Fairgrounds Road/Surfside Road
- The Muse – Covered Shelter Park and Ride Lot
Over time
Overall score across the last 9 checks — down 0.4 since 2026-07-08.
Show the numbers
| Check | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 79.3 | first check |
| 2026-07-01 | 79.3 | no change |
| 2026-07-02 | 79.3 | no change |
| 2026-07-04 | 78.9 | down 0.4 |
| 2026-07-05 | 78.5 | down 0.4 |
| 2026-07-06 | 78.1 | down 0.4 |
| 2026-07-07 | 77.6 | down 0.5 |
| 2026-07-08 | 77.2 | down 0.4 |
| 2026-07-09 | 76.8 | down 0.4 |
What changed since your last check
- Correctness no change
- Freshness down 1.7
- Rider experience no change
What changed in this feed
Overall score fell 0.4 points since 2026-07-08.
Same feed file as 2026-07-08; the published zip did not change.
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Everything we checked
- Warning234 instances
234 of 234 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.)
Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning132 instances
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)
- Warning105 instances
105 of 105 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)
- Warning105 instances
105 of 105 trips have no headsign.
Riders at the stop can't tell which direction a bus is going.
Fix: Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays. (Usually a bulk edit in your scheduling software.)
Validator rule: scorecard_missing_headsigns · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
Beyond the grade
Opportunities that do not change your grade today: fare detail, on-demand service, and deeper accessibility data.
4 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Sconset via Milestone Road Route, Sconset via Old South Road Route, Airport, Mid Island Loop).
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.
70 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Francis Street/Union Street (Outbound)", "Union Street/Orange Street (Outbound)", "Orange St and Dave St (Outbound)", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
NTD certification readiness Ready
Published at a public URL, valid, and current: the three things the NTD GTFS requirement asks of a feed all hold here. Only your own D-10 certification makes 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 54 days.
- agency_id matches your NTD ID Not checked yet
- Setting your GTFS agency_id to your five-digit NTD ID is an optional way to line a feed up with its National Transit Database record. FTA links the two on your P-50 form, so it is not a required feed change. We don't have your NTD ID on file, so this is not checked yet.
In plain words: if you report to the federal transit database, you have to publish a working, up-to-date feed and confirm it once a year. This box is a heads-up on whether yours looks ready; it is not the official sign-off.
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). Aligning agency_id with your NTD ID lets the feed line up with your NTD record; the July 2025 final rule links the two on the P-50 form rather than requiring that feed change, and 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 54 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.
Can riders use it?
Checks beyond structural validation: places where the feed is valid but a rider still could not travel.
- 132 of 234 boardable stops are never served by any trip. Riders see these stops in apps and on the map but can never catch anything there, which erodes trust in the data. Remove stops no route serves, or add the trips that should call at them.
These do not change the grade. They catch trips with no rideable leg and stops no trip serves, the kind of gap a trip planner trips over.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 54 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
A data-quality lens, not a compliance determination. Each category shows this feed's score and the standards it relates to: the FTA National Transit Database GTFS requirement, the MobilityData grading scheme, and the Google Transit gate. Read the full standards crosswalk.
- Correctness 92 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices, checked by the MobilityData validator. MobilityData grading: stop locations, route names and colors. Google Transit: a feed must pass validation to stay in Maps.
- Freshness 90 / 100
- The FTA National Transit Database expectation of a valid, current feed. Google Transit: an expired calendar drops the agency from Maps.
- Rider experience 45 / 100
- GTFS Best Practices for rider-facing fields. MobilityData grading: 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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