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Call-prep brief · checked 2026-08-01

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

Grade D · 66.5 / 100

Down 0.3 points since 2026-07-31 (D to D).

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 down 1.7
  • Rider experience no change
  • Realtime quality no change

Top three things to fix

  1. Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.

    Service data runs out in 27 day(s). When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice.

    Effort: One export setting.

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

    3544 of 3544 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.

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

  3. Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.

    4925 of 4925 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.

    Effort: A default or per-trip field in your export.

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
Service data runs out in 27 day(s).
Next action
Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.
Recheck
Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
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Ready to send to the agency

Hi Rhode Island Public Transit Authority team, Service data runs out in 27 day(s). When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice. The fix is usually one export setting: Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out. This came from your GTFS data quality scorecard, which checks the feed you publish and lists the fixes in plain language: https://gtfsscorecard.org/agency/rhode-island-public-transit-authority/

Copy this note from the full scorecard.

NTD GTFS readiness: Needs attention

This feed is close to NTD-ready. Service data runs out in 27 days; renew before you certify.

Published Ready
Published at a public URL.
Valid Ready
Passes validation with no errors.
Current Needs attention
Service data runs out in 27 days; renew before you certify.
agency_id provided Ready
agency.txt provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk each value on the P-50 form.

agency_id equals NTD ID (optional): Different (allowed). Your feed's agency_id is RIPTA; your National Transit Database ID is 10001. A feed that serves several agencies (a shared regional feed) can legitimately carry more than one agency_id. The values do not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID, so this difference is allowed and carries no score. Confirm that P-50 crosswalks agency_id RIPTA to NTD ID 10001, and keep the feed value stable. Do not change it solely to make the two values equal.

Key facts

Feed URL
https://ripta.com/RIPTA-GTFS.zip
Last checked
2026-08-01
Service window
27 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-08-28.
Location
Rhode Island

Part of the Rhode Island portfolio: see where this agency sits among the state's feeds before the call.

A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.3, validator 8.0.1.