Feed status · checked 2026-10-31
San Benito County Express (SBCE)
Based on the feed source on file; publisher ownership is not verified
Service mode Bus
up 4.6 since 2026-10-30 · B → B
Cataloged in California.
Source feed: https://data.trilliumtransit.com/gtfs/sanbenitocounty-ca-us/sanbenitocounty-ca-us.zip Version history on the Mobility Database
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Checked for changes 13 hours ago; last changed 13 hours ago.
Measured 3 of 4 score categories from the feed URL on file (publisher not verified).
How we measured this
Confidence in this measurement: medium.
- Realtime quality was not measured this run. It does not count against the grade.
- The feed was downloaded from the configured feed URL. Publisher ownership of that URL is not verified.
Confidence describes how much the pipeline could measure this run, not the feed itself. It never changes the grade.
About this feed
San Benito County Express (SBCE)’s published feed lists 5 bus routes, 14 scheduled trips and 31 stops. Its service dates run from 2026-10-30 through 2027-06-01. The published file last changed on 2026-10-31.
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
31 of 31 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.
Fixing this covers all 31 stops in the feed.
⏱ A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.worth about +25 points in its category
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.Likely your export tool
14 of 14 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
Fixing this covers all 14 trips in the feed.
⏱ A default or per-trip field in your export.worth about +15 points in its category
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.
⏱ A field at a time; not urgent.worth about +4 points in its category
Riders and need behind these fixes
- This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.
- California as a whole measures lower 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 2026-10-26.
These describe this feed only. They do not rank agencies, and they do not change the grade or the order of the fixes.
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.
Finding handoff
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- Finding
- Fix 01 in Top things to fix: its feed evidence and the requested change.
- 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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- Finding
- Fix 02 in Top things to fix: its feed evidence and the requested change.
- 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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- Finding
- Fix 03 in Top things to fix: its feed evidence and the requested change.
- 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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How to make and check these changes
Check the result on the published feed. Read the guide, make the change in your tool, and use the next comparable run to see whether the finding is still reported. Only an action or ticket record can attribute who made the change.
Fix 01 · Read the fix guide for scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown
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.
Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. See this feed's finding-clearance log.
Fix 02 · Read the fix guide for scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown
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Fix 03 · Read the fix guide for missing_recommended_field
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Rider view: what this feed publishes
A quick read of rider-facing information in this feed.
- Schedule visibility
- The feed's last published service date is in 213 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 0% of stops and 0% of trips. This measures published data, not whether stops or vehicles are physically usable.
- Fare information
- Fare information is published using GTFS Fares v1.
- Realtime information
- Realtime-feed availability and live-arrival coverage are not known from this scorecard.
Important: This does not rate service reliability. Riders should confirm current service alerts, fares, and accessibility accommodations with the transit operator before traveling.
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 2 instances (0 error, 2 warning, 0 informational).
Service data covers the next 213 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.
2 accessibility depth signals
1 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Green).
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.
22 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("4th & San Benito", "4th & Miller (Quik Stop)", "Caltrain/Greyhound Station", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
Opportunities to strengthen the data, not deductions from the sub-score above. States what the second accessibility lens can check from the feed, 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.
This feed has 31 stops.
The route and stop data is ready below. Load the map only when you want the geographic view. It uses additional data.
Basemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes and stops: this agency's GTFS feed.
- Intercounty (brown)
- Tripper (blue)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| Green SBHS - Marguerite Maze | Bus | teal (no shape in feed) |
| Blue SBHS - Rancho San Justo | Bus | teal (no shape in feed) |
| Intercounty Gilroy Caltrain and Gavilan College | Bus | brown (no shape in feed) |
| Intercounty Gilroy Greyhound | Bus | brown |
| Tripper | Bus | blue |
List every stop
- M. Maze Middle School
- Meridian & Chappell (SaveMart)
- 4th & San Benito
- 4th & West (County Departments)
- 4th & Line (El Gruillense)
- San Benito Health Foundation
- Central & Felice (Calaveras Elementary School)
- Central & Graf
- 4th & Miller
- Line & Apricot
- Veteran's Park
- 4th & Miller (Quik Stop)
- Abbe Park
- Caltrain/Greyhound Station
- Miller & Central
- Veteran's Park
- Briggs Garage
- Summer & South
- Summer Dr & Trask Dr
- Hollister High School
- Rancho San Justo Middle School
- Ladd Ln & Hillock Dr
- Union Rd & Fairhaven Dr
- Glenview Dr & Highland Dr
- Clearview Dr & Ghione Dr
- Sunnyslope Rd & Highland Dr
- Beverly Dr & Glarner St
- Hillcrest & Clearview
- Hillcrest Rd & El Toro Dr
- San Benito St & Nash Rd
- Target Shopping Center
Over time
Overall score across the last 30 checks — up 4.6 since 2026-10-30.
Show the numbers
| Check | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | 82.8 | first check |
| 2026-10-03 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-04 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-05 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-06 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-07 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-08 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-09 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-10 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-11 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-12 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-13 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-14 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-15 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-16 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-17 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-18 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-19 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-20 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-21 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-22 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-23 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-24 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-25 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-26 | 82.8 | no change |
| 2026-10-27 | 80.1 | down 2.7 |
| 2026-10-28 | 80.1 | no change |
| 2026-10-29 | 80.1 | no change |
| 2026-10-30 | 80.1 | no change |
| 2026-10-31 | 84.7 | up 4.6 |
What changed since your last check
- Correctness no change
- Freshness no change
- Rider experience up 15.0
Feed history
Every check on record for this feed, grouped by the published file, newest first. A new file means the published zip changed. Grades from earlier rubric versions are shown with their rubric and are not comparable with today’s grade or the trend above.
| Checked | Published file | Service dates through | Grade at the time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | 4c22c9461cd9 | 2027-06-01 | Current rubric: see the trend above |
| 2026-10-27 to 2026-10-30 (4 checks) | 85ddd897ac2d | 2027-06-01 | Current rubric: see the trend above |
| 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-26 (25 checks) | 770c8af7c3dc | 2027-06-02 | Current rubric: see the trend above |
| 2026-08-08 to 2026-10-01 (51 checks) | 770c8af7c3dc | 2027-06-02 | B, 82.6 under rubric 1.3, an earlier scoring contract; not comparable with today’s grade |
| 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-07 (5 checks) | 6378fa535307 | 2027-06-02 | C, 77.3 under rubric 1.3, an earlier scoring contract; not comparable with today’s grade |
| 2026-07-25 to 2026-08-02 (9 checks) | 637e2ca09339 | 2026-06-05 | F, 48.7 under rubric 1.3, an earlier scoring contract; not comparable with today’s grade |
| 2026-07-14 to 2026-07-24 (8 checks) | 637e2ca09339 | 2026-06-05 | F, 50.4 under rubric 1.2, an earlier scoring contract; not comparable with today’s grade |
| 2026-06-16 to 2026-07-13 (26 checks) | 637e2ca09339 | 2026-06-05 | F, 50.4 under rubric 1.1, an earlier scoring contract; not comparable with today’s grade |
What changed in this feed
Overall score rose 4.6 points since 2026-10-30.
The feed file was re-published since 2026-10-30 (+1 KB).
New since 2026-10-30 (1 finding)
- Warning2 instances
Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require.
Finding code: missing_recommended_field · Read the fix guide for missing_recommended_field · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
No longer reported since 2026-10-30 (2 findings)
- Many of the feed's trips don't run at all in the next 7 days. (trip_coverage_not_active_for_next7_days)
- The feed contains no fare information. (scorecard_no_fare_data)
This records the later feed state. It does not establish who made a change or why.
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What changed over time
On 2026-10-02 this feed started at grade B. On 2026-10-31 the check no longer reported: the feed contains no fare information; many of the feed's trips don't run at all in the next 7 days. As of 2026-10-31 it holds grade B.
A plain-language history of this feed, newest first.
- 2026-10-31 Score rose 5 points, rider experience rose 15 points.
Everything we checked
4 findings, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning31 instances
31 of 31 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.)
Finding code: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · Read the fix guide for scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning14 instances
14 of 14 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. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. (A default or per-trip field in your export.)
Finding code: scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · Read the fix guide for scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning3 instances
3 of 14 trips have no headsign, the text that tells riders where the bus is going. A trip counts when it has trip_headsign or a stop_headsign at every stop.
When a route has multiple directions or patterns, the route name alone may not tell riders which service is coming.
Fix: Add the destination, direction, or 'via' label riders actually see to trip_headsign. Do not copy the route name. If the label changes during the trip, use stop_headsign. (Usually one value per route pattern in your scheduling source.)
Finding code: scorecard_missing_headsigns · Read the fix guide for scorecard_missing_headsigns · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
- Warning2 instances
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.
Fix: Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use. (A field at a time; not urgent.)
Finding code: missing_recommended_field · Read the fix guide for missing_recommended_field · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
NTD GTFS readiness Ready
Published at a public URL, valid, current, and identified with agency_id: the four feed checks for RY2026 all hold here. Only your own D-10 and P-50 filings make 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 213 days.
- 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 your NTD ID (optional) Not checked yet
- This feed provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk it on the P-50 form. The value does not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID; we do not have that ID on file, so the optional equality comparison is not checked yet.
- shapes.txt covers your trips Ready
- All 14 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.
In plain words: if you report to the federal transit database, you have to publish a working, up-to-date feed, provide a stable agency_id for each represented reporter, and confirm the feed and P-50 crosswalk each year. This box is a heads-up; your filings are the official check.
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). For RY2026, each represented reporter needs a stable agency_id, unique within the feed and crosswalked to its five-digit NTD ID on P-50; the values do not need to be equal. FTA also 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
One requirement remains for this feed to earn 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 213 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.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 213 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
The scorecard is a data-quality lens, not a compliance determination. Its universal references describe good GTFS and useful rider information. Useful references here are GTFS Schedule Best Practices, GTFS-Realtime Best Practices, MobilityData grading scheme, Google Transit publication guidance, FTA National Transit Database GTFS requirement. Read the full standards crosswalk.
In California, the published guideline is California Transit Data Guidelines. Caltrans' published quality guidelines and compliance checklist; this rubric is anchored to them.
California Minimum GTFS Guidelines checklist (5 of 6 measured items met)
The state's own Data Process Checklist, matched item by item to what this scorecard already measures. An item marked "not measured here" is real ground the checklist covers that this tool does not check; see the official checklist for the full picture.
- Meets Publish GTFS Schedule at a stable, automatically-fetchable URL
The published feed URL downloaded at the last check.
- Not measured here Implement required fields: Fares v2, text-to-speech stop names, shapes.txt, wheelchair_boarding, and Pathways where applicable
This scorecard measures wheelchair_boarding, shapes.txt coverage, fare data, and station pathways separately, below; it does not check the Fares v2 format specifically or text-to-speech stop names.
- Not measured here Achieve a passing score in every category of the MobilityData GTFS Grading Scheme v1
This scorecard automates a proxy for the Grading Scheme's rider-facing fields (see the standards crosswalk) rather than running the scheme itself, which grades by comparison to the real world by hand.
- Not measured here Publish changes to the base schedule at least one week ahead of every service change
This scorecard does not track a feed's publish history, so advance notice cannot be checked.
- Meets Produce no critical errors in the MobilityData GTFS Validator
Passes validation with no errors.
- Not measured here Publish Trip Updates, Vehicle Positions, and Alerts feeds
This scorecard checks realtime reachability and freshness overall; it does not check for all three feed types individually.
- Not measured here Update Trip Updates and Vehicle Positions at least every 20 seconds
This scorecard samples realtime freshness; it does not check this specific 20-second cadence.
- Not measured here Publish information for at least 99% of vehicles in service
This scorecard measures the share of scheduled trips represented in TripUpdates, a related but different figure than vehicle coverage.
- Not measured here Keep 100% of trip_ids consistent between Schedule and Realtime
This scorecard does not currently check trip_id consistency between the Schedule and Realtime feeds.
- Not measured here Produce no critical errors in the Center for Urban Transportation Research realtime validator
This scorecard does not run the CUTR realtime validator.
- Not measured here Publish accessible feed links on the agency or regional partner website
This scorecard does not check the agency's own website.
- Not measured here Register GTFS and GTFS-Realtime feeds with transit.land and the Mobility Database
This scorecard does not currently check aggregator registration for this section.
- Meets Designate a technical contact in feed_info.txt's feed_contact_email
feed_info.txt states a technical contact.
- Gap wheelchair_boarding stated on stops and trips
States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips.
- Meets shapes.txt with a shape for every trip
All 14 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.
- Meets Fare data published, or the service marked fare-free
Fare data is published.
- Correctness 96 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices, checked by the MobilityData validator. MobilityData grading covers stop locations, route names, and colors. Google Transit requires a feed to pass validation for publication. FTA NTD readiness also checks that the published feed is valid.
- Freshness 100 / 100
- GTFS Schedule best practices call for a dataset that stays current. An expired calendar can remove service from Google Transit and other rider trip planners. FTA NTD readiness also checks that the published feed is current.
- Rider experience 57 / 100
- GTFS Best Practices for rider-facing fields. MobilityData grading covers 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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