Feed status · checked 2026-08-01
Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD)
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Bus
down 0.5 since 2026-07-31
A data-quality and completeness lens to help an agency improve its GTFS feed. Not an official compliance determination from any transit program. New to this? How to read your scorecard. Interactive view of this scorecard. Rubric v1.3, validator 8.0.1.
Checked for changes 69 minutes ago; last changed 21 days ago.
Measured 3 of 4 score categories from the agency's own feed.
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 agency's own URL.
Confidence describes how much the pipeline could measure this run, not the feed itself. It never changes the grade.
Top things to fix
Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.Likely your export tool
Service data runs out in 15 day(s). When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice.
⏱ One export setting.worth about +65 points in its category
Check the flagged stop times for transposed minutes.
Some scheduled trips move faster between stops than a bus can. Usually a typo'd stop time; riders get arrival times no bus can meet.
⏱ A few minutes per flagged trip.worth about +8 points in its category
Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed.Likely your export tool
Some service calendars in the feed have already ended. Expired calendars are dead weight and can hide real schedule problems from your staff and vendors.
⏱ One setting in most export tools.worth about +4 points in its category
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 15 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.
Copy handoff text
- Feed evidence
- Some scheduled trips move faster between stops than a bus can.
- Next action
- Check the flagged stop times for transposed minutes.
- 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 service calendars in the feed have already ended.
- Next action
- Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed.
- 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
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.
Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
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. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Check the flagged stop times for transposed minutes. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
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. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed. · Read the fix guide
Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.
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. Self-check a feed before you publish.
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 15 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 100% of stops and 100% of trips. This measures published data, not whether stops or vehicles are physically usable.
- Fare information
- Fare information is published using GTFS Fares v2.
- 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 your vendor a fix request
You may not control the GTFS export yourself. Copy this and send it to whoever runs your scheduling software export. It names each fix with the validator notice and a guide link.
Send the agency a note
Supporting this agency? Copy this and email it to them. It names what lapsed, why it matters to riders, and the one setting to change.
Score by category
The MobilityData validator flagged 3 kinds of issue across 63 instances (0 error, 63 warning, 0 informational).
Service data runs out in 15 day(s). Publish an updated feed soon or riders will lose trip planning.
100% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (70% marked accessible, 30% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is published.
100% of stops state accessibility (70% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.
2 accessibility depth signals
10 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (12X, 15X, 19X, 20, 24X, and more).
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.
533 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Modoc & Portesuello", "Milpas & Montecito", "Via Real & Santa Ynez", 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 556 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.
- 1 (red)
- 11 (red)
- 12X (brown)
- 14 (brown)
- 15X (green)
- 17 (yellow)
- 19X (pink)
- 2 (red)
- 20 (orange)
- 23 (white)
- 24X (brown)
- 25 (black)
- 2510 (black)
- 27 (purple)
- 2750 (black)
- 28 (teal)
- 3 (green)
- 33 (teal)
- 4 (white)
- 5 (pink)
- 6 (red)
- 7 (teal)
- 90 (teal)
- 91 (teal)
- 92 (teal)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 1 West Santa Barbara | Bus | red |
| 11 UCSB | Bus | red |
| 12X Goleta Express | Bus | brown |
| 14 Montecito | Bus | brown |
| 15X SBCC/UCSB Express | Bus | green |
| 17 Lower West/SBCC | Bus | yellow |
| 19X Carp SBCC Express | Bus | pink |
| 2 East Santa Barbara | Bus | red |
| 20 Carpinteria | Bus | orange |
| 23 El Encanto Heights | Bus | white |
| 24X UCSB Express | Bus | brown |
| 25 Ellwood | Bus | black |
| 2510 San Marcos High School | Bus | black |
| 27 Isla Vista Shuttle | Bus | purple |
| 2750 Dos Pueblos High School | Bus | black |
| 28 UCSB Shuttle | Bus | teal |
| 3 Oak Park | Bus | green |
| 33 Downtown Waterfront | Bus | teal |
| 4 Mesa/SBCC | Bus | white |
| 5 Mesa/La Cumbre | Bus | pink |
| 6 Goleta | Bus | red |
| 7 County Health/Fairview | Bus | teal |
| 90 FLM West Goleta | Bus | teal |
| 91 FLM East Goleta | Bus | teal |
| 92 FLM Santa Barbara | Bus | teal |
List every stop
- Modoc & Portesuello
- Anapamu & Santa Barbara
- San Andres & Sola
- San Andres & Anapamu
- Carrillo & San Andres
- Modoc & Oak
- Anapamu & Garden
- Anapamu & Olive
- Milpas & Figueroa
- Cliff & Loma Alta
- Hollister & Village Way
- Milpas & Canon Perdido
- Milpas & De La Guerra
- Salinas & Clifton
- Salinas & Mason
- Salinas & Cacique
- Punta Gorda at Bridge
- Voluntario & Hutash
- Voluntario & Carpinteria
- Milpas & Carpinteria
- Cathedral Oaks and Brandon
- Cliff & Las Positas
- Hollister & Turnpike
- Amtrak Goleta
- Milpas & Mason
- Santa Barbara & Haley
- Santa Barbara & De La Guerra
- Chapala & Figueroa
- Pueblo & Castillo Cottage Hospital
- UCSB North Hall Inbound
- UCSB Elings Hall Inbound
- Milpas & Haley
- Oak Park Ln. & Junipero
- Pueblo & Castillo Cottage Hospital
- State & Hitchcock
- Los Carneros & Karl Storz Inbound
- Los Carneros & Karl Storz Outbound
- Milpas & Ortega
- Anapamu & Nopal
- Amtrak Santa Barbara
- State & Sola
- Figueroa & Santa Barbara
- State & Arrellaga
- State & Valerio
- State & Islay
- State & Pueblo
- State & Quinto
- Hollister & Kellogg
- State & Constance
- Hollister & Sumida
- State & Calle Laureles
- State & Calle Palo Colorado
- State & Broadmoor
- State & Ontare
- State & Hope
- State & Highway 154
- Hollister & Nogal
- Hollister & Auhay East
- Storke & Hollister
- Hollister & Sport Center
- Hollister & San Antonio
- Hollister & San Marcos
- Hollister & Lassen
- Hollister & Ward
- Hollister & Wendy's
- Santa Felicia & Marketplace
- Seville & Embarcadero Del Mar
- Hollister & Orange
- Hollister & David Love
- Seville & Embarcadero Del Mar
- Storke & Marketplace
- Santa Felicia & Storke
- Santa Felicia & Girsh Park
- Hollister & Camino Real Marketplace
- Embarcadero & Sabado Tarde
- State & Las Positas
- Hollister & San Ricardo
- Hollister & Via El Cuadro
- State & Hitchcock
- State & Los Olivos
- State & Pedregosa
- Embarcadero & Sabado Tarde
- Anacapa & Sola
- Carrillo & San Pascual
- Westside Community Center
- Calle Real & Kingston
- Encina & Calle Real
- Calle Real & Turnpike West
- Hollister & Cannon Green
- Hollister & Palo Alto
- Hollister & Santa Barbara Shores
- Hollister & Viajero
- Abrego & Camino Pescadero
- Milpas & Quinientos
- Milpas & Cacique
- University & Patterson
- Coast Village & Butterfly
- Coast Village & Middle
- Coast Village & Olive Mill
- Carpinteria & Reynolds
- Coast Village & Coast Village Circle
- Milpas & Montecito
- El Colegio & Embarcadero Del Mar
- Milpas & De La Guerra
- Milpas & Puerto Vallarta
- Bath & Los Olivos
- Junipero & Alamar
- Junipero & Calle Real
- Fairview & Encina
- San Onofre & Las Positas
- De La Vina & Mission
- De La Vina & Islay
- El Colegio & Los Carneros
- De La Vina & Micheltorena
- Cabrillo & Los Patos
- El Colegio & Stadium
- Carpinteria & Casitas Plaza Out
- Chapala & Cota
- Chapala & Canon Perdido
- De La Vina & Canon Perdido
- De La Vina & Ortega
- De La Vina & Haley
- El Colegio & Los Carneros
- Cliff & Fellowship
- Encina & Fairview
- Cliff & Flora Vista
- Cliff & Alan
- Las Positas & Las Positas Park
- Las Positas & Richelle
- Torino & Veronica Springs
- Torino & Palermo
- Torino & Barcelona
- El Colegio & Embarcadero Del Mar
- Torino & Calle De Los Amigos
- Calle De Los Amigos & Senda Verde
- Mariana & Vista del Monte
- Calle De Los Amigos & Mariana
- Calle De Los Amigos & Modoc
- Modoc & La Cumbre Country Club
- La Cumbre Plaza & Plaza Ave
- Calle De Los Amigos & Cinco Amigos
- Casiano & Mariana
- Veronica Springs & Torino
- Cliff & Las Positas
- Cliff & Mohawk
- Cliff & Oliver
- Storke & Phelps
- Storke & Santa Felicia
- Cabrillo & Garden
- El Colegio & Camino Corto
- Chapala & Sola
- San Pascual & Ortega
- Coronel & Wentworth
- Anapamu & Bath
- Bath & Victoria
- Bath & Micheltorena
- Bath & Valerio
- Bath & Islay
- Bath & Mission
- Transit Center
- Foothill & Cieneguitas
- Calle Real & Treasure
- Las Positas & Stanley
- Hitchcock & State
- Hitchcock & La Rada
- Hitchcock & Calle Real
- Calle Real & La Cumbre
- Storke & Hollister 108
- Treasure & Calle Real
- De La Vina & Victoria
- De La Vina & Anapamu
- Calle Real & Pesetas
- Calle Real & Old Mill
- Calle Real & El Sueno
- Calle Real & San Antonio
- Calle Real & Turnpike
- Calle Real & Pebble Hill
- San Marcos & Calle Real
- University & San Marcos
- University & Ribera
- UCSB North Hall Outbound
- Calle Real & Patterson
- Calle Real & Maravilla
- Pesetas & Calle Real
- La Colina & Pesetas
- La Colina & Lee
- La Cumbre & La Colina
- La Cumbre & Via Lucero
- Encina Road & Encina Lane
- Haley & Santa Barbara
- Haley & Laguna
- Haley & Salsipuedes
- Winchester Canyon & Bradford
- Haley & Quarantina
- Haley & Milpas
- Lillie & Valencia
- Lillie & Olive
- Lillie & Greenwell
- Via Real & West Padaro
- Via Real & Santa Ynez
- Hollister & Cathedral Oaks
- Via Real & Toro Canyon
- Via Real & Sentar
- Via Real & Nidever
- Via Real & Gallup & Stribling
- De La Guerra & Laguna
- Via Real & East Padaro
- Via Real & Via Real Flowers
- Via Real & Cravens
- Via Real & Casas De Las Flores
- Via Real & Santa Monica East
- Hollister & Entrance
- Carpinteria & Elm
- Carpinteria & Maple
- Milpas & Gutierrez
- Carpinteria & Concha Loma
- Carpinteria & Bailard
- Carpinteria & S&S Seed
- Carpinteria Tech Park
- Carpinteria & Highway 150
- Hwy 150 & Camino Carreta
- Via Real & Business Park
- Calle Real & Kingston
- Via Real & Vista de Santa Barbara
- Via Real & Bailard
- Coast Village & Hot Springs
- Carpinteria & Eugenia
- Lillie & Colville
- Gutierrez & Nopal
- Gutierrez & Salsipuedes
- Gutierrez & Laguna
- Gutierrez & Santa Barbara
- Arrellaga & Castillo
- Gutierrez & State
- Anacapa & Ortega
- Colusa & Del Norte
- East Valley & San Ysidro
- Del Norte & Mendocino
- Placer & Padova
- Ellwood Station & San Blanco
- Calle Real & San Rossano
- Brandon & Hempstead
- Brandon & Padova
- Cabrillo & State
- Salisbury & San Napoli
- Salisbury & Padova
- Calle Real & Winchester
- East Valley & Romero Canyon
- Evergreen & Redwood
- Brandon & Durham
- and 306 more (see the full list on the map or in the GeoJSON)
Over time
Overall score across the last 2 checks — down 0.5 since 2026-07-31.
Show the numbers
| Check | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 74.7 | first check |
| 2026-08-01 | 74.2 | down 0.5 |
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 0.5 points since 2026-07-31.
Same feed file as 2026-07-31; the published zip did not change.
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Everything we checked
4 findings, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning57 instances
Some scheduled trips move faster between stops than a bus can.
Usually a typo'd stop time; riders get arrival times no bus can meet.
Fix: Check the flagged stop times for transposed minutes. (A few minutes per flagged trip.)
Finding code: fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning5 instances
Some service calendars in the feed have already ended.
Expired calendars are dead weight and can hide real schedule problems from your staff and vendors.
Fix: Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed. (One setting in most export tools.)
Finding code: expired_calendar · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
This feed's service calendar runs out within the next 30 days.
If a new feed isn't published before it ends, trip planners will drop your agency and riders will see no service.
Fix: Schedule a feed re-export now so the new calendar is live well before the current one ends. (Usually a re-export from your scheduling software.)
Finding code: feed_expiration_date30_days · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
Service data runs out in 15 day(s).
When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice.
Fix: Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out. (One export setting.)
Finding code: scorecard_feed_expiring_soon · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
NTD GTFS readiness Needs attention
This feed is close to NTD-ready. Service data runs out in 15 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 15 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 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 7715 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
This feed is close to the conformance mark. Service data runs out in 15 days; renew to qualify.
- Valid Met
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Not yet
- Service data runs out in 15 days; renew to qualify.
- Accessible Met
- States wheelchair access on 100% of stops and 100% of trips.
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.
At risk for the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 15 days of service left. Maps needs at least four weeks (28 days) of upcoming service, so your agency will fall out of trip planners soon. Re-export with a longer calendar.
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.
- Correctness 84 / 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 25 / 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 100 / 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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