Rail

What this grade measures

The quality of the schedule data this agency publishes for trip-planning apps: whether riders using Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Transit see current, correct, and complete information. It measures the data feed, not service quality or operations.

Progress this period

No newly cleared items this period. The score and trend above reflect where the feed stands today.

What needs attention next

Three improvements, in priority order, each sized so the board can see what it is approving:

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

   Service data runs out in 16 day(s). When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice.

   Estimated effort: One export setting.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 61 observed fixes).

2. Check the flagged stops' coordinates and the route shape in your scheduling software; re-snap whichever is misplaced.

   Some stops sit far from the route line they belong to. Trip planners may draw the bus route through the wrong streets or point riders to the wrong corner.

   Estimated effort: A few minutes per flagged stop.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 2 weeks (based on 6 observed fixes).

3. Check with your AVL vendor that every vehicle assignment flows into TripUpdates, including school-day and tripper runs.

   1 of 7 trips scheduled during the sampling window had no live predictions. Riders on those trips get schedule data dressed up as realtime. Caltrans expects every operating trip in TripUpdates.

   Estimated effort: A vendor data-mapping question.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 84 observed fixes).

Where this agency stands

Ahead of 67% of all tracked agencies, and ahead of 65% of mid-size agencies nationwide.