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Call-prep brief · checked 2026-10-07

Staten Island Ferry

Grade C · 73.1 / 100

Unchanged since 2026-10-06.

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 no change
  • Rider experience no change

Top three things to fix

  1. Review the rule documentation for 'missing_required_file' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.

    Missing required file (flagged by the MobilityData validator). See the linked rule for what this affects.

    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.

    Effort: Varies.

  2. Review the rule documentation for 'invalid_input_files_in_subfolder' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.

    Invalid input files in subfolder (flagged by the MobilityData validator). See the linked rule for what this affects.

    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.

    Effort: Varies.

  3. Review the rule documentation for 'missing_calendar_and_calendar_date_files' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.

    Missing calendar and calendar date files (flagged by the MobilityData validator). See the linked rule for what this affects.

    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.

    Effort: Varies.

Riders and need behind these fixes

  • This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.
  • New York as a whole measures moderate 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 2026-10-05.

These describe this feed only. They do not rank agencies, and they do not change the grade or the order of the fixes.

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
Missing required file (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
Next action
Review the rule documentation for 'missing_required_file' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your 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

NTD GTFS readiness: Needs attention

This feed is close to NTD-ready. 3 validator errors to resolve.

Published Ready
Published at a public URL.
Valid Needs attention
3 validator errors to resolve.
Current Ready
Service data covers the next 467 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 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.

Key facts

Feed URL
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/misc/siferry-gtfs.zip
Last checked
2026-10-07
Service window
467 days of service data remain. Last service date 2028-01-30.
Feed version
18
Location
New York

Part of the New York portfolio: see where this agency sits among the other feeds in that group before the call.

A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.4, validator 8.0.1.