TheBus

What changed since the last check

• Correctness no change
• Freshness down 1.7
• Rider experience no change

Top three things to fix

1. Re-generate shape distances in your export; flag to your vendor if it persists.

   Some trips have stop times whose distances along the route go backwards. Apps can show buses jumping backwards or mis-order stops.

   Effort: Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.

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

   3831 of 3831 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 (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).

   37655 of 37655 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: Often one default setting in your export.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).

NTD certification readiness: Needs attention

This feed is close to NTD-ready. 1 validator error to resolve.

Published Ready

Published at a public URL.

Valid Needs attention

1 validator error to resolve.

Current Ready

Service data covers the next 56 days.

agency_id and NTD ID: Not checked yet. Setting your GTFS agency_id to your five-digit NTD ID is an optional way to line a feed up with its National Transit Database record. FTA links the two on your P-50 form, so it is not a required feed change. We don't have your NTD ID on file, so this is not checked yet.

Key facts

Feed URL

https://www.thebus.org/transitdata/production/google_transit.zip

Last checked

2026-07-09

Service window

44 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-08-22.

Feed version

(2605_v5_BusRail_MERGED_Landlines)

State

Hawaii