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Call-prep brief · checked 2026-08-01

Transit Authority of River City (TARC)

Grade F · 16.4 / 100

Unchanged since 2026-07-31.

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
  • Realtime quality no change

Top three things to fix

  1. Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change.

    Service data ended 420 day(s) ago. When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the buses are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist.

    Effort: Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.

  2. Check the trip updates endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request.

    The trip updates realtime feed failed during sampling. When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live.

    Effort: Usually a vendor support ticket.

  3. Check the vehicle positions endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request.

    The vehicle positions realtime feed failed during sampling. When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live.

    Effort: Usually a vendor support ticket.

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 ended 420 day(s) ago.
Next action
Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service 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.
Copy handoff text

Ready to send to the agency

Hi Transit Authority of River City (TARC) team, Service data ended 420 day(s) ago. When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the buses are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist. The fix is usually one export setting: Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change. This came from your GTFS data quality scorecard, which checks the feed you publish and lists the fixes in plain language: https://gtfsscorecard.org/agency/transit-authority-of-river-city-tarc/

Copy this note from the full scorecard.

NTD GTFS readiness: Not ready

Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. 1 validator error to resolve. Service data expired 420 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date. agency.txt has no nonblank agency_id. Every RY2026 NTD GTFS submission needs a stable value unique among the reporters represented in the feed, crosswalked to each reporter's NTD ID on the P-50 form.

Published Ready
Published at a public URL.
Valid Needs attention
1 validator error to resolve.
Current Not ready
Service data expired 420 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.
agency_id provided Not ready
agency.txt has no nonblank agency_id. Every RY2026 NTD GTFS submission needs a stable value unique among the reporters represented in the feed, crosswalked to each reporter's NTD ID on the P-50 form.

Key facts

Feed URL
http://googletransit.ridetarc.org/feed/google_transit.zip
Last checked
2026-08-01
Service window
Feed has expired. Last service date 2025-06-07.
Feed version
JANUARY 2025_20250121
Location
Kentucky

Part of the Kentucky portfolio: see where this agency sits among the state's feeds before the call.

A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.3, validator 8.0.1.