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Call-prep brief · checked 2026-07-09

VINE Transit

Grade B · 87.8 / 100

Unchanged since 2026-07-08.

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

    346 of 361 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.

  2. Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them.

    Some stops exist in the feed but no trip ever stops at them. Riders may walk to a stop where no bus is scheduled to arrive.

    Effort: A review pass in your scheduling software.

    Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 11 observed fixes).

  3. Check the flagged column names for misspellings of standard GTFS fields; remove them if they are vendor extras.

    Some files contain columns that are not part of the GTFS spec. Harmless to riders, but apps ignore these columns and they can hide typos in real column names.

    Effort: A quick look at the flagged files.

NTD certification readiness: Ready

This feed looks ready for your NTD certification: published at a public URL, valid, and current. The official check is still your D-10 certification.

Published Ready
Published at a public URL.
Valid Ready
Passes validation with no errors.
Current Ready
Service data covers the next 126 days.

agency_id and NTD ID: Not aligned. Your feed's agency_id is 1480; your National Transit Database ID is 90088. A feed that serves several agencies (a shared regional feed) can legitimately carry more than one agency_id, so a difference here is a heads-up, not an error. Optionally set the agency_id for your service to 90088 in agency.txt (and the matching agency_id in routes.txt) so the feed lines up with your NTD record. It is a convenience, not a required feed change: FTA also links agency_id to your NTD ID on your P-50 form.

Key facts

Feed URL
https://data.trilliumtransit.com/gtfs/vinetransit-ca-us/vinetransit-ca-us.zip
Last checked
2026-07-09
Service window
114 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-10-31.
Feed version
UTC: 26-Jun-2026 20:52

A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.1, validator 8.0.1.