Bus

What changed since the last check

• Correctness no change
• Freshness no change
• Rider experience 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 565 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.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 18 observed fixes).

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

   9271 of 9271 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).

   87158 of 87158 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).

Ready to send to the agency

Hi Bus team, Service data ended 565 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/washington-metropolitan-area-transit-authority-wmata/

Copy this note from the full scorecard.

NTD certification readiness: Not ready

Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. Service data expired 564 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.

Published Ready

Published at a public URL.

Valid Ready

Passes validation with no errors.

Current Not ready

Service data expired 564 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.

agency_id and NTD ID: Not aligned. Your feed's agency_id is 1; your National Transit Database ID is 30030. 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 30030 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://api.wmata.com/gtfs/bus-gtfs-static.zip

Last checked

2026-07-09

Service window

Feed has expired. Last service date 2024-12-21.

Feed version

S1000219

State

District of Columbia