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    "id": "ann-arbor-area-transportation-authority-theride",
    "name": "Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide)",
    "subdivision_code": "US-MI",
    "subdivision_name": "Michigan"
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          "measures": "presence_not_usability",
          "score": 99.8,
          "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 56.6,
          "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 43.0,
          "stops_stated_pct": 99.6,
          "trips_stated_pct": 100.0
        },
        "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability",
        "cemv": {
          "declared": false,
          "supported": false
        },
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          "fares": 0.0,
          "headsigns": 15.0,
          "stop_names": 15.0,
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          "wheelchair_trips": 15.0
        },
        "fare_free": false,
        "fares": {
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          "has_leg_rules": false,
          "has_products": false,
          "has_transfer_rules": false,
          "model": "none",
          "product_count": 0
        },
        "flex": {
          "booking_reachable": false,
          "booking_rule_count": 0,
          "has_booking_rules": false,
          "has_flex": false
        },
        "has_fares": false,
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        "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0,
        "headsign_pct": 100.0,
        "headsign_scored_pct": 100.0,
        "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 100.0,
        "pathways": {
          "has_entrances": false,
          "has_levels": false,
          "has_pathways": false,
          "has_stations": false,
          "has_step_free": false,
          "pathway_count": 0
        },
        "stops": 1060,
        "translations": {
          "feed_lang": "en",
          "has_translations": false,
          "languages": [],
          "translated_tables": [],
          "translation_count": 0
        },
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        "unmeasured_components": [],
        "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 100.0,
        "wheelchair_boarding_pct": 99.6,
        "wheelchair_marked_accessible_pct": 56.6,
        "wheelchair_marked_not_accessible_pct": 43.0
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown",
          "count": 4,
          "effort": "A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.",
          "fix": "Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.",
          "owner": "Likely your team",
          "points": 0.1,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "4 of 1060 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there.",
          "why": "Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all."
        },
        {
          "code": "scorecard_no_fare_data",
          "count": 1,
          "effort": "A small file for most flat-fare systems.",
          "fix": "Add fare_attributes.txt (or Fares v2 files) with your fare structure. If your service is fare-free, ask to have it marked fare-free instead.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 15.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "The feed contains no fare information.",
          "why": "Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected."
        },
        {
          "code": "scorecard_no_feed_contact",
          "count": 1,
          "effort": "One field.",
          "fix": "Add feed_contact_email to feed_info.txt.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 7.5,
          "severity": "INFO",
          "what": "feed_info.txt has no technical contact (feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url).",
          "why": "App makers and state data programs have nobody to email when they spot a problem. Small errors then sit in the feed for months."
        }
      ],
      "name": "completeness",
      "score": 77.4,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "100% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (57% marked accessible, 43% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is not published.",
      "weight": 0.25
    },
    "correctness": {
      "details": {
        "distinct_codes": 5,
        "instances_by_severity": {
          "ERROR": 0,
          "INFO": 1,
          "WARNING": 4361
        },
        "validator_version": "8.0.1"
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "code": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces",
          "count": 4356,
          "effort": "Usually one export setting.",
          "fix": "Trim leading and trailing spaces on export. The scorecard's auto-fixed copy already does this.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 8.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Some values have extra spaces at the start or end.",
          "why": "A stray space can break a match, so a stop or route may fail to link across files."
        },
        {
          "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field",
          "count": 3,
          "effort": "Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.",
          "fix": "Use mixed case for stop names and headsigns (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave', not 'MAIN ST & 2ND AVE').",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 4.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Some rider-facing names are in ALL CAPS or all lowercase.",
          "why": "ALL-CAPS stop and headsign names are harder to read in apps and are read awkwardly by screen readers."
        },
        {
          "code": "missing_feed_contact_email_and_url",
          "count": 1,
          "effort": "One field, set once in export settings.",
          "fix": "Add feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url to feed_info.txt.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 4.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "feed_info.txt lists no contact email and no contact URL.",
          "why": "Without a contact, apps like Google Maps can't reach you when they find a problem in the feed."
        },
        {
          "code": "trip_coverage_not_active_for_next7_days",
          "count": 1,
          "effort": "One setting in most export tools.",
          "fix": "Trim past service periods the next time you export.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 4.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Many of the feed's trips don't run at all in the next 7 days.",
          "why": "It usually means old service periods are still in the export, making the feed bigger and harder to check."
        },
        {
          "code": "feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window",
          "count": 1,
          "effort": "Varies.",
          "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 0.5,
          "severity": "INFO",
          "what": "Feed valid beyond total service window (flagged by the MobilityData validator).",
          "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects."
        }
      ],
      "name": "correctness",
      "score": 79.5,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 5 kinds of issue across 4362 instances (0 error, 4361 warning, 1 informational).",
      "weight": 0.35
    },
    "freshness": {
      "details": {
        "days_until_expiry": 139,
        "effective_expiry_date": "2027-01-30",
        "feed_end_date": "2027-01-30",
        "feed_start_date": "2026-08-23",
        "feed_version": "S1000302",
        "has_feed_info": true,
        "last_service_date": "2027-01-30",
        "seasonal_boundary": false,
        "service_horizon_review_years": 10,
        "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold",
        "service_type": "fixed"
      },
      "findings": [],
      "name": "freshness",
      "score": 100.0,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "Service data covers the next 139 days.",
      "weight": 0.2
    },
    "realtime": {
      "name": "realtime",
      "status": "not_yet_measured",
      "summary": "Not scored yet. Nothing here counts against the grade.",
      "weight": 0.2
    }
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  "confidence": {
    "feed_age_days": 0,
    "fetch_source": "origin",
    "level": "medium",
    "measured_categories": 3,
    "notes": [
      "Realtime quality was not measured this run. It does not count against the grade.",
      "The feed was downloaded from the configured feed URL. Publisher ownership of that URL is not verified."
    ],
    "rt_windows": 0,
    "total_categories": 4
  },
  "conformance": {
    "awarded": true,
    "criteria": [
      {
        "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.",
        "key": "valid",
        "met": true
      },
      {
        "detail": "Service data covers the next 139 days.",
        "key": "current",
        "met": true
      },
      {
        "detail": "States wheelchair access on 100% of stops and 100% of trips.",
        "key": "accessible",
        "met": true
      }
    ],
    "status": "awarded",
    "summary": "This feed earns the conformance mark: valid, current, and stating wheelchair access on nearly every stop and trip.",
    "version": 2
  },
  "feed": {
    "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.",
    "reachable": true,
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    "source_provenance": "unverified",
    "static_url": "https://www.theride.org/sites/default/files/google/google_transit.zip"
  },
  "fetch": {
    "final_url": "https://www.theride.org/sites/default/files/google/google_transit.zip",
    "max_attempts": 4,
    "reader_archive_profile": "raw-v1",
    "source": "origin",
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  },
  "generated_at": "2026-09-13T00:00:00+00:00",
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      42.1893,
      -83.55327,
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    "lon": -83.71311,
    "stop_count": 1060
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    "graded": false,
    "has_ferry": false,
    "is_multimodal": false,
    "measured": true,
    "modes": [
      {
        "key": "bus",
        "label": "Bus",
        "route_count": 30,
        "trip_count": 4235,
        "trip_share_pct": 100.0
      }
    ],
    "primary_mode": "bus",
    "primary_mode_label": "Bus",
    "route_count": 30,
    "trip_count": 4235
  },
  "ntd_id_alignment": {
    "detail": "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.",
    "feed_agency_ids": [
      "1179"
    ],
    "status": "unknown"
  },
  "ntd_readiness": {
    "pillars": [
      {
        "detail": "Published at a public URL.",
        "key": "published",
        "status": "ready"
      },
      {
        "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.",
        "key": "valid",
        "status": "ready"
      },
      {
        "detail": "Service data covers the next 139 days.",
        "key": "current",
        "status": "ready"
      },
      {
        "detail": "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.",
        "key": "agency_id",
        "status": "ready"
      }
    ],
    "status": "ready",
    "summary": "Published at a public URL, valid, current, and identified with agency_id: the four feed checks for RY2026 all hold here. Only your own D-10 and P-50 filings make that official; this is a heads-up, not a determination."
  },
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    "grade": "B",
    "margin_to_lower_band": 4.0,
    "margin_to_next_band": 6.0,
    "score": 84.0
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    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast",
      "count": 11,
      "effort": "A per-route color setting in your scheduling software.",
      "fix": "Adjust route_color or route_text_color so each pair clears 4.5:1. Often switching the text between black and white is enough.",
      "owner": "Likely your export tool",
      "points": 0.0,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "11 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (104, 22, 28, 32, 33, and more).",
      "why": "Riders with low vision struggle to read a low-contrast route badge. It also washes out on a phone screen in sunlight at the stop."
    },
    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_stop_name_needs_tts",
      "count": 987,
      "effort": "A short text field per affected stop; start with the busiest.",
      "fix": "Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.",
      "owner": "",
      "points": 0.0,
      "severity": "INFO",
      "what": "987 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Michigan + Huron\", \"Michigan + River\", \"Emerick + Service Dr\", and more).",
      "why": "A screen reader speaks the raw name. 'Main St & 2nd Ave' can come out as 'Main saint', or lose the ampersand."
    }
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        "label": "104",
        "long": "Washtenaw Express",
        "short": "104",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "6666FF",
        "color_name": "blue",
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        "id": "22",
        "label": "22",
        "long": "Pontiac - Dhu Varren",
        "short": "22",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "993399",
        "color_name": "purple",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "23",
        "label": "23",
        "long": "Plymouth",
        "short": "23",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "666633",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "25",
        "label": "25",
        "long": "Ann Arbor - Saline Rd",
        "short": "25",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "993399",
        "color_name": "purple",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "26",
        "label": "26",
        "long": "Scio Church",
        "short": "26",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "993300",
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        "id": "27",
        "label": "27",
        "long": "W Stadium - Oak Valley",
        "short": "27",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "6666FF",
        "color_name": "blue",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "28",
        "label": "28",
        "long": "Pauline",
        "short": "28",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "666633",
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        "id": "3",
        "label": "3",
        "long": "Huron River",
        "short": "3",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "993399",
        "color_name": "purple",
        "has_shape": true,
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        "label": "30",
        "long": "Jackson Rd",
        "short": "30",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "006666",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "31",
        "label": "31",
        "long": "Dexter Ave",
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        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "CC6600",
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        "has_shape": true,
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        "label": "32",
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        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
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      {
        "color": "0080C0",
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        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "33",
        "label": "33",
        "long": "Newport",
        "short": "33",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "008000",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "34",
        "label": "34",
        "long": "Maple - Dexter",
        "short": "34",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "993399",
        "color_name": "purple",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "4",
        "label": "4",
        "long": "Washtenaw",
        "short": "4",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "CC6600",
        "color_name": "orange",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "42",
        "label": "42",
        "long": "Forest - MacArthur",
        "short": "42",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "666633",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "43",
        "label": "43",
        "long": "E Michigan Ave",
        "short": "43",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "003366",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "44",
        "label": "44",
        "long": "Ecorse - Tyler",
        "short": "44",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "6666FF",
        "color_name": "blue",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "45",
        "label": "45",
        "long": "Grove",
        "short": "45",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "006666",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "46",
        "label": "46",
        "long": "Paint Creek",
        "short": "46",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "993300",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "47",
        "label": "47",
        "long": "Harriet - W Michigan",
        "short": "47",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "6666FF",
        "color_name": "blue",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "5",
        "label": "5",
        "long": "Packard",
        "short": "5",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "CC3399",
        "color_name": "pink",
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        "id": "6",
        "label": "6",
        "long": "ELLSWORTH - STATE",
        "short": "6",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "993399",
        "color_name": "purple",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "61",
        "label": "61",
        "long": "U-M Miller",
        "short": "61",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "CC6600",
        "color_name": "orange",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "62",
        "label": "62",
        "long": "U-M - State",
        "short": "62",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "CC6600",
        "color_name": "orange",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "63",
        "label": "63",
        "long": "U-M - Pontiac",
        "short": "63",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "006666",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "64",
        "label": "64",
        "long": "Geddes - E Stadium",
        "short": "64",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "003366",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "65",
        "label": "65",
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        "short": "65",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "993300",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "66",
        "label": "66",
        "long": "Carpenter - Huron Pkwy",
        "short": "66",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "666633",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "67",
        "label": "67",
        "long": "Eisenhower- Golfside",
        "short": "67",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "00FF00",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "68",
        "label": "68",
        "long": "Harris - Ford",
        "short": "68",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      }
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    "stop_points_capped": false
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  "rubric_version": "1.3",
  "schema_version": "1.18",
  "scoring_profile": {
    "id": "gtfs-scorecard-1.3",
    "provenance": "GTFS Scorecard's project-authored weights, deductions, thresholds, grade bands, and fix ranking, informed by the California Transit Data Guidelines and the MobilityData gtfs-validator. It is not a worldwide standard or a compliance determination.",
    "rubric_version": "1.3"
  },
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    "status": "ready",
    "total_trips": 4235,
    "trips_with_shape": 4235
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      "code": "scorecard_no_fare_data",
      "count": 1,
      "effort": "A small file for most flat-fare systems.",
      "fix": "Add fare_attributes.txt (or Fares v2 files) with your fare structure. If your service is fare-free, ask to have it marked fare-free instead.",
      "owner": "",
      "points": 15.0,
      "rank": 1,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "The feed contains no fare information.",
      "why": "Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected."
    },
    {
      "code": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces",
      "count": 4356,
      "effort": "Usually one export setting.",
      "fix": "Trim leading and trailing spaces on export. The scorecard's auto-fixed copy already does this.",
      "owner": "Likely your export tool",
      "points": 8.0,
      "rank": 2,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "Some values have extra spaces at the start or end.",
      "why": "A stray space can break a match, so a stop or route may fail to link across files."
    },
    {
      "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field",
      "count": 3,
      "effort": "Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.",
      "fix": "Use mixed case for stop names and headsigns (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave', not 'MAIN ST & 2ND AVE').",
      "owner": "Likely your export tool",
      "points": 4.0,
      "rank": 3,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "Some rider-facing names are in ALL CAPS or all lowercase.",
      "why": "ALL-CAPS stop and headsign names are harder to read in apps and are read awkwardly by screen readers."
    }
  ],
  "validator_version": "8.0.1"
}