{ "agency": { "id": "bay-area-transportation-authority-2254", "name": "Bay Area Transportation Authority" }, "autofix": { "available": true, "download_path": "data/artifacts/bay-area-transportation-authority-2254/corrected.zip", "fixes": [ { "code": "autofix_trim_whitespace", "count": 20, "examples": [ "'stop_name': 'Cherryland Center at TC Curling ' -> 'Cherryland Center at TC Curling'", "'stop_name': 'M-22 at M-72 (Lakeside) ' -> 'M-22 at M-72 (Lakeside)'", "'stop_name': 'M-22 at Discovery Pier ' -> 'M-22 at Discovery Pier'" ], "label": "Trimmed surrounding whitespace" } ], "total": 20 }, "categories": { "completeness": { "details": { "accessibility": { "measures": "presence_not_usability", "score": 0.0, "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_stated_pct": 0.0, "trips_stated_pct": 0.0 }, "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability", "cemv": { "declared": false, "supported": false }, "components": { "contact": 15.0, "fares": 0.0, "headsigns": 8.7, "stop_names": 15.0, "wheelchair_stops": 0.0, "wheelchair_trips": 0.0 }, "fare_free": false, "fares": { "applied": false, "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, "headsign_pct": 57.9, "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": 238, "trips": 1738, "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 0.0, "wheelchair_boarding_pct": 0.0, "wheelchair_marked_accessible_pct": 0.0, "wheelchair_marked_not_accessible_pct": 0.0 }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 238, "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": 25.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "238 of 238 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_wheelchair_accessible_unknown", "count": 1738, "effort": "Often one default setting in your export.", "fix": "Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 15.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "1738 of 1738 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.", "why": "Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them." }, { "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_missing_headsigns", "count": 732, "effort": "Usually a bulk edit in your scheduling software.", "fix": "Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 6.3, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "732 of 1738 trips have no headsign.", "why": "Riders at the stop can't tell which direction a bus is going." } ], "name": "completeness", "score": 38.7, "status": "measured", "summary": "0% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (0% marked accessible, 0% 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": 11, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 7, "WARNING": 229 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates", "count": 95, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 8.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Equal shape distance same coordinates (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold", "count": 73, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 8.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Trip distance exceeds shape distance below threshold (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "stop_without_stop_time", "count": 23, "effort": "A review pass in your scheduling software.", "fix": "Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some stops exist in the feed but no trip ever stops at them.", "why": "Riders may walk to a stop where no bus is scheduled to arrive." }, { "code": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces", "count": 19, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'leading_or_trailing_whitespaces' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Leading or trailing whitespaces (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "route_long_name_contains_short_name", "count": 13, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'route_long_name_contains_short_name' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Route long name contains short name (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "same_name_and_description_for_route", "count": 3, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'same_name_and_description_for_route' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Same name and description for route (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "missing_feed_info_date", "count": 1, "effort": "Two fields, likely set once in your export settings.", "fix": "Fill in feed_start_date and feed_end_date in feed_info.txt.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "feed_info.txt does not state when this feed starts and ends.", "why": "Without stated dates, apps can't warn anyone before your data goes stale; it just disappears one day." }, { "code": "missing_recommended_field", "count": 1, "effort": "A field at a time; not urgent.", "fix": "Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require.", "why": "Recommended fields like agency_phone or stop descriptions make the feed more useful to riders and trip planners." }, { "code": "route_color_contrast", "count": 1, "effort": "One field per route.", "fix": "Pick a darker/lighter route_text_color for the flagged routes.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some route colors don't contrast with their text color.", "why": "Route badges get hard to read, most of all for riders with low vision." }, { "code": "service_extends_far_in_the_future", "count": 4, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'service_extends_far_in_the_future' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 0.5, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Service extends far in the future (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "unknown_file", "count": 3, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'unknown_file' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 0.5, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Unknown file (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 49.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 11 kinds of issue across 236 instances (0 error, 229 warning, 7 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 26838, "feed_end_date": null, "feed_start_date": "2026-07-03", "feed_version": "7/4/2026 Cherry Fest", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2099-12-31", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_type": "fixed" }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_missing_feed_info_dates", "count": 1, "effort": "Two fields, set once in export settings.", "fix": "Add feed_info.txt with feed_start_date and feed_end_date to your export.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 15.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "feed_info.txt is missing its start/end dates", "why": "Apps and this scorecard can't warn anyone before the feed goes stale without stated validity dates." } ], "name": "freshness", "score": 85.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data covers the next 26838 days.", "weight": 0.2 }, "realtime": { "name": "realtime", "status": "not_yet_measured", "summary": "Not scored yet. Nothing here counts against the grade.", "weight": 0.2 } }, "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 agency's own URL." ], "rt_windows": 0, "total_categories": 4 }, "conformance": { "awarded": false, "criteria": [ { "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.", "key": "valid", "met": true }, { "detail": "Service data covers the next 26838 days.", "key": "current", "met": true }, { "detail": "States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.", "key": "accessible", "met": false } ], "status": "not_yet", "summary": "This feed is close to the conformance mark. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each." }, "feed": { "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.", "reachable": true, "sha256": "010698975eda214da2ab1065b2e4caa9cb5a0994b5beb01bfe3b4ff6ccb7d48f", "size_bytes": 416847, "static_url": "https://batabustracker.com/gtfs" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://batabustracker.com/gtfs", "max_attempts": 4, "source": "origin", "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/125.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" }, "generated_at": "2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -85.98567, 44.5831, -85.43174, 45.01994 ], "lat": 44.75322, "lon": -85.61663, "stop_count": 238 }, "ntd_id_alignment": { "detail": "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.", "feed_agency_ids": [ "236" ], "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 26838 days.", "key": "current", "status": "ready" } ], "status": "ready", "summary": "Published at a public URL, valid, and current: the three things the NTD GTFS requirement asks of a feed all hold here. Only your own D-10 certification makes that official; this is a heads-up, not a determination." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 54.8, "margin_to_next_band": 5.2, "score": 54.8 }, "recommendations": [ { "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 7, "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": "7 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Bayline, 16, 31, 07, Orchard Tour, and more).", "why": "Low-contrast route badges are hard to read for riders with low vision and wash out on a phone screen in sunlight at the stop." }, { "code": "scorecard_stop_name_needs_tts", "count": 139, "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": "139 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Prospect at 8th St (Family Fare) (270)\", \"9686056-E Front at Rose St (9307)\", \"S Maple City Rd at Mill St (Post Office)\", and more).", "why": "Riders who use a screen reader hear the raw name, so 'Main St & 2nd Ave' can come out as 'Main saint' or drop the ampersand." } ], "routability": { "boardable_stops": 238, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_orphan_stops", "count": 23, "effort": "A cleanup pass in your scheduling software.", "fix": "Remove stops no route serves, or add the trips that should call at them.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 0.0, "severity": "INFO", "what": "23 of 238 boardable stops are never served by any trip.", "why": "Riders see these stops in apps and on the map but can never catch anything there, which erodes trust in the data." } ], "orphan_stops": 23, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 1738 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 12, "has_shapes": true, "path": "data/artifacts/bay-area-transportation-authority-2254/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 14, "routes": [ { "color": "098040", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "5990", "label": "01", "long": "01 Downtown to GT Mall", "short": "01", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "7C297E", "color_name": "purple", "has_shape": true, "id": "5991", "label": "02", "long": "02 Downtown to LaFranier Transfer Park-N-Ride", "short": "02", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "6F6E6E", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "5992", "label": "10", "long": "10 Traverse City to Suttons Bay", "short": "10", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "6F6E6E", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "5993", "label": "13", "long": "13 Traverse City to Kingsley", "short": "13", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "6F6E6E", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "5994", "label": "12", "long": "12 Traverse City to Interlochen", "short": "12", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "6F6E6E", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "5995", "label": "14", "long": "14 Traverse City to Acme", "short": "14", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "33A1FF", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "5996", "label": "Bayline", "long": "Bayline", "short": "Bayline", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "95C83E", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": false, "id": "6003", "label": "16", "long": "16 Traverse City to Old Mission Peninsula", "short": "16", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "DC8CAB", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": false, "id": "6013", "label": "31", "long": "31 East Traverse Flex Route", "short": "31", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FDB812", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "6107", "label": "07", "long": "07 Crosstown", "short": "07", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "6157", "label": "Orchard Tour", "long": "Cherry Festival - Orchard Tour", "short": "Orchard Tour", "text_color": "FF3341", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "10C488", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "6234", "label": "West", "long": "West", "short": "West", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FF80F2", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "6451", "label": "11", "long": "11 - Traverse City to Glen Arbor", "short": "11", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FF6700", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "6901", "label": "05", "long": "05 - LaFranier Transfer to NMC Dennos Museum", "short": "05", "text_color": "FFFBFA", "type_label": "Bus" } ], "stop_count": 238, "stop_points_capped": false }, "rubric_version": "1.1", "schema_version": "1.7", "shapes_readiness": { "detail": "All 1738 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 1738, "trips_with_shape": 1738 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-07-09", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 238, "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": 25.0, "rank": 1, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "238 of 238 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_wheelchair_accessible_unknown", "count": 1738, "effort": "Often one default setting in your export.", "fix": "Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 15.0, "rank": 2, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "1738 of 1738 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.", "why": "Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them." }, { "code": "scorecard_missing_feed_info_dates", "count": 1, "effort": "Two fields, set once in export settings.", "fix": "Add feed_info.txt with feed_start_date and feed_end_date to your export.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 15.0, "rank": 3, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "feed_info.txt is missing its start/end dates", "why": "Apps and this scorecard can't warn anyone before the feed goes stale without stated validity dates." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }