{ "agency": { "id": "chatham-area-transit-cat-2080", "name": "Chatham Area Transit (CAT)" }, "autofix": { "available": true, "download_path": "data/artifacts/chatham-area-transit-cat-2080/corrected.zip", "fixes": [ { "code": "autofix_stop_name_case", "count": 908, "examples": [ "CROSSROADS & INNOVATION WB -> Crossroads & Innovation Wb", "AL HENDERSON & BEST WESTERN NB -> Al Henderson & Best Western Nb", "AL HENDERSON & CLARION HOTEL NB -> Al Henderson & Clarion Hotel Nb" ], "label": "Recased shouting stop names" }, { "code": "autofix_route_name_case", "count": 16, "examples": [ "EAST SAVANNAH -> East Savannah", "CANDLER -> Candler", "HENRY -> Henry" ], "label": "Recased shouting route names" } ], "total": 924 }, "categories": { "completeness": { "details": { "accessibility": { "measures": "presence_not_usability", "score": 99.8, "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 99.7, "stops_stated_pct": 99.7, "trips_stated_pct": 100.0 }, "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability", "cemv": { "declared": false, "supported": false }, "components": { "contact": 7.5, "fares": 15.0, "headsigns": 15.0, "stop_names": 3.2, "wheelchair_stops": 24.9, "wheelchair_trips": 15.0 }, "fare_free": false, "fares": { "applied": true, "has_leg_rules": false, "has_products": false, "has_transfer_rules": false, "model": "legacy", "product_count": 0 }, "flex": { "booking_reachable": false, "booking_rule_count": 0, "has_booking_rules": false, "has_flex": false }, "has_fares": true, "headsign_pct": 100.0, "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 21.1, "pathways": { "has_entrances": false, "has_levels": false, "has_pathways": false, "has_stations": false, "has_step_free": false, "pathway_count": 0 }, "stops": 1151, "trips": 1924, "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 100.0, "wheelchair_boarding_pct": 99.7, "wheelchair_marked_accessible_pct": 0.0, "wheelchair_marked_not_accessible_pct": 99.7 }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 3, "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": "3 of 1151 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_stop_names_all_caps", "count": 908, "effort": "Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.", "fix": "Rename stops to mixed case (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave').", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 11.8, "severity": "INFO", "what": "About 908 stop names are written in ALL CAPS.", "why": "Mixed-case names are easier to read in apps and are read more naturally by screen readers." }, { "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 with your feed, so problems linger." } ], "name": "completeness", "score": 80.6, "status": "measured", "summary": "100% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (0% marked accessible, 100% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 12, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 5, "WARNING": 2140 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field", "count": 2070, "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": 8.0, "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": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces", "count": 53, "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": 8.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Leading or trailing whitespaces (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "expired_calendar", "count": 4, "effort": "One setting in most export tools.", "fix": "Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some service calendars in the feed have already ended.", "why": "Expired calendars are dead weight and can hide real schedule problems from your staff and vendors." }, { "code": "stop_without_stop_time", "count": 4, "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": 4.0, "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": "missing_recommended_field", "count": 2, "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": 2, "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": "feed_expiration_date7_days", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually a re-export from your scheduling software.", "fix": "Export and publish an updated GTFS feed that covers at least the next 30 days of service.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "This feed's service calendar runs out within the next 7 days.", "why": "When the calendar ends, Google Maps and other trip planners drop your agency entirely. Riders see no service at all." }, { "code": "missing_feed_contact_email_and_url", "count": 1, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'missing_feed_contact_email_and_url' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Missing feed contact email and url (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "service_has_no_active_day_of_the_week", "count": 1, "effort": "A few minutes in your scheduling software.", "fix": "Delete the empty calendars or set their service days.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some service calendars have no days of the week switched on.", "why": "Trips tied to these calendars never run; they are dead data that can mask real schedule problems." }, { "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": "unused_shape", "count": 1, "effort": "One setting.", "fix": "Turn on 'remove unused shapes' (or the like) in your export tool.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "The feed contains route shapes no trip uses.", "why": "Harmless to riders, but it bloats the feed and suggests stale export data." }, { "code": "big_gap_in_service", "count": 5, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'big_gap_in_service' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 0.5, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Big gap in service (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 47.5, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 12 kinds of issue across 2145 instances (0 error, 2140 warning, 5 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": -347, "feed_end_date": "2025-07-27", "feed_start_date": "2024-12-02", "feed_version": "S1000046", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2025-07-27", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_type": "fixed" }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expired", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.", "fix": "Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 100.0, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Service data ended 347 day(s) ago.", "why": "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." } ], "name": "freshness", "score": 0.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data ended 347 day(s) ago. Trip planners have likely already dropped this feed.", "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 expired 344 days ago.", "key": "current", "met": false }, { "detail": "States wheelchair access on 100% of stops and 100% of trips.", "key": "accessible", "met": true } ], "status": "not_yet", "summary": "This feed is close to the conformance mark. Service data expired 344 days ago." }, "feed": { "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.", "reachable": true, "sha256": "6723aa5560da6d1ca13becc1d0380ad77d5d123dbbd1f7b208a6ebf2ef97be78", "size_bytes": 1917035, "static_url": "https://catchacat.org/wp-content/uploads/GTFS.zip" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://catchacat.org/wp-content/uploads/GTFS.zip", "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": "2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -81.28338, 31.96934, -80.95879, 32.22099 ], "lat": 32.04809, "lon": -81.105, "stop_count": 1151 }, "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": [ "SAV" ], "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 expired 344 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.", "key": "current", "status": "not_ready" } ], "status": "not_ready", "summary": "Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. Service data expired 344 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 46.0, "margin_to_next_band": 14.0, "score": 46.0 }, "recommendations": [ { "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 5, "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": "5 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (12, 27, 5, 6, 7D).", "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": 1092, "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": "1092 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"CROSSROADS & INNOVATION WB\", \"37th & E BROAD WB\", \"AL HENDERSON & BEST WESTERN NB\", and more).", "why": "Riders who use a screen reader hear the raw name, so 'Main St & 2nd Ave' can come out as 'Main 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"27", "long": "WATERS", "short": "27", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "008265", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "28", "label": "28", "long": "WATERS", "short": "28", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "A6600C", "color_name": "brown", "has_shape": true, "id": "3", "label": "3", "long": "WEST CHATHAM", "short": "3", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "E71939", "color_name": "red", "has_shape": true, "id": "31", "label": "31", "long": "SKIDAWAY/SANDFLY", "short": "31", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "F58025", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "3B", "label": "3B", "long": "AUGUSTA AVE/GARDEN CITY/HUDSON HILL", "short": "3B", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "00B6DD", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "4", "label": "4", "long": "BARNARD", "short": "4", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "AAF2DB", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "5", "label": "5", "long": "PORT WENTWORTH", "short": "5", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "B8B308", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "6", "label": "6", "long": "CROSS TOWN", "short": "6", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FF00FF", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "7D", "label": "7D", "long": "DOWNTOWN/CLOVERDALE", "short": "7D", "text_color": "0000FF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "00FF00", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "7F", "label": "7F", "long": "7 FORSYTH", "short": "7F", "text_color": "0000FF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": false, "id": "99999", "label": "99999", "long": "Test Route", "short": "99999", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" } ], "stop_count": 1151, "stop_points_capped": false }, "rubric_version": "1.1", "schema_version": "1.7", "shapes_readiness": { "detail": "All 1924 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 1924, "trips_with_shape": 1924 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-07-09", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expired", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.", "fix": "Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 100.0, "rank": 1, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Service data ended 347 day(s) ago.", "why": "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." }, { "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field", "count": 2070, "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": 8.0, "rank": 2, "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": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces", "count": 53, "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": 8.0, "rank": 3, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Leading or trailing whitespaces (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }