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  "agency": {
    "id": "elk-grove-transit",
    "name": "Elk Grove Transit",
    "subdivision_code": "US-CA",
    "subdivision_name": "California"
  },
  "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": 15.0,
          "stop_names": 15.0,
          "wheelchair_stops": 0.0,
          "wheelchair_trips": 0.0
        },
        "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,
        "headsign_pct": 100.0,
        "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 99.8,
        "pathways": {
          "has_entrances": false,
          "has_levels": false,
          "has_pathways": false,
          "has_stations": false,
          "has_step_free": false,
          "pathway_count": 0
        },
        "stops": 460,
        "translations": {
          "feed_lang": "en-US",
          "has_translations": false,
          "languages": [],
          "translated_tables": [],
          "translation_count": 0
        },
        "trips": 338,
        "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": 460,
          "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": "460 of 460 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": 338,
          "effort": "A default or per-trip field in your export.",
          "fix": "Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 15.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "338 of 338 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."
        }
      ],
      "name": "completeness",
      "score": 45.0,
      "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": 10,
        "instances_by_severity": {
          "ERROR": 0,
          "INFO": 3,
          "WARNING": 102
        },
        "validator_version": "8.0.1"
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "code": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold",
          "count": 69,
          "effort": "Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.",
          "fix": "Re-generate shape_dist_traveled on export so stop and shape distances use the same units.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 8.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "On some trips the stop distances run a little past the end of the route line.",
          "why": "The stop and shape distance values don't quite line up, so any math that uses them can drift."
        },
        {
          "code": "same_name_and_description_for_route",
          "count": 16,
          "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": 6.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Same name and description for route (flagged by the MobilityData validator).",
          "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects."
        },
        {
          "code": "stop_without_stop_time",
          "count": 5,
          "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": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces",
          "count": 3,
          "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": 4.0,
          "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": "route_color_contrast",
          "count": 3,
          "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": "expired_calendar",
          "count": 2,
          "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": "mixed_case_recommended_field",
          "count": 2,
          "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": "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": "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": "unknown_file",
          "count": 3,
          "effort": "A quick look at the flagged file.",
          "fix": "Check the flagged file name for a typo of a standard GTFS file. Remove it if it is a vendor extra.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 0.5,
          "severity": "INFO",
          "what": "The feed includes a file that is not part of the GTFS spec.",
          "why": "Apps ignore files they don't know, and a stray file can hide a misspelled standard file name."
        }
      ],
      "name": "correctness",
      "score": 57.5,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 10 kinds of issue across 105 instances (0 error, 102 warning, 3 informational).",
      "weight": 0.35
    },
    "freshness": {
      "details": {
        "days_until_expiry": -573,
        "effective_expiry_date": "2025-01-05",
        "feed_end_date": "2025-01-05",
        "feed_start_date": "2024-08-17",
        "feed_version": "August 2024",
        "has_feed_info": true,
        "last_service_date": "2025-01-05",
        "seasonal_boundary": false,
        "service_horizon_review_years": 10,
        "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold",
        "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 573 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 573 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": "mirror",
    "level": "provisional",
    "measured_categories": 3,
    "notes": [
      "Realtime quality was not measured this run. It does not count against the grade.",
      "The agency's own feed URL was unreachable, so the Mobility Database's hosted mirror copy was scored instead."
    ],
    "rt_windows": 0,
    "total_categories": 4
  },
  "conformance": {
    "awarded": false,
    "criteria": [
      {
        "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.",
        "key": "valid",
        "met": true
      },
      {
        "detail": "Service data expired 560 days ago.",
        "key": "current",
        "met": false
      },
      {
        "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. Service data expired 560 days ago. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each."
  },
  "feed": {
    "license_note": "License: https://www.sacrt.com/gtfs/",
    "reachable": true,
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    "size_bytes": 345931,
    "static_url": "https://elkgrovetransit.com/gtfs"
  },
  "fetch": {
    "final_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mdb-latest/o/us-california-elk-grove-transit-gtfs-2136.zip?alt=media",
    "max_attempts": 1,
    "origin_error": "ConnectTimeout",
    "reader_archive_profile": "raw-v1",
    "source": "mirror",
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  },
  "generated_at": "2026-07-19T00:00:00+00:00",
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      -121.50458,
      38.37887,
      -121.32189,
      38.5814
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    "lon": -121.40712,
    "stop_count": 460
  },
  "mode_profile": {
    "ferry_only": false,
    "graded": false,
    "has_ferry": false,
    "is_multimodal": false,
    "measured": true,
    "modes": [
      {
        "key": "bus",
        "label": "Bus",
        "route_count": 17,
        "trip_count": 338,
        "trip_share_pct": 100.0
      }
    ],
    "primary_mode": "bus",
    "primary_mode_label": "Bus",
    "route_count": 17,
    "trip_count": 338
  },
  "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": [
      "100"
    ],
    "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 560 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.",
        "key": "current",
        "status": "not_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": "not_ready",
    "summary": "Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. Service data expired 560 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date."
  },
  "overall": {
    "grade": "F",
    "margin_to_lower_band": 39.2,
    "margin_to_next_band": 20.8,
    "score": 39.2
  },
  "recommendations": [
    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast",
      "count": 16,
      "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": "16 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 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."
    },
    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_stop_name_needs_tts",
      "count": 456,
      "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": "456 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Laguna Springs & West Stockton (NB)\", \"Big Horn & Laguna Blvd. (NB)\", \"Big Horn & Kaiser Entrance (NB)\", 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."
    }
  ],
  "recompute": {
    "as_of": "2026-08-01",
    "feed_fetched_date": "2026-07-31",
    "kind": "freshness"
  },
  "routability": {
    "boardable_stops": 460,
    "findings": [
      {
        "code": "scorecard_orphan_stops",
        "count": 5,
        "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": "5 of 460 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": 5,
    "single_stop_trips": 0,
    "trips_total": 338
  },
  "route_map": {
    "drawn_route_count": 17,
    "has_shapes": true,
    "path": "data/artifacts/elk-grove-transit/geometry.geojson",
    "route_count": 17,
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        "color": "FF0800",
        "color_name": "red",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3421",
        "label": "110",
        "long": "Route 110",
        "short": "110",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "69C3FF",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3422",
        "label": "111",
        "long": "Route 111",
        "short": "111",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "02B360",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3423",
        "label": "112",
        "long": "Route 112",
        "short": "112",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "CA00D9",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3424",
        "label": "113",
        "long": "Route 113",
        "short": "113",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "F0AC0E",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3425",
        "label": "114",
        "long": "Route 114",
        "short": "114",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "FF87FB",
        "color_name": "white",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3426",
        "label": "115",
        "long": "Route 115",
        "short": "115",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "B37E40",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3427",
        "label": "116",
        "long": "Route 116",
        "short": "116",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "CB21FF",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3428",
        "label": "10",
        "long": "Route 10",
        "short": "10",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "91FF00",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3429",
        "label": "11",
        "long": "Route 11",
        "short": "11",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "D18E5A",
        "color_name": "gray",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3430",
        "label": "12",
        "long": "Route 12",
        "short": "12",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "40E6FF",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3431",
        "label": "13",
        "long": "Route 13",
        "short": "13",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "FFB8B3",
        "color_name": "white",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3432",
        "label": "14",
        "long": "Route 14",
        "short": "14",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "40E6FF",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3433",
        "label": "15",
        "long": "Route 15",
        "short": "15",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "818899",
        "color_name": "gray",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3434",
        "label": "16",
        "long": "Route 16",
        "short": "16",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "B35F7D",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3435",
        "label": "17",
        "long": "Route 17",
        "short": "17",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "FFA29C",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3438",
        "label": "18",
        "long": "Route 18",
        "short": "18",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "FF0AF7",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3439",
        "label": "19",
        "long": "Route 19",
        "short": "19",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      }
    ],
    "stop_count": 460,
    "stop_points_capped": false
  },
  "rubric_version": "1.2",
  "schema_version": "1.15",
  "scoring_profile": {
    "id": "gtfs-scorecard-1.2",
    "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": "1.2"
  },
  "shapes_readiness": {
    "detail": "All 338 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.",
    "status": "ready",
    "total_trips": 338,
    "trips_with_shape": 338
  },
  "snapshot_date": "2026-08-01",
  "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 573 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": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown",
      "count": 460,
      "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": 2,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "460 of 460 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": 338,
      "effort": "A default or per-trip field in your export.",
      "fix": "Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.",
      "owner": "Likely your export tool",
      "points": 15.0,
      "rank": 3,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "338 of 338 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."
    }
  ],
  "validator_version": "8.0.1"
}