{ "agency": { "id": "ez-rider", "name": "EZ Rider", "subdivision_code": "US-TX", "subdivision_name": "Texas" }, "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": 7.5, "fares": 0.0, "headsigns": 0.0, "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_applicable_trips": 288, "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0, "headsign_pct": 0.0, "headsign_scored_pct": 0.0, "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": 652, "translations": { "feed_lang": null, "has_translations": false, "languages": [], "translated_tables": [], "translation_count": 0 }, "trips": 288, "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": 652, "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": "652 of 652 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": 288, "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": "288 of 288 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": 288, "effort": "Usually one value per route pattern in your scheduling source.", "fix": "Add the destination, direction, or 'via' label riders actually see to trip_headsign. Do not copy the route name. If the label changes during the trip, use stop_headsign.", "owner": "", "points": 15.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "288 of 288 trips lack rider-facing destination or direction text.", "why": "When a route has multiple directions or patterns, the route name alone may not tell riders which service is coming." }, { "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": "Trip-planning apps and regional data coordinators have nobody to email when they spot a problem with your feed, so problems linger." } ], "name": "completeness", "score": 22.5, "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": 9, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 84, "INFO": 32, "WARNING": 41 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times", "count": 84, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 24.0, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Block trips with overlapping stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "missing_recommended_field", "count": 18, "effort": "A field at a time; not urgent.", "fix": "Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "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": "unusable_trip", "count": 8, "effort": "Worth a vendor question if it appears often.", "fix": "Check the flagged trips in your scheduling software; remove them or restore their missing stops.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some trips serve fewer than two stops.", "why": "A trip with one stop can't be ridden; planners ignore it and it may signal an export problem." }, { "code": "unused_trip", "count": 8, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'unused_trip' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Unused trip (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field", "count": 4, "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": "fast_travel_between_far_stops", "count": 1, "effort": "Minutes per flagged trip once you open it.", "fix": "Check the two stop times for a wrong digit first. Then check whether a stop sits at the wrong coordinates, or a stop between them is missing.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Between two distant stops, the times imply a speed no bus reaches.", "why": "A rider gets a trip plan that cannot happen. Live systems then report delays that are not real." }, { "code": "missing_recommended_file", "count": 1, "effort": "One small file, set once in export settings.", "fix": "Add feed_info.txt with publisher name, URL, language, and feed_start_date/feed_end_date.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "A file GTFS asks for (usually feed_info.txt) is missing.", "why": "feed_info.txt tells apps who publishes the feed and when it expires; without it nobody is warned before data goes stale." }, { "code": "stops_match_shape_out_of_order", "count": 1, "effort": "A few minutes per flagged trip.", "fix": "Check the stop order and the shape direction in your scheduling software; the shape is often drawn backwards.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "On some trips the stops fall along the route line in a different order than the schedule lists.", "why": "Trip planners can draw the bus doubling back or skipping ahead, which confuses riders reading the map." }, { "code": "service_extends_far_in_the_future", "count": 32, "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": 0.8, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Service extends far in the future (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 41.2, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 9 kinds of issue across 157 instances (84 error, 41 warning, 32 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 8895, "effective_expiry_date": "2050-12-30", "feed_end_date": null, "feed_start_date": null, "feed_version": null, "has_feed_info": false, "last_service_date": "2050-12-30", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_horizon_review_years": 10, "service_horizon_status": "unusually_distant", "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 (the file itself is absent)", "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 is published through 2050-12-30, an unusually distant end date. It may be intentional, but confirm it before treating the feed as maintained.", "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 configured feed URL. Publisher ownership of that URL is not verified." ], "rt_windows": 0, "total_categories": 4 }, "conformance": { "awarded": false, "criteria": [ { "detail": "1 validator error to resolve.", "key": "valid", "met": false }, { "detail": "The published window is current, but its service end date is unusually distant; confirm that date is intentional.", "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": "Two requirements remain for this feed to earn the conformance mark. 1 validator error to resolve. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.", "version": 2 }, "feed": { "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.", "reachable": true, "sha256": "4c7c7d68fec9a0558d8542206de6ce511449906c1d24327fda393fd57aa2a6fd", "size_bytes": 194422, "source_provenance": "unverified", "static_url": "https://nebula.wsimg.com/40f314b8788fcc32949e0fe528a3c625?AccessKeyId=9E919CD400BCF69A0E80" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://nebula.wsimg.com/40f314b8788fcc32949e0fe528a3c625?AccessKeyId=9E919CD400BCF69A0E80", "max_attempts": 4, "reader_archive_profile": "raw-v1", "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": "2026-08-10T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -102.41151, 31.82967, -102.05383, 32.03822 ], "lat": 31.97596, "lon": -102.15678, "stop_count": 652 }, "mode_profile": { "ferry_only": false, "graded": false, "has_ferry": false, "is_multimodal": false, "measured": true, "modes": [ { "key": "bus", "label": "Bus", "route_count": 18, "trip_count": 288, "trip_share_pct": 100.0 } ], "primary_mode": "bus", "primary_mode_label": "Bus", "route_count": 18, "trip_count": 288 }, "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": [ "258" ], "status": "unknown" }, "ntd_readiness": { "pillars": [ { "detail": "Published at a public URL.", "key": "published", "status": "ready" }, { "detail": "1 validator error to resolve.", "key": "valid", "status": "at_risk" }, { "detail": "The published window is current, but its service end date is unusually distant; confirm that date is intentional.", "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": "at_risk", "summary": "This feed is close to NTD-ready. 1 validator error to resolve." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 46.3, "margin_to_next_band": 13.7, "score": 46.3 }, "recommendations": [ { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 8, "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": "8 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Odessa Special Event 1, Midland Special Event 1, Odessa Special Event 2, Midland Special Event 2, Odessa 1, 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": 596, "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": "596 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"1- Grant & 11th\", \"2- Grant & 14th\", \"3- Grant & 17th\", 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": "2026-08-23", "feed_fetched_date": "2026-08-22", "kind": "freshness" }, "routability": { "boardable_stops": 652, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_single_stop_trips", "count": 8, "effort": "Usually an export setting or a stop_times mapping in your software.", "fix": "Check your scheduling export: every trip should list each stop it calls at, in order, with times.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 0.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "8 of 288 trips list fewer than two stops.", "why": "A trip with one stop has no leg a rider can ride; 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It is not a worldwide standard or a compliance determination.", "rubric_version": "1.3" }, "shapes_readiness": { "detail": "280 of 288 trips have a shape; 8 do not.", "fix": "Fill in shapes.txt and trips.shape_id for the remaining trips so every trip has a path. Reduced, Rural, and Tribal NTD reporters need full coverage by Report Year 2026.", "status": "at_risk", "total_trips": 288, "trips_with_shape": 280 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-08-23", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times", "count": 84, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 24.0, "rank": 1, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Block trips with overlapping stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 652, "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": "652 of 652 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": 288, "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": "288 of 288 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" }