{ "agency": { "id": "frederick-county-transit", "name": "Frederick County TransIT", "subdivision_code": "US-MD", "subdivision_name": "Maryland" }, "categories": { "completeness": { "details": { "accessibility": { "measures": "presence_not_usability", "score": 37.4, "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_stated_pct": 0.0, "trips_stated_pct": 99.8 }, "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability", "cemv": { "declared": false, "supported": false }, "components": { "contact": 15.0, "fares": 15.0, "headsigns": 14.8, "stop_names": 15.0, "wheelchair_stops": 0.0, "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_applicable_trips": 824, "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0, "headsign_pct": 98.8, "headsign_scored_pct": 98.8, "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": 383, "translations": { "feed_lang": "en", "has_translations": false, "languages": [], "translated_tables": [], "translation_count": 0 }, "trips": 824, "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 99.8, "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": 383, "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": "383 of 383 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": 2, "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": 0.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "2 of 824 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_headsigns", "count": 10, "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": 0.2, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "10 of 824 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." } ], "name": "completeness", "score": 74.8, "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 published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 11, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 148, "INFO": 3, "WARNING": 206 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "stop_time_timepoint_without_times", "count": 112, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'stop_time_timepoint_without_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 24.0, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Stop time timepoint without times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "decreasing_or_equal_stop_time_distance", "count": 36, "effort": "Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.", "fix": "Re-generate shape distances in your export; flag to your vendor if it persists.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 18.0, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Some trips have stop times whose distances along the route go backwards.", "why": "Apps can show buses jumping backwards or mis-order stops." }, { "code": "equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates", "count": 189, "effort": "Usually one export setting.", "fix": "Turn on shape cleanup in your export tool, or drop the repeated points from shapes.txt.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 8.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some route lines list the same point twice in a row.", "why": "Repeated points don't hurt riders, but they can skew distance math and hint at a shaky export." }, { "code": "stop_too_far_from_shape_using_user_distance", "count": 5, "effort": "Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.", "fix": "Check the flagged stops' shape_dist_traveled against the route shape, and re-generate it on export if they disagree.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some stops sit far from the route line, going by the feed's own distance values.", "why": "Trip planners may draw the route down the wrong streets or point riders to the wrong corner." }, { "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_too_far_from_shape", "count": 3, "effort": "A few minutes per flagged stop.", "fix": "Check the flagged stops' coordinates and the route shape in your scheduling software; re-snap whichever is misplaced.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some stops sit far from the route line they belong to.", "why": "Trip planners may draw the bus route through the wrong streets or point riders to the wrong corner." }, { "code": "stop_without_stop_time", "count": 3, "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": "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": "big_gap_in_service", "count": 2, "effort": "A review of your calendar dates.", "fix": "Check whether the gap is real, like a seasonal break; if not, add the missing dates to the calendar.", "owner": "", "points": 0.5, "severity": "INFO", "what": "The feed has a stretch of two weeks or more with no service running.", "why": "A long gap can mean dates were left out of the calendar. Apps then show no trips on those days." }, { "code": "service_window_outside_feed_period", "count": 1, "effort": "Two fields in feed_info.txt, or one export setting.", "fix": "Widen feed_start_date and feed_end_date to cover all service dates, or fix the dates that fall outside.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 0.5, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Some service dates fall outside the date window set in feed_info.txt.", "why": "feed_info.txt should span every day your service runs, so apps know when the data applies." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 25.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 11 kinds of issue across 357 instances (148 error, 206 warning, 3 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": -520, "effective_expiry_date": "2025-02-28", "feed_end_date": "2025-02-28", "feed_start_date": "2023-12-31", "feed_version": "20250105", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2025-02-28", "seasonal_boundary": true, "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 520 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 520 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": "2 validator errors to resolve.", "key": "valid", "met": false }, { "detail": "Service data expired 520 days ago.", "key": "current", "met": false }, { "detail": "States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 100% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.", "key": "accessible", "met": false } ], "status": "not_yet", "summary": "This feed is close to the conformance mark. 2 validator errors to resolve. Service data expired 520 days ago. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 100% 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": "acd4bc62946003a16924446b1373621bf4c193c6def8c6fdc0a5f8256518dbb4", "size_bytes": 204137, "static_url": "https://maps.frederickcountymd.gov/google/google_transit.zip" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://files.mobilitydatabase.org/mdb-498/latest.zip", "max_attempts": 1, "origin_error": "HTTPError", "reader_archive_profile": "raw-v1", "source": "mirror", "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": "2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -77.66513, 39.27394, -77.31831, 39.70536 ], "lat": 39.41867, "lon": -77.41565, "stop_count": 383 }, "mode_profile": { "ferry_only": false, "graded": false, "has_ferry": false, "is_multimodal": false, "measured": true, "modes": [ { "key": "bus", "label": "Bus", "route_count": 16, "trip_count": 824, "trip_share_pct": 100.0 } ], "primary_mode": "bus", "primary_mode_label": "Bus", "route_count": 16, "trip_count": 824 }, "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": [ "1" ], "status": "unknown" }, "ntd_readiness": { "pillars": [ { "detail": "Published at a public URL.", "key": "published", "status": "ready" }, { "detail": "2 validator errors to resolve.", "key": "valid", "status": "at_risk" }, { "detail": "Service data expired 520 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. 2 validator errors to resolve. Service data expired 520 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 34.3, "margin_to_next_band": 25.7, "score": 34.3 }, "recommendations": [ { "category": "accessibility", "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 (40, 60, 61, Emmitsburg Thurmont Shuttle, East Frederick Shuttle).", "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": 22, "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": "22 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Spectrum Drive at M&T\", \"Industry Lane @ North American Housing\", \"Route 355/South Market Street at Noland\", 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": 383, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_orphan_stops", "count": 3, "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": "3 of 383 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": 3, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 824 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 16, "has_shapes": true, "path": "data/artifacts/frederick-county-transit/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 16, "routes": [ { "color": "D3E232", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "10", "label": "10", "long": "Mall-to-Mall Connector", "short": "10", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "008040", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "20", "label": "20", "long": "FSK Mall Connector", "short": "20", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "F4152B", "color_name": "red", "has_shape": true, "id": "40", "label": "40", "long": "Golden Mile Connector", "short": "40", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFAD3F", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "50", "label": "50", "long": "Frederick Towne Mall Connector via Prospect Boulevard", "short": "50", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "2A3D89", "color_name": "blue", "has_shape": true, "id": "51", "label": "51", "long": "Frederick Towne Mall Connector via 7th Street", "short": "51", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "4ABEED", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "60", "label": "60", "long": "FCC Connector via East Street", "short": "60", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "F47121", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "61", "label": "61", "long": "FCC Connector via Taney Avenue", "short": "61", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "0F77C7", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "65", "label": "65", "long": "Walkersville Connector", "short": "65", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "9B2267", "color_name": "purple", "has_shape": true, "id": "80", "label": "80", "long": "North-West Connector", "short": "80", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "B3DB82", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "85", "label": "Route 85 Shuttle", "long": "Route 85 Shuttle", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "4D4D4F", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "BJ", "label": "Brunswick Jefferson Shuttle", "long": "Brunswick Jefferson Shuttle", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "DF5994", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "EF", "label": "East Frederick Shuttle", "long": "East Frederick Shuttle", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "A1A2A4", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "ET", "label": "Emmitsburg Thurmont Shuttle", "long": "Emmitsburg Thurmont Shuttle", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "700AAB", "color_name": "purple", "has_shape": true, "id": "NFS", "label": "North Frederick Shuttle", "long": "North Frederick Shuttle", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "1A7A46", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "POR", "label": "Point of Rocks Meet-the-MARC Shuttle", "long": "Point of Rocks Meet-the-MARC Shuttle", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "1A7A46", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "wlk", "label": "Walkersville Meet-the-MARC Shuttle", "long": "Walkersville Meet-the-MARC Shuttle", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" } ], "stop_count": 383, "stop_points_capped": false }, "rubric_version": "1.3", "schema_version": "1.17", "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" }, "shapes_readiness": { "detail": "All 824 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 824, "trips_with_shape": 824 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-08-02", "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 520 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": "stop_time_timepoint_without_times", "count": 112, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'stop_time_timepoint_without_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 24.0, "rank": 2, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Stop time timepoint without times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "decreasing_or_equal_stop_time_distance", "count": 36, "effort": "Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.", "fix": "Re-generate shape distances in your export; flag to your vendor if it persists.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 18.0, "rank": 3, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Some trips have stop times whose distances along the route go backwards.", "why": "Apps can show buses jumping backwards or mis-order stops." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }