{ "agency": { "id": "los-angeles-county-metropolitan-transportation-authority-la-metro-30", "name": "Rail" }, "autofix": { "available": false }, "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": 15.0, "headsigns": 0.0, "stop_names": 15.0, "wheelchair_stops": 0.0, "wheelchair_trips": 0.0 }, "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": 0.0, "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 100.0, "pathways": { "has_entrances": true, "has_levels": false, "has_pathways": false, "has_stations": true, "has_step_free": false, "pathway_count": 0 }, "stops": 463, "trips": 8316, "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": 463, "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": "463 of 463 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": 8316, "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": "8316 of 8316 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": 8316, "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": 15.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "8316 of 8316 trips have no headsign.", "why": "Riders at the stop can't tell which direction a bus is going." }, { "code": "scorecard_station_no_pathways", "count": 1, "effort": "Worth it for multi-level or large stations; flat stops don't need it.", "fix": "Add pathways.txt connecting entrances, platforms, and any elevators, with a level for each.", "owner": "", "points": 0.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "This feed models stations or entrances but has no pathways.txt.", "why": "Trip planners can't guide riders through the station, and there is no step-free route information for wheelchair users." } ], "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 published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 4, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 9, "INFO": 6, "WARNING": 16 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times", "count": 9, "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": 18.0, "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": 10, "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": "unused_shape", "count": 6, "effort": "One setting.", "fix": "Turn on 'remove unused shapes' (or the like) in your export tool.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 6.0, "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": "unknown_column", "count": 6, "effort": "A quick look at the flagged files.", "fix": "Check the flagged column names for misspellings of standard GTFS fields; remove them if they are vendor extras.", "owner": "", "points": 0.8, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Some files contain columns that are not part of the GTFS spec.", "why": "Harmless to riders, but apps ignore these columns and they can hide typos in real column names." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 69.2, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 4 kinds of issue across 31 instances (9 error, 16 warning, 6 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 14, "feed_end_date": null, "feed_start_date": null, "feed_version": null, "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2026-07-23", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_type": "fixed" }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expiring_soon", "count": 1, "effort": "One export setting.", "fix": "Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 66.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Service data runs out in 14 day(s).", "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice." }, { "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": 8.3, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data runs out in 14 day(s). Publish an updated feed soon or riders will lose trip planning.", "weight": 0.2 }, "realtime": { "name": "realtime", "status": "not_yet_measured", "summary": "This agency publishes realtime, but the feed needs an access key we don't have 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": "1 validator error to resolve.", "key": "valid", "met": false }, { "detail": "Service data runs out in 14 days; renew to qualify.", "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. 1 validator error to resolve. Service data runs out in 14 days; renew to qualify. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each." }, "feed": { "license_note": "License: https://developer.metro.net/terms-conditions/", "reachable": true, "sha256": "ef60695a171f4b675b70a7b97f6d2a917fe784807a093cfcb6fb53dcb6adec2a", "size_bytes": 1505310, "static_url": "https://gitlab.com/LACMTA/gtfs_rail/raw/master/gtfs_rail.zip" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://gitlab.com/LACMTA/gtfs_rail/raw/master/gtfs_rail.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": "2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -118.49189, 33.76804, -117.7522, 34.16906 ], "lat": 34.02932, "lon": -118.2736, "stop_count": 463 }, "ntd_id_alignment": { "detail": "Your feed's agency_id is LACMTA_Rail; your National Transit Database ID is 90154. A feed that serves several agencies (a shared regional feed) can legitimately carry more than one agency_id, so a difference here is a heads-up, not an error.", "feed_agency_ids": [ "LACMTA_Rail" ], "fix": "Optionally set the agency_id for your service to 90154 in agency.txt (and the matching agency_id in routes.txt) so the feed lines up with your NTD record. It is a convenience, not a required feed change: FTA also links agency_id to your NTD ID on your P-50 form.", "ntd_id": "90154", "status": "mismatch" }, "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": "Service data runs out in 14 days; renew before you certify.", "key": "current", "status": "at_risk" } ], "status": "at_risk", "summary": "This feed is close to NTD-ready. 1 validator error to resolve. Service data runs out in 14 days; renew before you certify." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 46.4, "margin_to_next_band": 13.6, "score": 46.4 }, "recommendations": [ { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 1, "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": "1 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Metro C Line).", "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": 261, "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": "261 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Downtown Long Beach Station - 1st & Pacific Entrance\", \"Downtown Long Beach Station - 1st & Pine Entrance\", \"Pacific Ave Station\", 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." }, { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_station_missing_step_free_data", "count": 2, "effort": "Worth it for multi-level or large stations; flat stops don't need it.", "fix": "Add pathways.txt connecting entrances, platforms, and elevators, and levels.txt for each floor, so the step-free route is described.", "owner": "", "points": 0.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "This feed models stations or entrances but has no pathways.txt and levels.txt.", "why": "Without pathways and levels, a wheelchair user can't tell whether a step-free route exists inside the station, and trip planners can't route anyone through it." } ], "routability": { "boardable_stops": 114, "findings": [], "orphan_stops": 0, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 8316 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 6, "has_shapes": true, "path": "data/artifacts/los-angeles-county-metropolitan-transportation-authority-la-metro-30/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 6, "routes": [ { "color": "0072BC", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "801", "label": "Metro A Line", "long": "Metro A Line", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Tram / light rail" }, { "color": "EB131B", "color_name": "red", "has_shape": true, "id": "802", "label": "Metro B Line", "long": "Metro B Line", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Subway / metro" }, { "color": "58A738", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "803", "label": "Metro C Line", "long": "Metro C Line", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Tram / light rail" }, { "color": "FDB913", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "804", "label": "Metro E Line", "long": "Metro E Line", "short": "", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Tram / light rail" }, { "color": "A05DA5", "color_name": "purple", "has_shape": true, "id": "805", "label": "Metro D Line", "long": "Metro D Line", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Subway / metro" }, { "color": "E56DB1", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "807", "label": "Metro K Line", "long": "Metro K Line", "short": "", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Tram / light rail" } ], "stop_count": 463, "stop_points_capped": false }, "rubric_version": "1.1", "schema_version": "1.7", "shapes_readiness": { "detail": "All 8316 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 8316, "trips_with_shape": 8316 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-07-09", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expiring_soon", "count": 1, "effort": "One export setting.", "fix": "Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 66.0, "rank": 1, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Service data runs out in 14 day(s).", "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice." }, { "code": "block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times", "count": 9, "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": 18.0, "rank": 2, "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": 463, "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": 3, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "463 of 463 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." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }