{ "agency": { "id": "los-angeles-county-metropolitan-transportation-authority-la-metro-30", "name": "Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) Rail", "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": 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_applicable_trips": 7935, "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0, "headsign_pct": 0.0, "headsign_scored_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, "translations": { "feed_lang": "en", "has_translations": false, "languages": [], "translated_tables": [], "translation_count": 0 }, "trips": 7935, "unmeasured_components": [], "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": 7935, "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": "7935 of 7935 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.", "why": "Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the transit vehicle itself can take them." }, { "code": "scorecard_missing_headsigns", "count": 7935, "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": "7935 of 7935 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_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": 3, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 6, "WARNING": 16 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "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": 87.2, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 3 kinds of issue across 22 instances (0 error, 16 warning, 6 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 13, "effective_expiry_date": "2026-09-05", "feed_end_date": null, "feed_start_date": null, "feed_version": null, "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2026-09-05", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_horizon_review_years": 10, "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold", "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": 67.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Service data runs out in 13 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": 6.7, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data runs out in 13 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 configured feed URL. Publisher ownership of that URL is not verified." ], "rt_windows": 0, "total_categories": 4 }, "conformance": { "awarded": false, "criteria": [ { "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.", "key": "valid", "met": true }, { "detail": "Service data runs out in 13 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": "Two requirements remain for this feed to earn the conformance mark. Service data runs out in 13 days; renew to qualify. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.", "version": 2 }, "export_diff": { "changes": [ "Service now runs through 2026-09-05 (was 2026-09-04)." ], "from_sha256": "d67d4bf9e851bd231f5b437ba3dbed5d6475e4c99be8cea8726e3d1c227cb071", "to_sha256": "242f49444f8da04d08cb7d864cbcb96492f2527e44fcb76f0ee8cb9730339eef" }, "feed": { "license_note": "License: https://developer.metro.net/terms-conditions/", "reachable": true, "sha256": "242f49444f8da04d08cb7d864cbcb96492f2527e44fcb76f0ee8cb9730339eef", "size_bytes": 1491123, "source_provenance": "unverified", "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, "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": "2026-08-22T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -118.49189, 33.76804, -117.7522, 34.16906 ], "lat": 34.02932, "lon": -118.2736, "stop_count": 463 }, "mode_profile": { "ferry_only": false, "graded": false, "has_ferry": false, "is_multimodal": true, "measured": true, "modes": [ { "key": "tram", "label": "Tram / light rail", "route_count": 4, "trip_count": 5599, "trip_share_pct": 70.6 }, { "key": "subway", "label": "Subway / metro", "route_count": 2, "trip_count": 2336, "trip_share_pct": 29.4 } ], "primary_mode": "tram", "primary_mode_label": "Tram / light rail", "route_count": 6, "trip_count": 7935 }, "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. The values do not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID, so this difference is allowed and carries no score.", "feed_agency_ids": [ "LACMTA_Rail" ], "fix": "Confirm that P-50 crosswalks agency_id LACMTA_Rail to NTD ID 90154, and keep the feed value stable. Do not change it solely to make the two values equal.", "ntd_id": "90154", "status": "mismatch" }, "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 runs out in 14 days; renew before you certify.", "key": "current", "status": "at_risk" }, { "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. Service data runs out in 14 days; renew before you certify." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 53.9, "margin_to_next_band": 6.1, "score": 53.9 }, "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." } ], "recompute": { "as_of": "2026-08-23", "feed_fetched_date": "2026-08-22", "kind": "freshness" }, "routability": { "boardable_stops": 114, "findings": [], "orphan_stops": 0, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 7935 }, "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": "1.3", "schema_version": "1.18", "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 7935 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 7935, "trips_with_shape": 7935 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-08-23", "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": 67.0, "rank": 1, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Service data runs out in 13 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_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": 2, "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": 7935, "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": "7935 of 7935 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.", "why": "Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the transit vehicle itself can take them." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }