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    "id": "marble-valley-regional-transit-district-mvrtd-2831",
    "name": "Marble Valley Regional Transit District (MVRTD) Flex",
    "subdivision_code": "US-VT",
    "subdivision_name": "Vermont"
  },
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      "details": {
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          "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": 11.6,
          "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": "legacy",
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        },
        "flex": {
          "booking_reachable": true,
          "booking_rule_count": 7,
          "has_booking_rules": true,
          "has_flex": true
        },
        "has_fares": true,
        "headsign_applicable_trips": 730,
        "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 57,
        "headsign_pct": 70.1,
        "headsign_scored_pct": 77.4,
        "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": 306,
        "translations": {
          "feed_lang": "en",
          "has_translations": false,
          "languages": [],
          "translated_tables": [],
          "translation_count": 0
        },
        "trips": 787,
        "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": 306,
          "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": "306 of 306 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": 787,
          "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": "787 of 787 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": 178,
          "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": 3.4,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "178 of 787 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_flex_service",
          "count": 1,
          "effort": "None.",
          "fix": "No action needed.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 0.0,
          "severity": "INFO",
          "what": "This feed includes flexible (demand-responsive) service, and riders are told how to book it.",
          "why": "Dial-a-ride and zone service are described for trip planners, not just fixed routes."
        }
      ],
      "name": "completeness",
      "score": 56.6,
      "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": 9,
        "instances_by_severity": {
          "ERROR": 6,
          "INFO": 41,
          "WARNING": 254
        },
        "validator_version": "8.0.1"
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "code": "invalid_pickup_drop_off_window",
          "count": 6,
          "effort": "Varies.",
          "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'invalid_pickup_drop_off_window' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 18.0,
          "severity": "ERROR",
          "what": "Invalid pickup drop off window (flagged by the MobilityData validator).",
          "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects."
        },
        {
          "code": "fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops",
          "count": 113,
          "effort": "A few minutes per flagged trip.",
          "fix": "Check the flagged stop times for transposed minutes.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 8.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Some scheduled trips move faster between stops than a bus can.",
          "why": "Usually a typo'd stop time; riders get arrival times no bus can meet."
        },
        {
          "code": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold",
          "count": 88,
          "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": "stop_without_stop_time",
          "count": 41,
          "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": 6.0,
          "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": "expired_calendar",
          "count": 11,
          "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": 6.0,
          "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": "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_column",
          "count": 21,
          "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."
        },
        {
          "code": "service_window_outside_feed_period",
          "count": 12,
          "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": 0.8,
          "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."
        },
        {
          "code": "unknown_file",
          "count": 8,
          "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": 0.8,
          "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": 47.8,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 9 kinds of issue across 301 instances (6 error, 254 warning, 41 informational).",
      "weight": 0.35
    },
    "freshness": {
      "details": {
        "days_until_expiry": 8,
        "effective_expiry_date": "2026-08-31",
        "feed_end_date": "2026-08-31",
        "feed_start_date": "2026-03-26",
        "feed_version": "UTC: 26-Mar-2026 19:33",
        "has_feed_info": true,
        "last_service_date": "2026-11-25",
        "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": 72.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Service data runs out in 8 day(s).",
          "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice."
        }
      ],
      "name": "freshness",
      "score": 13.3,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "Service data runs out in 8 day(s). Publish an updated feed soon or riders will lose trip planning.",
      "weight": 0.2
    },
    "realtime": {
      "name": "realtime",
      "status": "not_yet_measured",
      "summary": "Not scored yet. Nothing here counts against the grade.",
      "weight": 0.2
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  "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": "Service data runs out in 8 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 does not meet the conformance requirements yet. Here is what the mark needs: 1 validator error to resolve. Service data runs out in 8 days; renew to qualify. 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,
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    "source_provenance": "unverified",
    "static_url": "https://data.trilliumtransit.com/gtfs/thebus-vt-us/thebus-vt-us--flex-v2.zip"
  },
  "fetch": {
    "final_url": "https://data.trilliumtransit.com/gtfs/thebus-vt-us/thebus-vt-us--flex-v2.zip",
    "max_attempts": 4,
    "reader_archive_profile": "raw-v1",
    "source": "origin",
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  "generated_at": "2026-08-10T00:00:00+00:00",
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      43.16363,
      -72.70519,
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    "lat": 43.60704,
    "lon": -72.97725,
    "stop_count": 306
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  "mode_profile": {
    "ferry_only": false,
    "graded": false,
    "has_ferry": false,
    "is_multimodal": false,
    "measured": true,
    "modes": [
      {
        "key": "bus",
        "label": "Bus",
        "route_count": 19,
        "trip_count": 787,
        "trip_share_pct": 100.0
      }
    ],
    "primary_mode": "bus",
    "primary_mode_label": "Bus",
    "route_count": 19,
    "trip_count": 787
  },
  "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": [
      "220"
    ],
    "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": "Service data runs out in 21 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. 1 validator error to resolve. Service data runs out in 21 days; renew before you certify."
  },
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    "margin_to_lower_band": 41.9,
    "margin_to_next_band": 18.1,
    "score": 41.9
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    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast",
      "count": 3,
      "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": "3 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Proctor, Ludlow, Bear).",
      "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": 88,
      "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": "88 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Pine St. & Maple St.\", \"Killington Ave. & Lafayette St.\", \"Curtis Ave. & Preston Park\", 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."
    }
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    "as_of": "2026-08-23",
    "feed_fetched_date": "2026-08-22",
    "kind": "freshness"
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    "findings": [
      {
        "code": "scorecard_orphan_stops",
        "count": 41,
        "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": "41 of 306 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": 41,
    "single_stop_trips": 0,
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    "has_shapes": true,
    "path": "data/artifacts/marble-valley-regional-transit-district-mvrtd-2831/geometry.geojson",
    "route_count": 19,
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        "color_name": "red",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1355",
        "label": "Rutland-Killington Commuter",
        "long": "Rutland-Killington Commuter",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "1067A9",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1356",
        "label": "Fair Haven",
        "long": "Fair Haven",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "006337",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1357",
        "label": "Hospital",
        "long": "Hospital",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "00A0B0",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1358",
        "label": "Ludlow",
        "long": "Ludlow",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "BC1B8D",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1359",
        "label": "Manchester",
        "long": "Manchester",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "B30437",
        "color_name": "red",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1360",
        "label": "Middlebury Connector",
        "long": "Middlebury Connector",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "EA0000",
        "color_name": "red",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1361",
        "label": "North",
        "long": "North",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "00A54F",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1362",
        "label": "Proctor",
        "long": "Proctor",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "24184C",
        "color_name": "black",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1363",
        "label": "South",
        "long": "South",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "00A6DE",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1416",
        "label": "West",
        "long": "West",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "1067A9",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": false,
        "id": "4966",
        "label": "Fair Haven Expansion",
        "long": "Fair Haven Expansion",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "1A7A46",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": false,
        "id": "7416",
        "label": "Marble Valley ADA Paratransit",
        "long": "Marble Valley ADA Paratransit",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "FC5656",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "77298",
        "label": "K1 - SnowShed",
        "long": "K1 - SnowShed",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "5871D9",
        "color_name": "blue",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "77299",
        "label": "Vale",
        "long": "Vale",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "00BEFD",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "77300",
        "label": "High Ridge",
        "long": "High Ridge",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "7C3B3C",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "77321",
        "label": "Bear",
        "long": "Bear",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "C2FFF4",
        "color_name": "white",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "77322",
        "label": "Skyship",
        "long": "Skyship",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "1A7A46",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": false,
        "id": "77490",
        "label": "O&D Marble Valley Community Transportation",
        "long": "O&D Marble Valley Community Transportation",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "E26A59",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "77649",
        "label": "Mountain Green",
        "long": "Mountain Green",
        "short": "",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      }
    ],
    "stop_count": 306,
    "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": "781 of 787 trips have a shape; 6 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": 787,
    "trips_with_shape": 781
  },
  "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": 72.0,
      "rank": 1,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "Service data runs out in 8 day(s).",
      "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice."
    },
    {
      "code": "invalid_pickup_drop_off_window",
      "count": 6,
      "effort": "Varies.",
      "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'invalid_pickup_drop_off_window' 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": "Invalid pickup drop off window (flagged by the MobilityData validator).",
      "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects."
    },
    {
      "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown",
      "count": 306,
      "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": "306 of 306 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"
}