{ "agency": { "id": "mass-transportation-authority-flint", "name": "Mass Transportation Authority Flint", "subdivision_code": "US-MI", "subdivision_name": "Michigan" }, "categories": { "completeness": { "details": { "accessibility": { "measures": "presence_not_usability", "score": 37.5, "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_stated_pct": 0.0, "trips_stated_pct": 100.0 }, "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability", "cemv": { "declared": false, "supported": false }, "components": { "contact": 7.5, "fares": 15.0, "headsigns": 15.0, "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": 1452, "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0, "headsign_pct": 100.0, "headsign_scored_pct": 100.0, "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": 1174, "translations": { "feed_lang": "en", "has_translations": false, "languages": [], "translated_tables": [], "translation_count": 0 }, "trips": 1452, "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 100.0, "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": 1174, "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": "1174 of 1174 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_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": 67.5, "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 published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 6, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 6, "INFO": 0, "WARNING": 61 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "invalid_date", "count": 6, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'invalid_date' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 18.0, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Invalid date (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops", "count": 51, "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": "mixed_case_recommended_field", "count": 6, "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": 6.0, "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": "missing_recommended_field", "count": 2, "effort": "A field at a time; not urgent.", "fix": "Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "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": "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": "missing_feed_contact_email_and_url", "count": 1, "effort": "One field, set once in export settings.", "fix": "Add feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url to feed_info.txt.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "feed_info.txt lists no contact email and no contact URL.", "why": "Without a contact, apps like Google Maps can't reach you when they find a problem in the feed." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 56.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 6 kinds of issue across 67 instances (6 error, 61 warning, 0 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": -2405, "effective_expiry_date": "2019-12-31", "feed_end_date": "2019-12-31", "feed_start_date": "2017-01-01", "feed_version": "20180904", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2020-12-31", "seasonal_boundary": false, "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 2405 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 2405 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": "1 validator error to resolve.", "key": "valid", "met": false }, { "detail": "Service data expired 2405 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. 1 validator error to resolve. Service data expired 2405 days ago. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 100% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each." }, "feed": { "license_note": "License: https://www.mtaflint.org/terms-of-use.html", "reachable": true, "sha256": "eb24675b9285411a699977f034a765888730c307ebc565d79d00da1a0bde4dd5", "size_bytes": 549860, "static_url": "https://www.mtaflint.org/wp-content/media/stops.zip" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mdb-latest/o/us-michigan-mass-transportation-authority-flint-gtfs-926.zip?alt=media", "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": "2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -83.78564, 42.89284, -83.5996, 43.12277 ], "lat": 43.02445, "lon": -83.69418, "stop_count": 1174 }, "mode_profile": { "ferry_only": false, "graded": false, "has_ferry": false, "is_multimodal": false, "measured": true, "modes": [ { "key": "bus", "label": "Bus", "route_count": 14, "trip_count": 1452, "trip_share_pct": 100.0 } ], "primary_mode": "bus", "primary_mode_label": "Bus", "route_count": 14, "trip_count": 1452 }, "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": [ "MTA" ], "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 expired 2405 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. 1 validator error to resolve. Service data expired 2405 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 45.6, "margin_to_next_band": 14.4, "score": 45.6 }, "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 (2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 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": 52, "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": "52 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Church at 3rd\", \"SBD Saginaw at 1st\", \"EBD Court at Dort SW\", 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": 1174, "findings": [], "orphan_stops": 0, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 1452 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 14, "has_shapes": true, "path": "data/artifacts/mass-transportation-authority-flint/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 14, "routes": [ { "color": "FFC425", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "1", "label": "1", "long": "North Saginaw", "short": "1", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "C26014", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "10", "label": "10", "long": "Richfield", "short": "10", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "094B98", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "11", "label": "11", "long": "Fenton Road", "short": "11", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "F37F19", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "12", "label": "12", "long": "Beecher-Corunna", "short": "12", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "EC5B69", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "13", "label": "13", "long": "Crosstown North", "short": "13", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "A9A9AF", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "15", "label": "15", "long": "Shopper Route", "short": "15", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "E82533", "color_name": "red", "has_shape": true, "id": "2", "label": "2", "long": "M.L.K", "short": "2", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "5C2383", "color_name": "purple", "has_shape": true, "id": "3", "label": "3", "long": "Miller-Linden", "short": "3", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "1292BD", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "4", "label": "4", "long": "Civic Park", "short": "4", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "2BA945", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "5", "label": "5", "long": "Dupont", "short": "5", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "C8A06B", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "6", "label": "6", "long": "Lewis-Selby", "short": "6", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "81402E", "color_name": "brown", "has_shape": true, "id": "7", "label": "7", "long": "Franklin", "short": "7", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "11845D", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "8", "label": "8", "long": "South Saginaw", "short": "8", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "E40079", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "9", "label": "9", "long": "Lapeer Road", "short": "9", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" } ], "stop_count": 1174, "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 1452 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 1452, "trips_with_shape": 1452 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-08-01", "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 2405 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": "invalid_date", "count": 6, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'invalid_date' 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 date (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 1174, "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": "1174 of 1174 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" }