{ "agency": { "id": "massachusetts-ferry-service", "name": "Massachusetts Ferry Service", "subdivision_code": "US-MA", "subdivision_name": "Massachusetts" }, "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": 7.5, "fares": 0.0, "headsigns": 12.9, "stop_names": 15.0, "wheelchair_stops": 0.0, "wheelchair_trips": 0.0 }, "fare_free": false, "fares": { "applied": false, "has_leg_rules": false, "has_products": false, "has_transfer_rules": false, "model": "none", "product_count": 0 }, "flex": { "booking_reachable": false, "booking_rule_count": 0, "has_booking_rules": false, "has_flex": false }, "has_fares": false, "headsign_applicable_trips": 340, "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0, "headsign_pct": 86.2, "headsign_scored_pct": 86.2, "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": 34, "translations": { "feed_lang": null, "has_translations": false, "languages": [], "translated_tables": [], "translation_count": 0 }, "trips": 340, "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": 34, "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 terminal. A field survey can start with the busiest terminals.", "owner": "Likely your team", "points": 25.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "34 of 34 terminals 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": 340, "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": "340 of 340 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.", "why": "Even with accessible terminals, riders need to know the vessel itself can take them." }, { "code": "scorecard_no_fare_data", "count": 1, "effort": "A small file for most flat-fare systems.", "fix": "Add fare_attributes.txt (or Fares v2 files) with your fare structure. If your service is fare-free, ask to have it marked fare-free instead.", "owner": "", "points": 15.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "The feed contains no fare information.", "why": "Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected." }, { "code": "scorecard_missing_headsigns", "count": 47, "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": 2.1, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "47 of 340 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_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": 35.4, "status": "measured", "summary": "0% of terminals state wheelchair accessibility (0% marked accessible, 0% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a terminal is physically usable. Fare data is not published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 7, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 1, "WARNING": 438 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "missing_bike_allowance", "count": 340, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'missing_bike_allowance' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 8.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Missing bike allowance (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "expired_calendar", "count": 91, "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": 8.0, "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": "same_route_and_agency_url", "count": 4, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'same_route_and_agency_url' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Same route and agency url (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually one export setting.", "fix": "Trim leading and trailing spaces on export. The scorecard's auto-fixed copy already does this.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some values have extra spaces at the start or end.", "why": "A stray space can break a match, so a stop or route may fail to link across files." }, { "code": "missing_recommended_file", "count": 1, "effort": "One small file, set once in export settings.", "fix": "Add feed_info.txt with publisher name, URL, language, and feed_start_date/feed_end_date.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "A file GTFS asks for (usually feed_info.txt) is missing.", "why": "feed_info.txt tells apps who publishes the feed and when it expires; without it nobody is warned before data goes stale." }, { "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": 1, "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." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 67.5, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 7 kinds of issue across 439 instances (0 error, 438 warning, 1 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": -5692, "effective_expiry_date": "2010-12-31", "feed_end_date": null, "feed_start_date": null, "feed_version": null, "has_feed_info": false, "last_service_date": "2010-12-31", "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 5692 day(s) ago.", "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the vessels are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist." }, { "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 (the file itself is absent)", "why": "Apps and this scorecard can't warn anyone before the feed goes stale without stated validity dates." } ], "name": "freshness", "score": 0.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data ended 5692 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": "Passes validation with no errors.", "key": "valid", "met": true }, { "detail": "Service data expired 5692 days ago.", "key": "current", "met": false }, { "detail": "States wheelchair access on 0% of terminals 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. Service data expired 5692 days ago. States wheelchair access on 0% of terminals and 0% 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": "935704e6f968e21901a71ab51d1c825aad2a73eeca680f17703e5b98d553d8a4", "size_bytes": 12326, "static_url": "https://transitfeeds.com/p/massdot/109/latest/download" }, "ferry_profile": { "accessibility": { "measures": "published_values_not_physical_usability", "terminals": { "allowed_count": 0, "allowed_pct": 0.0, "not_allowed_count": 0, "not_allowed_pct": 0.0, "stated_count": 0, "stated_pct": 0.0, "total_count": 34 }, "trips": { "allowed_count": 0, "allowed_pct": 0.0, "not_allowed_count": 0, "not_allowed_pct": 0.0, "stated_count": 0, "stated_pct": 0.0, "total_count": 340 } }, "bikes": { "allowed_count": 0, "allowed_pct": 0.0, "not_allowed_count": 0, "not_allowed_pct": 0.0, "stated_count": 0, "stated_pct": 0.0, "total_count": 340 }, "cars": { "allowed_count": 0, "allowed_pct": 0.0, "not_allowed_count": 0, "not_allowed_pct": 0.0, "stated_count": 0, "stated_pct": 0.0, "total_count": 340 }, "fares": { "applied": false, "fare_free": false, "model": "none", "scope": "whole_feed" }, "graded": false, "measured": true, "realtime": { "configured_kinds": [], "kinds_configured": 0, "scope": "whole_feed" }, "route_count": 25, "scope": "ferry_routes_and_trips", "stop_access": { "direct_count": 0, "eligible_terminal_count": 0, "stated_count": 0, "stated_pct": null, "through_station_count": 0 }, "terminal_hierarchy": { "boarding_location_count": 34, "parented_boarding_location_count": 0, "parented_boarding_location_pct": 0.0, "referenced_station_count": 0 }, "trip_count": 340 }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mdb-latest/o/us-massachusetts-massachusetts-ferry-service-gtfs-1309.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": [ -74.00662, 40.4091, -70.05891, 42.52193 ], "lat": 41.65995, "lon": -70.91255, "stop_count": 34 }, "mode_profile": { "ferry_only": true, "graded": false, "has_ferry": true, "is_multimodal": false, "measured": true, "modes": [ { "key": "ferry", "label": "Ferry", "route_count": 25, "trip_count": 340, "trip_share_pct": 100.0 } ], "primary_mode": "ferry", "primary_mode_label": "Ferry", "route_count": 25, "trip_count": 340 }, "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": [ "NEFAST", "ISLAND", "CUTTY", "HYLIN", "FALMO", "HARWI", "SSA", "SAL", "BAYST", "HARBO", "CHAPP", "HARBOI", "VINEY", "PLYMOPROVIBOAT" ], "status": "unknown" }, "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 expired 5692 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. Service data expired 5692 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 40.6, "margin_to_next_band": 19.4, "score": 40.6 }, "recommendations": [], "routability": { "boardable_stops": 34, "findings": [], "orphan_stops": 0, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 340 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 0, "has_shapes": false, "path": "data/artifacts/massachusetts-ferry-service/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 25, "routes": [ { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "BUMPKBOAT", "label": "Bumpkin, Georges, Grape, Lovells, Peddocks& South Shore Connector", "long": "Bumpkin, Georges, Grape, Lovells, Peddocks& South Shore Connector", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "CHAPPBOAT", "label": "Chappy Ferry", "long": "Chappy Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "CONNEBOAT", "label": "Spectacle & Georges Connector", "long": "Spectacle & Georges Connector", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "CUTTYBOAT", "label": "Cuttyhunk-New Bedford", "long": "Cuttyhunk-New Bedford", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "FALMOBOAT", "label": "Falmouth Ferry", "long": "Falmouth Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "FREEDBOAT", "label": "Harwich-Nantucket", "long": "Harwich-Nantucket", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "HY1BOAT", "label": "Nantucket-Hyannis Fast Ferry", "long": "Nantucket-Hyannis Fast Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "HY2BOAT", "label": "Hyannis-Oak Bluffs", "long": "Hyannis-Oak Bluffs", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "HY3BOAT", "label": "Visit Both Islands: Hyannis-Nantucket-Oak Bluffs", "long": "Visit Both Islands: Hyannis-Nantucket-Oak Bluffs", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "HY4BOAT", "label": "Inter-Island: Oak Bluffs-Nantucket", "long": "Inter-Island: Oak Bluffs-Nantucket", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "HYANBOAT", "label": "Hyannis-Nantucket", "long": "Hyannis-Nantucket", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "HYANFBOAT", "label": "Hyannis-Nantucket Fast Ferry", "long": "Hyannis-Nantucket Fast Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "ISLANDBOAT", "label": "Island Queen", "long": "Island Queen", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "LONGBOAT", "label": "Long Wharf-Spectacle/Georges", "long": "Long Wharf-Spectacle/Georges", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "NEWBEBLUFFBOAT", "label": "New Bedford-Oak Bluffs", "long": "New Bedford-Oak Bluffs", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "NEWBEVINEYBOAT", "label": "New Bedford-Vineyard Haven", "long": "New Bedford-Vineyard Haven", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "NEWYOBOAT", "label": "New York-Martha's Vineyard", "long": "New York-Martha's Vineyard", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "OAKBOAT", "label": "Woods Hole-Oak Bluffs", "long": "Woods Hole-Oak Bluffs", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "PLYMOPROVIBOAT", "label": "Provincetown Ferry", "long": "Provincetown Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "PROV1BOAT", "label": "Bay State Cruise Co. Provincetown Ferry", "long": "Bay State Cruise Co. Provincetown Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "PROV2BOAT", "label": "BHC Provincetown Ferry", "long": "BHC Provincetown Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "SALEMBOAT", "label": "Salem-Boston", "long": "Salem-Boston", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "THOMPBOAT", "label": "Thompson Island Ferry", "long": "Thompson Island Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "VINEYBOAT", "label": "Woods Hole-Vineyard Haven", "long": "Woods Hole-Vineyard Haven", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" }, { "color": "1B7FA8", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": false, "id": "VINEYFBOAT", "label": "Vineyard Fast Ferry", "long": "Vineyard Fast Ferry", "short": "", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Ferry" } ], "stop_count": 34, "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": "No trips in this feed have a shape_id linked to a row in shapes.txt.", "fix": "Add shapes.txt with a shape_id for each trip's path, and set trips.shape_id to match. Reduced, Rural, and Tribal NTD reporters need this in their published GTFS starting Report Year 2026; Full Reporters needed it in Report Year 2025.", "status": "not_ready", "total_trips": 340, "trips_with_shape": 0 }, "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 5692 day(s) ago.", "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the vessels are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist." }, { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 34, "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 terminal. A field survey can start with the busiest terminals.", "owner": "Likely your team", "points": 25.0, "rank": 2, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "34 of 34 terminals 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": 340, "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": "340 of 340 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.", "why": "Even with accessible terminals, riders need to know the vessel itself can take them." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }