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The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "line": "Fixing this covers 823 of 999 stops, about 82% of them.", "reach": { "affected": 823, "basis": "stops", "basis_label": "stops", "reason": "", "share": 0.8238, "total": 999, "total_source": "geo.stop_count" }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 823, "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": 20.6, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "823 of 999 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", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown", "line": "Fixing this covers all 989 trips in the feed.", "reach": { "affected": 989, "basis": "trips", "basis_label": "trips", "reason": "", "share": 1.0, "total": 989, "total_source": "routability.trips_total" }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 989, "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": "989 of 989 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_no_fare_data", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "scorecard_no_fare_data", "line": "This one is about the feed as a whole, so there is no share of it to count.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "feed_level", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "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_flex_no_booking_rules", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "scorecard_flex_no_booking_rules", "line": "What this one counts is not stops, routes, or trips, so there is no network share.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "not_network_countable", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 1, "effort": "A small file; one rule often covers the whole service.", "fix": "Add booking_rules.txt saying how far ahead and how to book (phone, app, or web).", "owner": "", "points": 0.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "This feed offers flexible service that riders book ahead, but it has no booking_rules.txt.", "why": "Riders can see the service area but not how or when to book a trip. Without that, they can't use the service." }, { "code": "scorecard_station_no_pathways", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "scorecard_station_no_pathways", "line": "What this one counts is not stops, routes, or trips, so there is no network share.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "not_network_countable", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 1, "effort": "Worth it for multi-level or large stations; flat stops don't need it.", "fix": "Add pathways.txt to link entrances, platforms, and elevators. Give each one a level.", "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": 49.4, "status": "measured", "summary": "18% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (18% marked accessible, 0% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is not published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 10, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 78, "WARNING": 392 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "stop_without_stop_time", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "stop_without_stop_time", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 338, "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": 8.0, "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": "route_short_name_too_long", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "route_short_name_too_long", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 41, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'route_short_name_too_long' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Route short name too long (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "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": "fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 4, "effort": "A few minutes per flagged trip.", "fix": "Check the flagged stop times for transposed minutes.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "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": "fast_travel_between_far_stops", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "fast_travel_between_far_stops", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 2, "effort": "Minutes per flagged trip once you open it.", "fix": "Check the two stop times for a wrong digit first. Then check whether a stop sits at the wrong coordinates, or a stop between them is missing.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Between two distant stops, the times imply a speed no bus reaches.", "why": "A rider gets a trip plan that cannot happen. Live systems then report delays that are not real." }, { "code": "route_long_name_contains_short_name", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "route_long_name_contains_short_name", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 1, "effort": "One field per flagged route.", "fix": "Drop the short name from route_long_name and keep the long name descriptive, like 'Downtown via 5th Ave'.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some route long names repeat the route's short name inside them.", "why": "Apps show both names together, so riders see the number twice, like '5 5 Downtown'." }, { "code": "unknown_column", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "unknown_column", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 34, "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", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "service_window_outside_feed_period", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 27, "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": "platform_without_parent_station", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "platform_without_parent_station", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "count": 9, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'platform_without_parent_station' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 0.8, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Platform without parent station (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "unknown_file", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "unknown_file", "line": "This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "validator_notice", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "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": 65.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 10 kinds of issue across 470 instances (0 error, 392 warning, 78 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 25, "effective_expiry_date": "2026-11-01", "expiry_limited_by": "both", "feed_end_date": "2026-11-01", "feed_start_date": "2026-09-14", "feed_version": "UTC: 14-Sep-2026 21:04", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2026-11-01", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_horizon_review_years": 10, "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold", "service_type": "fixed" }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expiring_soon", "consequence": { "absences": [ "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.", "This record does not store transit need. The agency page and its reports add it from the need overlays and name their date." ], "code": "scorecard_feed_expiring_soon", "line": "This one is about the feed as a whole, so there is no share of it to count.", "reach": { "affected": null, "basis": "none", "basis_label": null, "reason": "feed_level", "share": null, "total": null, "total_source": null }, "ridership": { "annual_rider_trips": null, "ntd_id": null, "reason": "no_ntd_id" }, "served_area_need": { "reason": "not_joined_here", "scale": "us_acs", "tier": null } }, "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": 55.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Service data runs out in 25 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": 41.7, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data runs out in 25 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 } }, "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 25 days; renew to qualify.", "key": "current", "met": false }, { "detail": "States wheelchair access on 18% 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 25 days; renew to qualify. States wheelchair access on 18% 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, "sha256": "cc37e2bae137a91ced06fe1498dc5660a9a2d7c09fbb92c26bad2561051860e5", "size_bytes": 9827967, "source_provenance": "unverified", "static_url": "https://data.trilliumtransit.com/gtfs/megabus-us/megabus-us.zip" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://data.trilliumtransit.com/gtfs/megabus-us/megabus-us.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": "2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -121.50401, 25.79625, -73.56585, 45.49775 ], "lat": 41.10469, "lon": -74.21923, "stop_count": 999 }, "mode_profile": { "ferry_only": false, "graded": false, "has_ferry": false, "is_multimodal": false, "measured": true, "modes": [ { "key": "bus", "label": "Bus", "route_count": 43, "trip_count": 989, "trip_share_pct": 100.0 } ], "primary_mode": "bus", "primary_mode_label": "Bus", "route_count": 43, "trip_count": 989 }, "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": [ "2356", "1801", "1574", "1573", "1566", "1559", "1558", "664", "563", "562" ], "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 runs out in 25 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 25 days; renew before you certify." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 54.3, "margin_to_next_band": 5.7, "score": 54.3 }, "recommendations": [ { "category": "flex", "code": "scorecard_flex_completeness_no_booking_rules", "count": 1, "effort": "A small file; one rule often covers the whole service.", "fix": "Add booking_rules.txt with how far ahead and how to reserve (phone, app, or web).", "owner": "", "points": 0.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Flex zones are published but no booking_rules.txt is present.", "why": "Riders can see the service area but not how to book, so they can't complete a trip." }, { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 10, "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": "10 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (ShortLine Hudson, ShortLine Hudson, ShortLine Hudson, ShortLine Hudson, ShortLine Hudson, and more).", "why": "Riders with low vision struggle to read a low-contrast route badge. 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