{ "agency": { "id": "merrimack-valley-regional-transit-authority-mvrta", "name": "Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA)", "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": 15.0, "fares": 0.0, "headsigns": 15.0, "stop_names": 14.3, "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": 3026, "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0, "headsign_pct": 100.0, "headsign_scored_pct": 100.0, "headsign_stop_headsign_trips": 0, "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 95.7, "pathways": { "has_entrances": false, "has_levels": false, "has_pathways": false, "has_stations": false, "has_step_free": false, "pathway_count": 0 }, "stops": 807, "translations": { "feed_lang": "en-US", "has_translations": false, "languages": [], "translated_tables": [], "translation_count": 0 }, "trips": 3026, "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", "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_boarding_unknown", "line": "Fixing this covers all 807 stops in the feed.", "reach": { "affected": 807, "basis": "stops", "basis_label": "stops", "reason": "", "share": 1.0, "total": 807, "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": 807, "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": "807 of 807 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 3,026 trips in the feed.", "reach": { "affected": 3026, "basis": "trips", "basis_label": "trips", "reason": "", "share": 1.0, "total": 3026, "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": 3026, "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": "3026 of 3026 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." } ], "name": "completeness", "score": 44.3, "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 not published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 13, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 8, "WARNING": 1908 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "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": 1594, "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": 8.0, "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": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold", "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": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold", "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": 208, "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", "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": 73, "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_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": 19, "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": 6.0, "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": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces", "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": "leading_or_trailing_whitespaces", "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": "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": 6.0, "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_feed_info_date", "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": "missing_feed_info_date", "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": "Two fields, likely set once in your export settings.", "fix": "Fill in feed_start_date and feed_end_date in feed_info.txt.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "feed_info.txt does not state when this feed starts and ends.", "why": "Without stated dates, apps can't warn anyone before your data goes stale; it just disappears one day." }, { "code": "missing_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": "missing_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": 1, "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": "route_color_contrast", "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_color_contrast", "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 route.", "fix": "Pick a darker/lighter route_text_color for the flagged routes.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some route colors don't contrast with their text color.", "why": "Route badges get hard to read, most of all for riders with low vision." }, { "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": 1, "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": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Route short name too long (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "same_name_and_description_for_route", "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": "same_name_and_description_for_route", "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": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'same_name_and_description_for_route' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Same name and description for route (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "service_extends_far_in_the_future", "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_extends_far_in_the_future", "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": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'service_extends_far_in_the_future' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 0.5, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Service extends far in the future (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": 3, "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": 0.5, "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." }, { "code": "big_gap_in_service", "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": "big_gap_in_service", "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": "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": 42.5, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 13 kinds of issue across 1916 instances (0 error, 1908 warning, 8 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 26748, "effective_expiry_date": "2099-12-31", "expiry_limited_by": "service_calendar", "feed_end_date": null, "feed_start_date": "2026-10-06", "feed_version": "Fall 2026 V19", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2099-12-31", "seasonal_boundary": true, "service_horizon_review_years": 10, "service_horizon_status": "unusually_distant", "service_type": "fixed" }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_missing_feed_info_dates", "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_missing_feed_info_dates", "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": "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": 85.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service is published through 2099-12-31, an unusually distant end date. It may be intentional, but confirm it before treating the feed as maintained.", "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": "The published window is current, but its service end date is unusually distant; confirm that date is intentional.", "key": "current", "met": true }, { "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": "One requirement remains for this feed to earn the conformance mark. 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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": [ "240" ], "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": "The published window is current, but its service end date is unusually distant; confirm that date is intentional.", "key": "current", "status": "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": "ready", "summary": "Published at a public URL, valid, current, and identified with agency_id: the four feed checks for RY2026 all hold here. Only your own D-10 and P-50 filings make that official; this is a heads-up, not a determination." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 53.7, "margin_to_next_band": 6.3, "score": 53.7 }, "recommendations": [ { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 4, "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. 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It is not a worldwide standard or a compliance determination.", "rubric_version": "1.4" }, "shapes_readiness": { "detail": "All 3026 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 3026, "trips_with_shape": 3026 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-10-07", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_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. 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