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    "id": "new-jersey-transit-nj-transit-509",
    "name": "New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) Rail",
    "subdivision_code": "US-NJ",
    "subdivision_name": "New Jersey"
  },
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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
        },
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        "cemv": {
          "declared": false,
          "supported": false
        },
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          "contact": 7.5,
          "fares": 0.0,
          "headsigns": 15.0,
          "stop_names": 0.1,
          "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": 3692,
        "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0,
        "headsign_pct": 100.0,
        "headsign_scored_pct": 100.0,
        "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 0.9,
        "pathways": {
          "has_entrances": false,
          "has_levels": false,
          "has_pathways": false,
          "has_stations": false,
          "has_step_free": false,
          "pathway_count": 0
        },
        "stops": 231,
        "translations": {
          "feed_lang": null,
          "has_translations": false,
          "languages": [],
          "translated_tables": [],
          "translation_count": 0
        },
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        "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": 231,
          "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": "231 of 231 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": 3692,
          "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": "3692 of 3692 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.",
          "why": "Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the transit vehicle 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_stop_names_all_caps",
          "count": 229,
          "effort": "Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.",
          "fix": "Rename stops to mixed case where the language has letter case (for example, 'Central Station').",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 14.9,
          "severity": "INFO",
          "what": "About 229 stop names are written in ALL CAPS.",
          "why": "Mixed-case names are easier to read in apps and are read more naturally by screen readers."
        },
        {
          "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": 22.6,
      "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 not published.",
      "weight": 0.25
    },
    "correctness": {
      "details": {
        "distinct_codes": 5,
        "instances_by_severity": {
          "ERROR": 791,
          "INFO": 0,
          "WARNING": 3024
        },
        "validator_version": "8.0.1"
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "code": "block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times",
          "count": 688,
          "effort": "Varies.",
          "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 24.0,
          "severity": "ERROR",
          "what": "Block trips with overlapping stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).",
          "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects."
        },
        {
          "code": "decreasing_or_equal_stop_time_distance",
          "count": 103,
          "effort": "Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.",
          "fix": "Re-generate shape distances in your export; flag to your vendor if it persists.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 24.0,
          "severity": "ERROR",
          "what": "Some trips have stop times whose distances along the route go backwards.",
          "why": "Apps can show transit vehicles jumping backwards or mis-order stops."
        },
        {
          "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field",
          "count": 3020,
          "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": "stop_too_far_from_shape_using_user_distance",
          "count": 3,
          "effort": "Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.",
          "fix": "Check the flagged stops' shape_dist_traveled against the route shape, and re-generate it on export if they disagree.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 4.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Some stops sit far from the route line, going by the feed's own distance values.",
          "why": "Trip planners may draw the route down the wrong path or point riders to the wrong boarding location."
        },
        {
          "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."
        }
      ],
      "name": "correctness",
      "score": 36.0,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 5 kinds of issue across 3815 instances (791 error, 3024 warning, 0 informational).",
      "weight": 0.35
    },
    "freshness": {
      "details": {
        "days_until_expiry": 174,
        "effective_expiry_date": "2027-02-13",
        "feed_end_date": null,
        "feed_start_date": null,
        "feed_version": null,
        "has_feed_info": false,
        "last_service_date": "2027-02-13",
        "seasonal_boundary": false,
        "service_horizon_review_years": 10,
        "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold",
        "service_type": "fixed"
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "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": 85.0,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "Service data covers the next 174 days.",
      "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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    "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": "2 validator errors to resolve.",
        "key": "valid",
        "met": false
      },
      {
        "detail": "Service data covers the next 174 days.",
        "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": "Two requirements remain for this feed to earn the conformance mark. 2 validator errors to resolve. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.",
    "version": 2
  },
  "feed": {
    "license_note": "License: https://www.njtransit.com/developer-tools",
    "reachable": true,
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    "source_provenance": "unverified",
    "static_url": "https://www.njtransit.com/rail_data.zip"
  },
  "fetch": {
    "final_url": "https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/developers-resources/rail_data.zip",
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    "reader_archive_profile": "raw-v1",
    "source": "origin",
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      39.3633,
      -73.98833,
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    "lon": -74.20616,
    "stop_count": 231
  },
  "mode_profile": {
    "ferry_only": false,
    "graded": false,
    "has_ferry": false,
    "is_multimodal": true,
    "measured": true,
    "modes": [
      {
        "key": "tram",
        "label": "Tram / light rail",
        "route_count": 3,
        "trip_count": 2252,
        "trip_share_pct": 61.0
      },
      {
        "key": "rail",
        "label": "Rail",
        "route_count": 14,
        "trip_count": 1440,
        "trip_share_pct": 39.0
      }
    ],
    "primary_mode": "tram",
    "primary_mode_label": "Tram / light rail",
    "route_count": 17,
    "trip_count": 3692
  },
  "ntd_id_alignment": {
    "detail": "Your feed's agency_id is NJB, NJT; your National Transit Database ID is 20080. A feed that serves several agencies (a shared regional feed) can legitimately carry more than one agency_id. The values do not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID, so this difference is allowed and carries no score.",
    "feed_agency_ids": [
      "NJB",
      "NJT"
    ],
    "fix": "Confirm that P-50 crosswalks agency_id NJB, NJT to NTD ID 20080, and keep the feed value stable. Do not change it solely to make the two values equal.",
    "ntd_id": "20080",
    "status": "mismatch"
  },
  "ntd_readiness": {
    "pillars": [
      {
        "detail": "Published at a public URL.",
        "key": "published",
        "status": "ready"
      },
      {
        "detail": "2 validator errors to resolve.",
        "key": "valid",
        "status": "at_risk"
      },
      {
        "detail": "Service data covers the next 176 days.",
        "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": "at_risk",
    "summary": "This feed is close to NTD-ready. 2 validator errors to resolve."
  },
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    "margin_to_next_band": 15.9,
    "score": 44.1
  },
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    {
      "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. Often switching the text between black and white is enough.",
      "owner": "Likely your export tool",
      "points": 0.0,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "4 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (ATLC, HBLR, PASC, RVLN).",
      "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": 11,
      "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": "11 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"30TH ST. PHL.\", \"NEWARK BROAD ST\", \"PRINCETON JCT.\", 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": [],
    "orphan_stops": 0,
    "single_stop_trips": 0,
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  },
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    "has_shapes": true,
    "path": "data/artifacts/new-jersey-transit-nj-transit-509/geometry.geojson",
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        "color": "075AAA",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1",
        "label": "ATLC",
        "long": "Atlantic City Rail Line",
        "short": "ATLC",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "DD3439",
        "color_name": "red",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "10",
        "label": "NEC",
        "long": "Northeast Corridor",
        "short": "NEC",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "03A3DF",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "11",
        "label": "NJCL",
        "long": "North Jersey Coast Line",
        "short": "NJCL",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "03A3DF",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "12",
        "label": "NJCLL",
        "long": "North Jersey Coast Line",
        "short": "NJCLL",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "009AD1",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "13",
        "label": "NLR",
        "long": "Newark Light Rail",
        "short": "NLR",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Tram / light rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "94219A",
        "color_name": "purple",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "14",
        "label": "PASC",
        "long": "Pascack Valley Line",
        "short": "PASC",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "DD3439",
        "color_name": "red",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "15",
        "label": "PRIN",
        "long": "Princeton Shuttle",
        "short": "PRIN",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "F2A537",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "16",
        "label": "RARV",
        "long": "Raritan Valley Line",
        "short": "RARV",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "00008B",
        "color_name": "blue",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "17",
        "label": "RVLN",
        "long": "Riverline Light Rail",
        "short": "RVLN",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Tram / light rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "E66859",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "2",
        "label": "BNTN",
        "long": "Montclair-Boonton Line",
        "short": "BNTN",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "E66859",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3",
        "label": "BNTNM",
        "long": "Montclair-Boonton Line",
        "short": "BNTNM",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "008080",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "4",
        "label": "HBLR",
        "long": "Hudson-Bergen Light Rail",
        "short": "HBLR",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Tram / light rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "FFD411",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "5",
        "label": "MNBN",
        "long": "Main/Bergen County Line",
        "short": "MNBN",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "FFD411",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "6",
        "label": "MNBNP",
        "long": "Port Jervis Line",
        "short": "MNBNP",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "08A652",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "7",
        "label": "MNE",
        "long": "Morris & Essex Line",
        "short": "MNE",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "A4C9AA",
        "color_name": "gray",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "8",
        "label": "MNEG",
        "long": "Gladstone Branch",
        "short": "MNEG",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      },
      {
        "color": "C1AA72",
        "color_name": "gray",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "9",
        "label": "MRL",
        "long": "Meadowlands Rail Line",
        "short": "MRL",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Rail"
      }
    ],
    "stop_count": 231,
    "stop_points_capped": false
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  "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": "All 3692 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.",
    "status": "ready",
    "total_trips": 3692,
    "trips_with_shape": 3692
  },
  "snapshot_date": "2026-08-23",
  "top_fixes": [
    {
      "code": "block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times",
      "count": 688,
      "effort": "Varies.",
      "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.",
      "owner": "",
      "points": 24.0,
      "rank": 1,
      "severity": "ERROR",
      "what": "Block trips with overlapping stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).",
      "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects."
    },
    {
      "code": "decreasing_or_equal_stop_time_distance",
      "count": 103,
      "effort": "Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.",
      "fix": "Re-generate shape distances in your export; flag to your vendor if it persists.",
      "owner": "Likely your export tool",
      "points": 24.0,
      "rank": 2,
      "severity": "ERROR",
      "what": "Some trips have stop times whose distances along the route go backwards.",
      "why": "Apps can show transit vehicles jumping backwards or mis-order stops."
    },
    {
      "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown",
      "count": 231,
      "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": "231 of 231 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"
}