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    "name": "North Carolina State University (NCSU)",
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          "supported": false
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          "headsigns": 15.0,
          "stop_names": 15.0,
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        "headsign_scored_pct": 100.0,
        "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 100.0,
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          "has_levels": false,
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        {
          "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown",
          "count": 118,
          "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": 24.4,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "118 of 121 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": 303,
          "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": 12.7,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "303 of 358 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",
          "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": 47.9,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "2% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (2% 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": 7,
        "instances_by_severity": {
          "ERROR": 0,
          "INFO": 11,
          "WARNING": 35
        },
        "validator_version": "8.0.1"
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "code": "stop_without_stop_time",
          "count": 31,
          "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": 6.0,
          "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": "stops_match_shape_out_of_order",
          "count": 2,
          "effort": "A few minutes per flagged trip.",
          "fix": "Check the stop order and the shape direction in your scheduling software; the shape is often drawn backwards.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 4.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "On some trips the stops fall along the route line in a different order than the schedule lists.",
          "why": "Trip planners can draw the bus doubling back or skipping ahead, which confuses riders reading the map."
        },
        {
          "code": "route_long_name_contains_short_name",
          "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": "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": 8,
          "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": 0.8,
          "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."
        },
        {
          "code": "service_window_outside_feed_period",
          "count": 2,
          "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": 0.5,
          "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": "feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window",
          "count": 1,
          "effort": "Varies.",
          "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 0.5,
          "severity": "INFO",
          "what": "Feed valid beyond total service window (flagged by the MobilityData validator).",
          "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects."
        }
      ],
      "name": "correctness",
      "score": 80.2,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 7 kinds of issue across 46 instances (0 error, 35 warning, 11 informational).",
      "weight": 0.35
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        "effective_expiry_date": "2026-08-31",
        "feed_end_date": "2026-08-31",
        "feed_start_date": "2026-07-31",
        "feed_version": "20250228",
        "has_feed_info": true,
        "last_service_date": "2027-12-31",
        "seasonal_boundary": false,
        "service_horizon_review_years": 10,
        "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold",
        "service_type": "fixed"
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      "name": "freshness",
      "score": 50.0,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "Service data covers the next 30 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 agency's own URL."
    ],
    "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 30 days; renew to qualify.",
        "key": "current",
        "met": false
      },
      {
        "detail": "States wheelchair access on 2% of stops and 15% 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 runs out in 30 days; renew to qualify. States wheelchair access on 2% of stops and 15% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each."
  },
  "feed": {
    "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.",
    "reachable": true,
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    "source": "origin",
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    "graded": false,
    "has_ferry": false,
    "is_multimodal": false,
    "measured": true,
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        "label": "Bus",
        "route_count": 15,
        "trip_count": 358,
        "trip_share_pct": 100.0
      }
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    "primary_mode": "bus",
    "primary_mode_label": "Bus",
    "route_count": 15,
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  "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": [
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    "pillars": [
      {
        "detail": "Published at a public URL.",
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        "status": "ready"
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      {
        "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.",
        "key": "valid",
        "status": "ready"
      },
      {
        "detail": "Service data runs out in 30 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 30 days; renew before you certify."
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    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast",
      "count": 8,
      "effort": "A per-route color setting in your scheduling software.",
      "fix": "Adjust route_color or route_text_color so each pair clears 4.5:1. Often switching the text between black and white is enough.",
      "owner": "Likely your export tool",
      "points": 0.0,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "8 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (BSK, 20, 41, 42, 51, and more).",
      "why": "Low-contrast route badges are hard to read for riders with low vision and wash out on a phone screen in sunlight at the stop."
    },
    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_stop_name_needs_tts",
      "count": 100,
      "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": "100 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Avent Ferry at Gorman St (WB)\", \"Avent Ferry Rd at Avery Close Apt\", \"Avent Ferry Rd at Brigadoon Dr (NB)\", 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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        "code": "scorecard_orphan_stops",
        "count": 31,
        "effort": "A cleanup pass in your scheduling software.",
        "fix": "Remove stops no route serves, or add the trips that should call at them.",
        "owner": "Likely your export tool",
        "points": 0.0,
        "severity": "INFO",
        "what": "31 of 121 boardable stops are never served by any trip.",
        "why": "Riders see these stops in apps and on the map but can never catch anything there, which erodes trust in the data."
      }
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        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "78B6E4",
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        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "D6616B",
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        "label": "GRK",
        "long": "Greek Football Shuttle (\"Greek Terror\")",
        "short": "GRK",
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        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "9A0909",
        "color_name": "red",
        "has_shape": false,
        "id": "5993",
        "label": "RT",
        "long": "Red Terror",
        "short": "RT",
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        "type_label": "Bus"
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    "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"
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    "detail": "All 358 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.",
    "status": "ready",
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    "trips_with_shape": 358
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      "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown",
      "count": 118,
      "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": 24.4,
      "rank": 1,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "118 of 121 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there.",
      "why": "Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all."
    },
    {
      "code": "scorecard_no_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,
      "rank": 2,
      "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_wheelchair_accessible_unknown",
      "count": 303,
      "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": 12.7,
      "rank": 3,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "303 of 358 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."
    }
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