{ "agency": { "id": "santa-maria-area-transit-2272", "name": "Santa Maria Area Transit" }, "autofix": { "available": false }, "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": 2.6, "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_pct": 17.6, "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": 289, "trips": 528, "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": 289, "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": "289 of 289 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": 528, "effort": "Often one default setting in your export.", "fix": "Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 15.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "528 of 528 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." }, { "code": "scorecard_missing_headsigns", "count": 435, "effort": "Usually a bulk edit in your scheduling software.", "fix": "Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 12.4, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "435 of 528 trips have no headsign.", "why": "Riders at the stop can't tell which direction a bus is going." }, { "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": "App makers and state data programs have nobody to email when they spot a problem with your feed, so problems linger." } ], "name": "completeness", "score": 25.1, "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": 6, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 98, "WARNING": 443 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops", "count": 376, "effort": "A few minutes per flagged trip.", "fix": "Check the flagged stop times for transposed minutes.", "owner": "", "points": 8.0, "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": "stop_too_far_from_shape_using_user_distance", "count": 41, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'stop_too_far_from_shape_using_user_distance' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Stop too far from shape using user distance (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "missing_recommended_field", "count": 23, "effort": "A field at a time; not urgent.", "fix": "Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "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_long_name_contains_short_name", "count": 2, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'route_long_name_contains_short_name' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Route long name contains short name (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "missing_feed_contact_email_and_url", "count": 1, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'missing_feed_contact_email_and_url' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Missing feed contact email and url (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "big_gap_in_service", "count": 98, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'big_gap_in_service' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 1.0, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Big gap in service (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 71.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 6 kinds of issue across 541 instances (0 error, 443 warning, 98 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 358, "feed_end_date": null, "feed_start_date": null, "feed_version": null, "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2027-07-02", "seasonal_boundary": true, "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", "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 358 days.", "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 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 covers the next 358 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": "This feed is close to the conformance mark. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops 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": "22b1fa98c6f5a204593ff02629225cf045bddd12b3a229dc250e01d4e0f19d43", "size_bytes": 1013817, "static_url": "https://smrt.tripshot.com/v1/gtfs.zip?regionId=CA558DDC-D7F2-4B48-9CAC-DEEA1134F820" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://smrt.tripshot.com/v1/gtfs.zip?regionId=CA558DDC-D7F2-4B48-9CAC-DEEA1134F820", "max_attempts": 4, "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": "2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -120.6624, 34.59594, -120.08615, 35.28289 ], "lat": 34.93915, "lon": -120.43573, "stop_count": 289 }, "ntd_id_alignment": { "detail": "Setting your GTFS agency_id to your five-digit NTD ID is an optional way to line a feed up with its National Transit Database record. FTA links the two on your P-50 form, so it is not a required feed change. We don't have your NTD ID on file, so this is not checked yet.", "feed_agency_ids": [ "427f436c-699f-40bf-ac6f-363f94014484" ], "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 covers the next 358 days.", "key": "current", "status": "ready" } ], "status": "ready", "summary": "Published at a public URL, valid, and current: the three things the NTD GTFS requirement asks of a feed all hold here. Only your own D-10 certification makes that official; this is a heads-up, not a determination." }, "overall": { "grade": "D", "margin_to_lower_band": 0.2, "margin_to_next_band": 9.8, "score": 60.2 }, "recommendations": [ { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 6, "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": "6 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (11, 30, 5, 12X, 11B, 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": 74, "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": "74 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Panther @ PVHS\", \"Orcutt Rd at Clark Ave\", \"Carmen Ln at Carmelia Ln.\", 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." } ], "routability": { "boardable_stops": 289, "findings": [], "orphan_stops": 0, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 528 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 20, "has_shapes": true, "path": "data/artifacts/santa-maria-area-transit-2272/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 20, "routes": [ { "color": "FF0F4F", "color_name": "red", "has_shape": true, "id": "1", "label": "1", "long": "Rt 1. 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Broadway", "short": "1B", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "7DB5FF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "2", "label": "2", "long": "Rt 2. Transit Center to PVH School via Western., Donovan Rd", "short": "2", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "F8530D", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "20", "label": "20", "long": "Route 20 - Santa Maria Transit Center/Los Alamos/Buellton/Solvang-OB", "short": "20", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "999999", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "210", "label": "210", "long": "SLO 210", "short": "210", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "35FF26", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "3", "label": "3", "long": "Rt 3. Transit Center to Marian Hospital to PVH School, via E. Main, Suey Ln.", "short": "3", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "140CF7", "color_name": "blue", "has_shape": true, "id": "30", "label": "30", "long": "Route 30 - Santa Maria Transit Center/Vandenberg/Lompoc", "short": "30", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "A2856D", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "3eda72a2-f014-4ac1-a972-b6d219ce2247", "label": "40", "long": "Route 40 - Guadalupe Flyer", "short": "40", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFAC1C", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "4", "label": "4", "long": "Rt 4. Transit Center to SMH school to VTC via Cook St., Thornburg., Betteravia Rd.", "short": "4", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "2A5E37", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "5", "label": "5", "long": "Rt 5. Transit Center to Gov't Cntr to Evergreen Shopping Center via Miller St., S.M. Way", "short": "5", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FA4B28", "color_name": "red", "has_shape": true, "id": "6", "label": "6", "long": "Rt 6. Oak Knolls to Old Orcutt-East to West-Outbound", "short": "6", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "944894", "color_name": "purple", "has_shape": true, "id": "7", "label": "7", "long": "Rt 7. A. H. College, Crossroads Shopping Center via Boone St, Bradley Rd.", "short": "7", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "F241E6", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "8", "label": "8", "long": "Rt 8. Tanglewood to Crossroads Shopping Center via McCoy Ln.", "short": "8", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "AB5513", "color_name": "brown", "has_shape": true, "id": "8a7c42f9-51e4-4848-bf88-30c210f149ad", "label": "11", "long": "Rt 11. Transit Center to Gov't Center via S. Broadway", "short": "11", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FF14B9", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "9", "label": "9", "long": "Rt 9. Transit Center to PVH via Alvin Ave.", "short": "9", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "718669", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "Guad Route 41", "label": "41", "long": "Route 41 - Guadalupe Local", "short": "41", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "BDE670", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "Route 14", "label": "14", "long": "Rt. 14 Transit Center to Fairway Drive Via Blosser", "short": "14", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" } ], "stop_count": 289, "stop_points_capped": false }, "rubric_version": "1.1", "schema_version": "1.7", "shapes_readiness": { "detail": "All 528 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 528, "trips_with_shape": 528 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-07-09", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 289, "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": 1, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "289 of 289 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": 528, "effort": "Often one default setting in your export.", "fix": "Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 15.0, "rank": 2, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "528 of 528 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_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, "rank": 3, "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." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }