{ "agency": { "id": "sound-transit", "name": "Sound Transit", "subdivision_code": "US-WA", "subdivision_name": "Washington" }, "categories": { "completeness": { "details": { "accessibility": { "measures": "presence_not_usability", "score": 100.0, "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 97.8, "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 2.2, "stops_stated_pct": 100.0, "trips_stated_pct": 100.0 }, "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability", "cemv": { "declared": false, "supported": false }, "components": { "contact": 15.0, "fares": 15.0, "headsigns": 15.0, "stop_names": 14.9, "wheelchair_stops": 25.0, "wheelchair_trips": 15.0 }, "fare_free": false, "fares": { "applied": true, "has_leg_rules": true, "has_products": true, "has_transfer_rules": true, "model": "v2", "product_count": 56 }, "flex": { "booking_reachable": false, "booking_rule_count": 0, "has_booking_rules": false, "has_flex": false }, "has_fares": true, "headsign_applicable_trips": 7217, "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0, "headsign_pct": 100.0, "headsign_scored_pct": 100.0, "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 99.2, "pathways": { "has_entrances": true, "has_levels": false, "has_pathways": false, "has_stations": true, "has_step_free": false, "pathway_count": 0 }, "stops": 367, "translations": { "feed_lang": "en", "has_translations": true, "languages": [ "af", "ar", "bs", "cy", "de", "es", "fa", "fr", "hr", "it", "ko", "nl", "pt-pt", "ru", "sr", "sw", "tl", "vi", "zh-hans" ], "translated_tables": [ "routes", "stops" ], "translation_count": 1919 }, "trips": 7217, "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 100.0, "wheelchair_boarding_pct": 100.0, "wheelchair_marked_accessible_pct": 97.8, "wheelchair_marked_not_accessible_pct": 2.2 }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_station_no_pathways", "count": 1, "effort": "Worth it for multi-level or large stations; flat stops don't need it.", "fix": "Add pathways.txt connecting entrances, platforms, and any elevators, with a level for each.", "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": 99.9, "status": "measured", "summary": "100% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (98% marked accessible, 2% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 9, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 54, "WARNING": 625 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold", "count": 556, "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", "count": 65, "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 transit vehicle is scheduled to arrive." }, { "code": "equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates", "count": 2, "effort": "Usually one export setting.", "fix": "Turn on shape cleanup in your export tool, or drop the repeated points from shapes.txt.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some route lines list the same point twice in a row.", "why": "Repeated points don't hurt riders, but they can skew distance math and hint at a shaky export." }, { "code": "unused_shape", "count": 2, "effort": "One setting.", "fix": "Turn on 'remove unused shapes' (or the like) in your export tool.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "The feed contains route shapes no trip uses.", "why": "Harmless to riders, but it bloats the feed and suggests stale export data." }, { "code": "platform_without_parent_station", "count": 32, "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": "service_window_outside_feed_period", "count": 10, "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": "unknown_column", "count": 8, "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": "unknown_file", "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", "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": 72.8, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 9 kinds of issue across 679 instances (0 error, 625 warning, 54 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 27, "effective_expiry_date": "2026-08-28", "feed_end_date": "2026-08-28", "feed_start_date": "2026-07-13", "feed_version": "SC-Spring-2026.10", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2026-08-29", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_horizon_review_years": 10, "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold", "service_type": "fixed" }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expiring_soon", "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": 53.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Service data runs out in 27 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": 45.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data runs out in 27 day(s). Publish an updated feed soon or riders will lose trip planning.", "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 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 27 days; renew to qualify.", "key": "current", "met": false }, { "detail": "States wheelchair access on 100% of stops and 100% of trips.", "key": "accessible", "met": true } ], "status": "not_yet", "summary": "This feed is close to the conformance mark. Service data runs out in 27 days; renew to qualify." }, "feed": { "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.", "reachable": true, "sha256": "1e64f297c506d3df838e62f742c2402f979a23d9acfeb9f5fbdc3d8b5ff8cad1", "size_bytes": 1385261, "static_url": "https://gtfs.sound.obaweb.org/prod/40_gtfs.zip" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://gtfs.sound.obaweb.org/prod/40_gtfs.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": "2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -122.4991, 47.15319, -122.10728, 47.97495 ], "lat": 47.59814, "lon": -122.30386, "stop_count": 367 }, "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": 6585, "trip_share_pct": 91.2 }, { "key": "rail", "label": "Rail", "route_count": 2, "trip_count": 58, "trip_share_pct": 0.8 }, { "key": "bus", "label": "Bus", "route_count": 3, "trip_count": 574, "trip_share_pct": 8.0 } ], "primary_mode": "tram", "primary_mode_label": "Tram / light rail", "route_count": 8, "trip_count": 7217 }, "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": [ "40" ], "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 27 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 27 days; renew before you certify." }, "overall": { "grade": "C", "margin_to_lower_band": 4.3, "margin_to_next_band": 5.7, "score": 74.3 }, "recommendations": [ { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 1, "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": "1 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (Shuttle).", "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": 43, "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": "43 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Broadway & E Denny Way\", \"Pine St & 5th Ave\", \"3rd Ave & Union St\", 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." }, { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_station_missing_step_free_data", "count": 2, "effort": "Worth it for multi-level or large stations; flat stops don't need it.", "fix": "Add pathways.txt connecting entrances, platforms, and elevators, and levels.txt for each floor, so the step-free route is described.", "owner": "", "points": 0.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "This feed models stations or entrances but has no pathways.txt and levels.txt.", "why": "Without pathways and levels, a wheelchair user can't tell whether a step-free route exists inside the station, and trip planners can't route anyone through it." } ], "routability": { "boardable_stops": 199, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_orphan_stops", "count": 65, "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": "65 of 199 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." } ], "orphan_stops": 65, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 7217 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 6, "has_shapes": true, "path": "data/artifacts/sound-transit/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 8, "routes": [ { "color": "FFB819", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": false, "id": "1-SHUTTLE", "label": "Shuttle", "long": "1 Line Shuttle Bus", "short": "Shuttle", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "28813F", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "100479", "label": "1 Line", "long": "Lynnwood - Federal Way", "short": "1 Line", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Tram / light rail" }, { "color": "FFB819", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "2-SHUTTLE", "label": "Shuttle", "long": "2 Line Shuttle Bus", "short": "Shuttle", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "007CAD", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "2LINE", "label": "2 Line", "long": "Lynnwood - Downtown Redmond", "short": "2 Line", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Tram / light rail" }, { "color": "9AB6D3", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "SNDR_EV", "label": "N Line", "long": "Everett - Seattle", "short": "N Line", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Rail" }, { "color": "9AB6D3", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "SNDR_TL", "label": "S Line", "long": "Seattle - Tacoma/Lakewood", "short": "S Line", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Rail" }, { "color": "F38B00", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "TLINE", "label": "T Line", "long": "Tacoma Dome - St Joseph", "short": "T Line", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Tram / light rail" }, { "color": "DA7C00", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": false, "id": "TLINE_S", "label": "Shuttle", "long": "T Line Replacement Shuttle Bus", "short": "Shuttle", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" } ], "stop_count": 367, "stop_points_capped": false }, "rubric_version": "1.3", "schema_version": "1.17", "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 7217 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 7217, "trips_with_shape": 7217 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-08-01", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expiring_soon", "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": 53.0, "rank": 1, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Service data runs out in 27 day(s).", "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice." }, { "code": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold", "count": 556, "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, "rank": 2, "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", "count": 65, "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, "rank": 3, "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 transit vehicle is scheduled to arrive." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }