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            "de",
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            "fr",
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            "ko",
            "nl",
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            "ru",
            "sr",
            "sw",
            "tl",
            "vi",
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            "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."
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            "line": "What this one counts is not stops, routes, or trips, so there is no network share.",
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              "basis": "none",
              "basis_label": null,
              "reason": "not_network_countable",
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          "fix": "Add pathways.txt to link entrances, platforms, and elevators. Give each one a level.",
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          "points": 0.0,
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            "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",
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              "total": null,
              "total_source": null
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            "ridership": {
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            "served_area_need": {
              "reason": "not_joined_here",
              "scale": "us_acs",
              "tier": null
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          "count": 558,
          "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."
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        {
          "code": "stop_without_stop_time",
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            "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
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            "ridership": {
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            "served_area_need": {
              "reason": "not_joined_here",
              "scale": "us_acs",
              "tier": null
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          "count": 64,
          "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": "expired_calendar",
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            "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": "expired_calendar",
            "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
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            "ridership": {
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            "served_area_need": {
              "reason": "not_joined_here",
              "scale": "us_acs",
              "tier": null
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          },
          "count": 8,
          "effort": "One setting in most export tools.",
          "fix": "Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 6.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Some service calendars in the feed have already ended.",
          "why": "Expired calendars are dead weight and can hide real schedule problems from your staff and vendors."
        },
        {
          "code": "equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates",
          "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": "equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates",
            "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
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            "ridership": {
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            "served_area_need": {
              "reason": "not_joined_here",
              "scale": "us_acs",
              "tier": null
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          "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",
          "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": "unused_shape",
            "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
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            "ridership": {
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            "served_area_need": {
              "reason": "not_joined_here",
              "scale": "us_acs",
              "tier": null
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          "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",
          "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": "platform_without_parent_station",
            "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": 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",
          "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_window_outside_feed_period",
            "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
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          },
          "count": 9,
          "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",
          "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_column",
            "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": {
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              "ntd_id": null,
              "reason": "no_ntd_id"
            },
            "served_area_need": {
              "reason": "not_joined_here",
              "scale": "us_acs",
              "tier": null
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          },
          "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",
          "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."
        }
      ],
      "name": "correctness",
      "score": 67.2,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 9 kinds of issue across 686 instances (0 error, 634 warning, 52 informational).",
      "weight": 0.35
    },
    "freshness": {
      "details": {
        "days_until_expiry": 170,
        "effective_expiry_date": "2027-03-26",
        "expiry_limited_by": "feed_end_date",
        "feed_end_date": "2027-03-26",
        "feed_start_date": "2026-09-01",
        "feed_version": "SC-Fall-2026.4",
        "has_feed_info": true,
        "last_service_date": "2027-03-28",
        "seasonal_boundary": false,
        "service_horizon_review_years": 10,
        "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold",
        "service_type": "fixed"
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      "name": "freshness",
      "score": 100.0,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "Service data covers the next 170 days.",
      "weight": 0.2
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    "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
    }
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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
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    "awarded": true,
    "criteria": [
      {
        "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.",
        "key": "valid",
        "met": true
      },
      {
        "detail": "Service data covers the next 170 days.",
        "key": "current",
        "met": true
      },
      {
        "detail": "States wheelchair access on 100% of stops and 100% of trips.",
        "key": "accessible",
        "met": true
      }
    ],
    "status": "awarded",
    "summary": "This feed earns the conformance mark: valid, current, and stating wheelchair access on nearly every stop and trip.",
    "version": 2
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    "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.",
    "reachable": true,
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    "source_provenance": "unverified",
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    "max_attempts": 4,
    "reader_archive_profile": "raw-v1",
    "source": "origin",
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      -122.10728,
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    "stop_count": 380
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    "graded": false,
    "has_ferry": false,
    "is_multimodal": true,
    "measured": true,
    "modes": [
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        "key": "tram",
        "label": "Tram / light rail",
        "route_count": 3,
        "trip_count": 14641,
        "trip_share_pct": 95.0
      },
      {
        "key": "rail",
        "label": "Rail",
        "route_count": 2,
        "trip_count": 185,
        "trip_share_pct": 1.2
      },
      {
        "key": "bus",
        "label": "Bus",
        "route_count": 2,
        "trip_count": 580,
        "trip_share_pct": 3.8
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    ],
    "primary_mode": "tram",
    "primary_mode_label": "Tram / light rail",
    "route_count": 7,
    "trip_count": 15406
  },
  "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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    "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 170 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": "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."
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    "margin_to_next_band": 4.4,
    "score": 85.6
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      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_stop_name_needs_tts",
      "count": 46,
      "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": "46 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": "A screen reader speaks the raw name. 'Main St & 2nd Ave' can come out as 'Main saint', or lose 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 if a step-free route exists inside the station. Trip planners can't route anyone through it."
    }
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        ],
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          "This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.",
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        ],
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