{ "agency": { "id": "southeast-area-transit-district-2240", "name": "Southeast Area Transit District", "subdivision_code": "US-CT", "subdivision_name": "Connecticut" }, "categories": { "completeness": { "details": { "accessibility": { "measures": "presence_not_usability", "score": 32.2, "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 0.3, "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_stated_pct": 0.3, "trips_stated_pct": 85.3 }, "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability", "cemv": { "declared": false, "supported": false }, "components": { "contact": 15.0, "fares": 15.0, "headsigns": 14.6, "stop_names": 15.0, "wheelchair_stops": 0.1, "wheelchair_trips": 12.8 }, "fare_free": false, "fares": { "applied": true, "has_leg_rules": false, "has_products": false, "has_transfer_rules": false, "model": "legacy", "product_count": 0 }, "flex": { "booking_reachable": false, "booking_rule_count": 0, "has_booking_rules": false, "has_flex": false }, "has_fares": true, "headsign_applicable_trips": 808, "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0, "headsign_pct": 97.2, "headsign_scored_pct": 97.2, "mixed_case_stop_name_pct": 99.7, "pathways": { "has_entrances": false, "has_levels": false, "has_pathways": false, "has_stations": false, "has_step_free": false, "pathway_count": 0 }, "stops": 606, "translations": { "feed_lang": "en", "has_translations": false, "languages": [], "translated_tables": [], "translation_count": 0 }, "trips": 808, "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 85.3, "wheelchair_boarding_pct": 0.3, "wheelchair_marked_accessible_pct": 0.3, "wheelchair_marked_not_accessible_pct": 0.0 }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 604, "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": 24.9, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "604 of 606 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": 119, "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": 2.2, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "119 of 808 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_headsigns", "count": 23, "effort": "Usually one value per route pattern in your scheduling source.", "fix": "Add the destination, direction, or 'via' label riders actually see to trip_headsign. Do not copy the route name. If the label changes during the trip, use stop_headsign.", "owner": "", "points": 0.4, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "23 of 808 trips lack rider-facing destination or direction text.", "why": "When a route has multiple directions or patterns, the route name alone may not tell riders which service is coming." } ], "name": "completeness", "score": 72.4, "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 published.", "weight": 0.25 }, "correctness": { "details": { "distinct_codes": 7, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 806, "WARNING": 40 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold", "count": 30, "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": 6.0, "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": "equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates", "count": 6, "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": 6.0, "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": "mixed_case_recommended_field", "count": 2, "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": 4.0, "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", "count": 1, "effort": "A few minutes per flagged stop.", "fix": "Check the flagged stops' coordinates and the route shape in your scheduling software; re-snap whichever is misplaced.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Some stops sit far from the route line they belong to.", "why": "Trip planners may draw the bus route through the wrong streets or point riders to the wrong corner." }, { "code": "stop_too_far_from_shape_using_user_distance", "count": 1, "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 streets or point riders to the wrong corner." }, { "code": "unsorted_stop_times", "count": 803, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'unsorted_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 1.0, "severity": "INFO", "what": "Unsorted stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "unknown_column", "count": 3, "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": 0.5, "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." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 74.5, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 7 kinds of issue across 846 instances (0 error, 40 warning, 806 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": 330, "effective_expiry_date": "2027-06-27", "feed_end_date": "2027-06-27", "feed_start_date": "2026-06-29", "feed_version": "Updated: Jun 26, 2026, 11:32 AM", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2027-06-27", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_horizon_review_years": 10, "service_horizon_status": "within_review_threshold", "service_type": "fixed" }, "findings": [], "name": "freshness", "score": 100.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data covers the next 330 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 337 days.", "key": "current", "met": true }, { "detail": "States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 85% 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 85% 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": "529c9f9eaf66d0b2223f8c8fb1b033a1ce9fd793ff9fa9ab0b8ecb56a7dc7bf1", "size_bytes": 470207, "static_url": "https://gtfs.remix.com/seat_preston_ct_us.zip" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://gtfs.remix.com/seat_preston_ct_us.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": "2026-07-25T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -72.21049, 41.30993, -71.85422, 41.61368 ], "lat": 41.42627, "lon": -72.09163, "stop_count": 606 }, "mode_profile": { "ferry_only": false, "graded": false, "has_ferry": false, "is_multimodal": false, "measured": true, "modes": [ { "key": "bus", "label": "Bus", "route_count": 17, "trip_count": 808, "trip_share_pct": 100.0 } ], "primary_mode": "bus", "primary_mode_label": "Bus", "route_count": 17, "trip_count": 808 }, "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": [ "978" ], "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 337 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." }, "overall": { "grade": "B", "margin_to_lower_band": 0.2, "margin_to_next_band": 9.8, "score": 80.2 }, "recommendations": [ { "category": "accessibility", "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast", "count": 12, "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": "12 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (982, 13, 108, 5, 2, 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": 497, "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": "497 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Mathewson St/Tracy Ave\", \"Long Hill Rd & Drozdyk Dr (CTDOT)\", \"Lower Blvd & Boulevard Ct\", 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." } ], "recompute": { "as_of": "2026-08-01", "feed_fetched_date": "2026-07-31", "kind": "freshness" }, "routability": { "boardable_stops": 606, "findings": [], "orphan_stops": 0, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 808 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 17, "has_shapes": true, "path": "data/artifacts/southeast-area-transit-district-2240/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 17, "routes": [ { "color": "5568D9", "color_name": "blue", "has_shape": true, "id": "12447-3", "label": "1", "long": "Norwich / New London Via Rt 32", "short": "1", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "44A754", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "12448-3", "label": "2", "long": "Norwich / New London Via Rt 12 & Groton", "short": "2", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "CC7900", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "12449-3", "label": "3", "long": "New London To Niantic Via Boston Post Rd & Crossroads Wal-Mart", "short": "3", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "955EC8", "color_name": "purple", "has_shape": true, "id": "12450-3", "label": "4", "long": "Norwich To Occum / Taftville", "short": "4", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "23B973", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "12451-3", "label": "5", "long": "Norwich To Norwich Business Park Via Backus Hospital", "short": "5", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FF574A", "color_name": "red", "has_shape": true, "id": "12452-3", "label": "6", "long": "Norwich To Norwich Wal-Mart Via Marcus Plaza", "short": "6", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "464646", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "12453-3-0", "label": "7", "long": "Norwich To Hamilton Ave, Mohegan Sun & Uncas-On-Thames", "short": "7", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "1EAECD", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "12454-3", "label": "8", "long": "Lisbon Landing To Jewett City", "short": "8", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "9F8958", "color_name": "gray", "has_shape": true, "id": "12455-3", "label": "9", "long": "Norwich To Lisbon Landing Via Rt 12", "short": "9", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "3491E6", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "12458-3", "label": "12", "long": "New London To Crystal Mall & New London Shopping Center", "short": "12", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "BB62B6", "color_name": "pink", "has_shape": true, "id": "12459-3", "label": "13", "long": "New London To Lawrence Memorial Hospital & Ocean Beach", "short": "13", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "2A2A2A", "color_name": "black", "has_shape": true, "id": "12460-3", "label": "14", "long": "New London To New London Mall, Waterford Commons And New London Shopping Center", "short": "14", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FF5B0C", "color_name": "orange", "has_shape": true, "id": "12461-3", "label": "15", "long": "New London / Waterford Local Night Service", "short": "15", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FF3C39", "color_name": "red", "has_shape": true, "id": "12462-3", "label": "108", "long": "New London To Foxwoods Via Groton & Olde Mistick Village", "short": "108", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "005BAA", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "12465-3", "label": "980", "long": "Norwich-EB", "short": "980", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "E3B007", "color_name": "yellow", "has_shape": true, "id": "12466-3", "label": "11", "long": "Groton Local", "short": "11", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "11BBAF", "color_name": "teal", "has_shape": true, "id": "18971-3", "label": "982", "long": "Norwich-Foxwoods", "short": "982", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" } ], "stop_count": 606, "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 808 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 808, "trips_with_shape": 808 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-08-01", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 604, "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": 24.9, "rank": 1, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "604 of 606 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": "trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold", "count": 30, "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": 6.0, "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": "equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates", "count": 6, "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": 6.0, "rank": 3, "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." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }