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A field survey can start with the busiest stops.", "owner": "Likely your team", "points": 24.9, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "608 of 610 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": 308, "effective_expiry_date": "2027-06-27", "feed_end_date": "2027-06-27", "feed_start_date": "2026-06-29", "feed_version": "Updated: Aug 13, 2026, 2:24 PM", "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 308 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 configured feed URL. Publisher ownership of that URL is not verified." ], "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 308 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": "One requirement remains for this feed to earn the conformance mark. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 85% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.", "version": 2 }, "feed": { "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.", "reachable": true, "sha256": "f020c77423df7369b02172c68fa80ac22349432d6457bf40a349e9ea49af5a9d", "size_bytes": 471281, "source_provenance": "unverified", "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": "2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -72.21049, 41.30993, -71.85422, 41.61368 ], "lat": 41.4245, "lon": -72.09138, "stop_count": 610 }, "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 310 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": 500, "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": "500 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": "2026-08-23", "feed_fetched_date": "2026-08-22", "kind": "freshness" }, "routability": { "boardable_stops": 610, "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 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"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": 610, "stop_points_capped": false }, "rubric_version": "1.3", "schema_version": "1.18", "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": "2026-08-23", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown", "count": 608, "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": "608 of 610 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" }