{ "agency": { "id": "transit-authority-of-northern-kentucky-tank", "name": "Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK)" }, "autofix": { "available": false }, "categories": { "completeness": { "details": { "accessibility": { "measures": "presence_not_usability", "score": 37.5, "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 0.0, "stops_stated_pct": 0.0, "trips_stated_pct": 100.0 }, "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability", "cemv": { "declared": false, "supported": false }, "components": { "contact": 7.5, "fares": 0.0, "headsigns": 15.0, "stop_names": 15.0, "wheelchair_stops": 0.0, "wheelchair_trips": 15.0 }, "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": 100.0, "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": 856, "trips": 2031, "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 100.0, "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": 856, "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": "856 of 856 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_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_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": 52.5, "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": 10, "instances_by_severity": { "ERROR": 0, "INFO": 0, "WARNING": 188 }, "validator_version": "8.0.1" }, "findings": [ { "code": "fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops", "count": 106, "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": "same_route_and_agency_url", "count": 37, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'same_route_and_agency_url' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Same route and agency url (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "route_long_name_contains_short_name", "count": 16, "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": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Route long name contains short name (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "route_short_name_too_long", "count": 16, "effort": "Varies.", "fix": "Review the rule documentation for 'route_short_name_too_long' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.", "owner": "", "points": 6.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Route short name too long (flagged by the MobilityData validator).", "why": "See the linked rule for what this affects." }, { "code": "stop_too_far_from_shape", "count": 5, "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": "expired_calendar", "count": 3, "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": 4.0, "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": "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": "feed_expiration_date7_days", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually a re-export from your scheduling software.", "fix": "Export and publish an updated GTFS feed that covers at least the next 30 days of service.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "This feed's service calendar runs out within the next 7 days.", "why": "When the calendar ends, Google Maps and other trip planners drop your agency entirely. Riders see no service at all." }, { "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": "trip_coverage_not_active_for_next7_days", "count": 1, "effort": "One setting in most export tools.", "fix": "Trim past service periods the next time you export.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 4.0, "severity": "WARNING", "what": "Many of the feed's trips don't run at all in the next 7 days.", "why": "It usually means old service periods are still in the export, making the feed bigger and harder to check." } ], "name": "correctness", "score": 50.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 10 kinds of issue across 188 instances (0 error, 188 warning, 0 informational).", "weight": 0.35 }, "freshness": { "details": { "days_until_expiry": -921, "feed_end_date": "2023-12-31", "feed_start_date": "2023-04-01", "feed_version": "20230401-20231231", "has_feed_info": true, "last_service_date": "2023-12-31", "seasonal_boundary": false, "service_type": "fixed" }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expired", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.", "fix": "Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 100.0, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Service data ended 921 day(s) ago.", "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the buses are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist." } ], "name": "freshness", "score": 0.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "Service data ended 921 day(s) ago. Trip planners have likely already dropped this feed.", "weight": 0.2 }, "realtime": { "details": { "coverage_pct": null, "kinds_reachable": 0, "rt_freshness": null, "samples": 9, "scheduled_trips_in_window": 0, "worst_lag_seconds": null }, "findings": [ { "code": "scorecard_rt_trip_updates_unreachable", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually a vendor support ticket.", "fix": "Check the trip updates endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request.", "owner": "", "points": 8.3, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "The trip updates realtime feed failed during sampling.", "why": "When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live." }, { "code": "scorecard_rt_vehicle_positions_unreachable", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually a vendor support ticket.", "fix": "Check the vehicle positions endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request.", "owner": "", "points": 8.3, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "The vehicle positions realtime feed failed during sampling.", "why": "When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live." }, { "code": "scorecard_rt_service_alerts_unreachable", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually a vendor support ticket.", "fix": "Check the service alerts endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request.", "owner": "", "points": 8.3, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "The service alerts realtime feed failed during sampling.", "why": "When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live." } ], "name": "realtime", "score": 0.0, "status": "measured", "summary": "Sampled 9 times outside service hours: 0 of 3 feeds healthy.", "weight": 0.2 } }, "confidence": { "feed_age_days": 0, "fetch_source": "mirror", "level": "medium", "measured_categories": 4, "notes": [ "All four score categories were measured this run.", "Realtime was sampled in one bounded window of 9 snapshots.", "The agency's own feed URL was unreachable, so the Mobility Database's hosted mirror copy was scored instead." ], "rt_windows": 1, "total_categories": 4 }, "conformance": { "awarded": false, "criteria": [ { "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.", "key": "valid", "met": true }, { "detail": "Service data expired 920 days ago.", "key": "current", "met": false }, { "detail": "States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 100% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.", "key": "accessible", "met": false } ], "status": "not_yet", "summary": "This feed is close to the conformance mark. Service data expired 920 days ago. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 100% 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": "241634e7c6e294edce71e67bb87e637e4e3d8a4b8607a065bc4d026891c81799", "size_bytes": 835612, "static_url": "https://www.tankbus.org/Portals/tankbus/gtfs/tank-google-transit.zip" }, "fetch": { "final_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mdb-latest/o/us-kentucky-transit-authority-of-northern-kentucky-tank-gtfs-367.zip?alt=media", "max_attempts": 1, "origin_error": "HTTPError", "source": "mirror", "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": "2026-07-08T00:00:00+00:00", "geo": { "bbox": [ -84.72816, 38.9555, -84.40079, 39.11648 ], "lat": 39.06193, "lon": -84.51081, "stop_count": 856 }, "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": [ "TANK" ], "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 expired 920 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date.", "key": "current", "status": "not_ready" } ], "status": "not_ready", "summary": "Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. Service data expired 920 days ago, so FTA would find the link out of date." }, "overall": { "grade": "F", "margin_to_lower_band": 30.6, "margin_to_next_band": 29.4, "score": 30.6 }, "recommendations": [ { "code": "scorecard_stop_name_needs_tts", "count": 48, "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": "48 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Winston at 43rd\", \"St Elizabeth Florence\", \"St Elizabeth Florence\", 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": "2026-07-09", "feed_fetched_date": "2026-07-08", "kind": "freshness" }, "routability": { "boardable_stops": 856, "findings": [], "orphan_stops": 0, "single_stop_trips": 0, "trips_total": 2031 }, "route_map": { "drawn_route_count": 35, "has_shapes": true, "path": "data/artifacts/transit-authority-of-northern-kentucky-tank/geometry.geojson", "route_count": 37, "routes": [ { "color": "008000", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "1", "label": "1", "long": "Dixie Hwy/Florence", "short": "1", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "008000", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "12", "label": "12", "long": "Bellevue/Dayton", "short": "12", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "008000", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "16", "label": "16", "long": "West Newport/Fort Thomas", "short": "16", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "000080", "color_name": "blue", "has_shape": true, "id": "17X", "label": "17X", "long": "Buttermilk Pike Express", "short": "17X", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": false, "id": "1850", "label": "1850", "long": "Notre Dame Academy PM", "short": "1850", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "000080", "color_name": "blue", "has_shape": true, "id": "22X", "label": "22X", "long": "Mt. 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"type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "451", "label": "Holmes HS #2 AM", "long": "Holmes HS #2 AM", "short": "Holmes HS #2 AM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "485", "label": "Holmes HS #5 PM", "long": "Holmes HS #5 PM", "short": "Holmes HS #5 PM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "008000", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "5", "label": "5", "long": "Holman Ave/Fort Wright", "short": "5", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "511", "label": "Newport HS #1 PM", "long": "Newport HS #1 PM", "short": "Newport HS #1 PM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "512", "label": "Newport HS #2 PM", "long": "Newport HS #2 PM", "short": "Newport HS #2 PM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "552", "label": "Holmes HS #1 AM", "long": "Holmes HS #1 AM", "short": "Holmes HS #1 AM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "553", "label": "Holmes HS #6 PM", "long": "Holmes HS #6 PM", "short": "Holmes HS #6 PM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "554", "label": "Holmes HS #5 AM", "long": "Holmes HS #5 AM", "short": "Holmes HS #5 AM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "008000", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "61", "label": "61", "long": "Covington Health Connection", "short": "61", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "652", "label": "Holmes HS #8 AM", "long": "Holmes HS #8 AM", "short": "Holmes HS #8 AM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "008000", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "7", "label": "7", "long": "Madison Ave/Latonia", "short": "7", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "751", "label": "Holmes HS #7 PM", "long": "Holmes HS #7 PM", "short": "Holmes HS #7 PM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "752", "label": "Holmes HS #9 PM", "long": "Holmes HS #9 PM", "short": "Holmes HS #9 PM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "008000", "color_name": "green", "has_shape": true, "id": "8", "label": "8", "long": "Eastern Ave/Crestview Hills", "short": "8", "text_color": "FFFFFF", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "851", "label": "Holmes HS #4 PM", "long": "Holmes HS #4 PM", "short": "Holmes HS #4 PM", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" }, { "color": "FFFFFF", "color_name": "white", "has_shape": true, "id": "888", "label": "KCJ", "long": "Kenton County Jail", "short": "KCJ", "text_color": "000000", "type_label": "Bus" } ], "stop_count": 856, "stop_points_capped": false }, "rubric_version": "1.1", "schema_version": "1.7", "shapes_readiness": { "detail": "All 2031 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.", "status": "ready", "total_trips": 2031, "trips_with_shape": 2031 }, "snapshot_date": "2026-07-09", "top_fixes": [ { "code": "scorecard_feed_expired", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.", "fix": "Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change.", "owner": "Likely your export tool", "points": 100.0, "rank": 1, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "Service data ended 921 day(s) ago.", "why": "When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this 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Riders are told the service does not exist." }, { "code": "scorecard_rt_trip_updates_unreachable", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually a vendor support ticket.", "fix": "Check the trip updates endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request.", "owner": "", "points": 8.3, "rank": 2, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "The trip updates realtime feed failed during sampling.", "why": "When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live." }, { "code": "scorecard_rt_vehicle_positions_unreachable", "count": 1, "effort": "Usually a vendor support ticket.", "fix": "Check the vehicle positions endpoint with your AVL vendor; it should return a fresh GTFS-Realtime protobuf on every request.", "owner": "", "points": 8.3, "rank": 3, "severity": "ERROR", "what": "The vehicle positions realtime feed failed during sampling.", "why": "When this feed is down, riders see scheduled times presented as if they were live." } ], "validator_version": "8.0.1" }