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    "name": "Whatcom Transportation Authority",
    "subdivision_code": "US-WA",
    "subdivision_name": "Washington"
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      "details": {
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          "measures": "presence_not_usability",
          "score": 100.0,
          "stops_marked_accessible_pct": 43.4,
          "stops_marked_not_accessible_pct": 56.6,
          "stops_stated_pct": 100.0,
          "trips_stated_pct": 100.0
        },
        "accessibility_measures": "presence_not_usability",
        "cemv": {
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          "supported": false
        },
        "components": {
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          "fares": 15.0,
          "headsigns": 15.0,
          "stop_names": 15.0,
          "wheelchair_stops": 25.0,
          "wheelchair_trips": 15.0
        },
        "fare_free": false,
        "fares": {
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          "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": 6362,
        "headsign_loop_exempt_trips": 0,
        "headsign_pct": 100.0,
        "headsign_scored_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": 882,
        "translations": {
          "feed_lang": "en",
          "has_translations": false,
          "languages": [],
          "translated_tables": [],
          "translation_count": 0
        },
        "trips": 6362,
        "unmeasured_components": [],
        "wheelchair_accessible_pct": 100.0,
        "wheelchair_boarding_pct": 100.0,
        "wheelchair_marked_accessible_pct": 43.4,
        "wheelchair_marked_not_accessible_pct": 56.6
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "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. Small errors then sit in the feed for months."
        }
      ],
      "name": "completeness",
      "score": 92.5,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "100% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (43% marked accessible, 57% 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": 4,
        "instances_by_severity": {
          "ERROR": 0,
          "INFO": 2,
          "WARNING": 55
        },
        "validator_version": "8.0.1"
      },
      "findings": [
        {
          "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field",
          "count": 51,
          "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": 8.0,
          "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": "missing_recommended_field",
          "count": 3,
          "effort": "A field at a time; not urgent.",
          "fix": "Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use.",
          "owner": "",
          "points": 4.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require.",
          "why": "Recommended fields like agency_phone or stop descriptions make the feed more useful to riders and trip planners."
        },
        {
          "code": "missing_feed_contact_email_and_url",
          "count": 1,
          "effort": "One field, set once in export settings.",
          "fix": "Add feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url to feed_info.txt.",
          "owner": "Likely your export tool",
          "points": 4.0,
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "what": "feed_info.txt lists no contact email and no contact URL.",
          "why": "Without a contact, apps like Google Maps can't reach you when they find a problem in the feed."
        },
        {
          "code": "big_gap_in_service",
          "count": 2,
          "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": 83.5,
      "status": "measured",
      "summary": "The MobilityData validator flagged 4 kinds of issue across 57 instances (0 error, 55 warning, 2 informational).",
      "weight": 0.35
    },
    "freshness": {
      "details": {
        "days_until_expiry": 146,
        "effective_expiry_date": "2027-02-06",
        "feed_end_date": "2027-02-06",
        "feed_start_date": "2026-06-14",
        "feed_version": "S1000174+S1000178-merged20260904",
        "has_feed_info": true,
        "last_service_date": "2027-02-06",
        "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 146 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": true,
    "criteria": [
      {
        "detail": "Passes validation with no errors.",
        "key": "valid",
        "met": true
      },
      {
        "detail": "Service data covers the next 146 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
  },
  "feed": {
    "license_note": "No stated data license in the Mobility Database; verify before publishing.",
    "reachable": true,
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    "size_bytes": 3488787,
    "source_provenance": "unverified",
    "static_url": "https://github.com/whatcomtrans/publicwtadata/raw/master/GTFS/wta_gtfs_latest.zip"
  },
  "fetch": {
    "final_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/whatcomtrans/publicwtadata/master/GTFS/wta_gtfs_latest.zip",
    "max_attempts": 4,
    "reader_archive_profile": "raw-v1",
    "source": "origin",
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  },
  "generated_at": "2026-09-13T00:00:00+00:00",
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      48.41817,
      -122.13584,
      48.99923
    ],
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    "lon": -122.48104,
    "stop_count": 882
  },
  "mode_profile": {
    "ferry_only": false,
    "graded": false,
    "has_ferry": false,
    "is_multimodal": false,
    "measured": true,
    "modes": [
      {
        "key": "bus",
        "label": "Bus",
        "route_count": 34,
        "trip_count": 6362,
        "trip_share_pct": 100.0
      }
    ],
    "primary_mode": "bus",
    "primary_mode_label": "Bus",
    "route_count": 34,
    "trip_count": 6362
  },
  "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": [
      "14"
    ],
    "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 146 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": "A",
    "margin_to_lower_band": 0.4,
    "margin_to_next_band": null,
    "score": 90.4
  },
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    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_route_color_low_contrast",
      "count": 11,
      "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": "11 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (14, 15, 190, 232, 27, and more).",
      "why": "Riders with low vision struggle to read a low-contrast route badge. It also washes out on a phone screen in sunlight at the stop."
    },
    {
      "category": "accessibility",
      "code": "scorecard_stop_name_needs_tts",
      "count": 839,
      "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": "839 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set (\"Lincoln St at Meador Ave\", \"Squalicum Lake Rd at Mt Baker Hwy\", \"Fraser St at Haskell\", and more).",
      "why": "A screen reader speaks the raw name. 'Main St & 2nd Ave' can come out as 'Main saint', or lose the ampersand."
    }
  ],
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    "findings": [],
    "orphan_stops": 0,
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    "has_shapes": true,
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        "color": "E5BFA1",
        "color_name": "white",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "1",
        "label": "1",
        "long": "Fairhaven&Downtown",
        "short": "1",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "B2D235",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "10",
        "label": "10",
        "long": "Eldridge&Downtown",
        "short": "10",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "009FC3",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "14",
        "label": "14",
        "long": "Fairhaven&Downtown",
        "short": "14",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "009FC3",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "14S",
        "label": "14S",
        "long": "WWU&Billy Frank Jr",
        "short": "14S",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "F58220",
        "color_name": "orange",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "15",
        "label": "15",
        "long": "Cordata/WCC&Downtown",
        "short": "15",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "BBD976",
        "color_name": "gray",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "18",
        "label": "18",
        "long": "Hospital&Cordata/WCC",
        "short": "18",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
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        "color": "0095DA",
        "color_name": "teal",
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        "id": "190",
        "label": "190",
        "long": "Lincoln St&Downtown",
        "short": "190",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
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        "color": "0095DA",
        "color_name": "teal",
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        "label": "190S",
        "long": "Lincoln St&WWU",
        "short": "190S",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "8DC63F",
        "color_name": "gray",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "232",
        "label": "232",
        "long": "Cordata/WCC&Downtown",
        "short": "232",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "028848",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "24",
        "label": "24",
        "long": "Cordata",
        "short": "24",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "7A6026",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "26",
        "label": "26",
        "long": "Lynden&Cordata/WCC",
        "short": "26",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "94B0BE",
        "color_name": "gray",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "27",
        "label": "27",
        "long": "Ferndale&Cordata/WCC",
        "short": "27",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "50B848",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "29",
        "label": "29",
        "long": "Cordata/Kline",
        "short": "29",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "D7DF23",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "3",
        "label": "3",
        "long": "Airport/Cordata&Airport/Downtown",
        "short": "3",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "FAA61A",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "331",
        "label": "331",
        "long": "Cordata/WCC&Downtown",
        "short": "331",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "E29957",
        "color_name": "orange",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "45",
        "label": "45",
        "long": "KingMountain&Cordata/WCC",
        "short": "45",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "E7EFC1",
        "color_name": "white",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "47",
        "label": "47",
        "long": "Harbor&Downtown",
        "short": "47",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "F15A22",
        "color_name": "orange",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "48",
        "label": "48",
        "long": "Cordata/WCC&Bakerview Spur",
        "short": "48",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "DA1F3D",
        "color_name": "red",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "49",
        "label": "49",
        "long": "Downtown&Bakerview Spur",
        "short": "49",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "0000FF",
        "color_name": "blue",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "5",
        "label": "5",
        "long": "Samish/Fairhaven&Samish/Downtown",
        "short": "5",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "FFDD00",
        "color_name": "yellow",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "50",
        "label": "50",
        "long": "LummiNation&Cordata/WCC",
        "short": "50",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "F287B7",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "512",
        "label": "512",
        "long": "Sudden Valley&Downtown",
        "short": "512",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "8F53A1",
        "color_name": "purple",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "525",
        "label": "525",
        "long": "Barkley&Downtown",
        "short": "525",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "F8C1D9",
        "color_name": "white",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "533",
        "label": "533",
        "long": "Yew St",
        "short": "533",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "5F3075",
        "color_name": "purple",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "540",
        "label": "540",
        "long": "Sunset&Downtown",
        "short": "540",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "008040",
        "color_name": "green",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "6",
        "label": "6",
        "long": "Fraser&Downtown",
        "short": "6",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "0000FF",
        "color_name": "blue",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "7",
        "label": "7",
        "long": "Samish/WWU&Samish/Downtown",
        "short": "7",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "B47236",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "71X",
        "label": "71X",
        "long": "Everson/Nooksack/Sumas&Cordata",
        "short": "71X",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "952D4F",
        "color_name": "brown",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "72X",
        "label": "72X",
        "long": "Kendall&Bellingham",
        "short": "72X",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "F05B7D",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "75",
        "label": "75",
        "long": "Blaine/Birch Bay&Bellingham",
        "short": "75",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "B86964",
        "color_name": "gray",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "80X",
        "label": "80X",
        "long": "Mt. Vernon&Bellingham",
        "short": "80X",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "F69896",
        "color_name": "pink",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "9",
        "label": "9",
        "long": "Hospital&Downtown",
        "short": "9",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "034EA2",
        "color_name": "teal",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "97",
        "label": "97",
        "long": "WWU&Samish",
        "short": "97",
        "text_color": "FFFFFF",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      },
      {
        "color": "ABE1FA",
        "color_name": "white",
        "has_shape": true,
        "id": "98",
        "label": "98",
        "long": "WWU&Samish",
        "short": "98",
        "text_color": "000000",
        "type_label": "Bus"
      }
    ],
    "stop_count": 882,
    "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 6362 trips have a shape in shapes.txt.",
    "status": "ready",
    "total_trips": 6362,
    "trips_with_shape": 6362
  },
  "snapshot_date": "2026-09-13",
  "top_fixes": [
    {
      "code": "mixed_case_recommended_field",
      "count": 51,
      "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": 8.0,
      "rank": 1,
      "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": "missing_recommended_field",
      "count": 3,
      "effort": "A field at a time; not urgent.",
      "fix": "Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use.",
      "owner": "",
      "points": 4.0,
      "rank": 2,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require.",
      "why": "Recommended fields like agency_phone or stop descriptions make the feed more useful to riders and trip planners."
    },
    {
      "code": "missing_feed_contact_email_and_url",
      "count": 1,
      "effort": "One field, set once in export settings.",
      "fix": "Add feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url to feed_info.txt.",
      "owner": "Likely your export tool",
      "points": 4.0,
      "rank": 3,
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "what": "feed_info.txt lists no contact email and no contact URL.",
      "why": "Without a contact, apps like Google Maps can't reach you when they find a problem in the feed."
    }
  ],
  "validator_version": "8.0.1"
}