Illinois agencies
17 agencies · 53.8 out of 100 average · 11 need attention
This program's average score is ahead of 37% of tracked state programs.
Grade distribution
- B 1
- C 3
- D 3
- F 10
Expired feeds 6 of 17
These feeds have run out and dropped from trip planners. Start the program's outreach here.
Recently lapsed 2
Expired within the last year. Likely still running; a re-export with a longer calendar brings each one back into trip planners.
- F grade
Springfield Mass Transit District (SMTD) expired 33 days ago
- F grade
Chicago Water Taxi expired about 3 months ago
Expired over a year ago 4
Expired more than a year ago. The listed URL is usually still canonical, so the source stopped refreshing. Confirm the agency still runs before reading the grade as a current failure.
- F grade
Pace Bus expired about 2 years ago
- F grade
Greater Peoria Mass Transit (CityLink) expired about 4 years ago
- F grade
Greater Peoria Mass Transit (CityLink) expired about 4 years ago
- F grade
Connect Transit expired about 6 years ago
shapes.txt coverage 5 of 6
The FTA National Transit Database requires shapes.txt covering every trip (Reduced, Rural, and Tribal reporters by Report Year 2026; Full Reporters already). These agencies are not fully covered yet. Check each one against its own NTD filing.
- F grade
Metra Not ready
Fixes shared across this group
The same fix shows up in more than one agency's top 3 here, often the same export setting or scheduling-software step. Worth raising once with every agency it touches.
Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops. · Read the fix guide
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default). · Read the fix guide
Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out, and set feed_info feed_end_date past your next service change. · Read the fix guide
Populate trip_headsign to match what the bus displays. · Read the fix guide
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. · Read the fix guide
Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out. · Read the fix guide
Review the rule documentation for 'stop_time_timepoint_without_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
Review the rule documentation for 'missing_required_column' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. · Read the fix guide
Add feed_start_date and feed_end_date to feed_info.txt and include calendar end dates in your export.
Agencies, worst first
- F grade
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Service data expires in 22 day(s)
- F grade
Greater Peoria Mass Transit (CityLink) Service data has expired
- F grade
Greater Peoria Mass Transit (CityLink) Service data has expired
- F grade
Connect Transit Service data has expired
- F grade
Pace Bus Service data has expired
- F grade
Metro Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District Service data expires in 24 day(s)
- F grade
Chicago Water Taxi Service data has expired
- F grade
Springfield Mass Transit District (SMTD) Service data has expired
- D grade
Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) Service data expires in 30 day(s)
- D grade
Greater Peoria Mass Transit (CityLink) Service data expires in 58 day(s)
- C grade
Pace Bus Service data expires in 51 day(s)
- F grade
- F grade
- D grade
- C grade
- C grade
- B grade