Massachusetts agencies
37 feed scorecards · 73.2 out of 100 average · 18 need attention
The average and grade distribution use 26 canonical, non-duplicate feed scorecards under one producer contract: rubric 1.3, scoring profile gtfs-scorecard-1.3, MobilityData gtfs-validator 8.0.1, reader archive profile raw-v1, and measured categories Correctness, Freshness, Rider experience. Every member remains listed below.
Grade distribution
- A 1
- B 10
- C 8
- D 3
- F 4
Expired feeds 13 of 37
These feeds have run out and dropped from trip planners. Start the program's outreach here.
Recently lapsed 4
Expired within the last year. Likely still running; a re-export with a longer calendar brings each one back into trip planners.
- F grade
Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) expired 12 days ago
- F grade
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Flex expired 58 days ago
- F grade
Cape Cod Regional Transportation Authority (Cape Cod RTA) expired 58 days ago
- D grade
Freedom Cruise Line expired about 3 months ago
Expired over a year ago 9
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
Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) expired about 1 year ago
- F grade
Peter Pan expired about 1 year ago
- F grade
DATTCO Motorcoach expired about 2 years ago
- F grade
Bloom Bus expired about 3 years ago
- F grade
Coach Company expired about 4 years ago
- F grade
Logan Express expired about 5 years ago
- F grade
LimoLiner expired about 6 years ago
- F grade
128 Business Council expired about 7 years ago
- F grade
Massachusetts Ferry Service expired about 15 years ago
Realtime health 2 monitored
All 2 feed records here with a realtime endpoint configured have been sampled by the monitor. Least reliable first. Reachability, how far behind each feed's own timestamp runs, and how much of the scheduled service appears in it. Sampled on a schedule rather than continuously, and it changes no grade.
Across the monitored feeds: median uptime 50.0%, median lag 2s.
- Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA)answered 0.0% of 200 checks · no header timestamp
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)answered 100.0% of 200 checks · 2s behind
shapes.txt coverage 34 of 37
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
Massachusetts Area Express (MAX) Not ready
- F grade
Massachusetts Ferry Service Not ready
- F grade
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Flex Needs attention
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_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. · Read the fix guide
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
Remove retired stops from the export, or add them back to the trips that should serve them. · 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
Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every terminal. A field survey can start with the busiest terminals. · 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
Review the rule documentation for 'missing_bike_allowance' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
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. · Read the fix guide
Feed scorecards: attention first, then alphabetical
- F grade
128 Business Council Service data has expired
- F grade
Bloom Bus Service data has expired
- F grade
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Flex Service data has expired
- F grade
Cape Cod Regional Transportation Authority (Cape Cod RTA) Service data has expired
- F grade
Coach Company Service data has expired
- F grade
DATTCO Motorcoach Service data has expired
- D grade
Freedom Cruise Line Service data has expired
- F grade
Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) Service data has expired
- F grade
LimoLiner Service data has expired
- F grade
Logan Express Service data has expired
- C grade
Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority Service data expires in 41 day(s)
- F grade
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Service data expires in 13 day(s)
- F grade
Massachusetts Ferry Service Service data has expired
- D grade
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority (MART) Service data expires in 38 day(s)
- F grade
Peter Pan Service data has expired
- D grade
Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) Service data expires in 6 day(s)
- F grade
Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) Service data has expired
- C grade
Yankee Line Service data expires in 39 day(s)
- B grade
- B grade
- C grade
- C grade
- B grade
- B grade
- B grade
- B grade
- C grade
- F grade
- A grade
- C grade
- C grade
- B grade
- B grade
- B grade
- F grade
- B grade
- C grade