Monthly GTFS Quality Report
City of Union City  ·  February 2024

This is a monthly report generated by the California Integrated Travel Project (Cal-ITP) and Caltrans. It summarizes progress towards the California Transit Data Guidelines, in addition to providing a snapshot of transit service characteristics such as service hours. This report is available for viewing by the general public to support continuous improvement of GTFS data and the experience of transit passengers.


Current GTFS Feed Info

12-31-2099
Feed End Date
1.0
Days With No Service
5
Routes
159
Stops
present
Has RT Feed
This feed includes GTFS-Realtime (GTFS-RT). Realtime data contributes to a better rider experience by letting riders know exactly when their bus or train is coming, as well as detour and trip cancellation info. It also enables Cal-ITP to support transit agencies with analyses such as our California Transit Speed Maps, viewable by clicking the button below. Certain feeds may include RT data but not have a speed map available. To generate a speed map, we require GTFS-RT Vehicle Positions data that matches the rest of the GTFS feed. Additionally, we don't currently generate speed maps for rail service. Please contact us at hello@calitp.org with any questions about GTFS-RT data or suggestions for analysis products.

About the Realtime Completeness Charts

  • These charts show the percentage of Scheduled Trips with at least one Trip Update or Vehicle Position message assigned to that trip.
  • High percentages with flat lines are best and indicate large amounts of realtime information for customers.
  • Short drops may indicate schedule inaccuracies, missed runs (buses not on schedule), or hardware failures.

Trip Updates Completeness by Day

Service date2/12/32/52/72/92/112/132/152/172/192/212/232/252/272/29% of trips with messages0102030405060708090

Vehicle Positions Completeness by Day

Service date2/12/32/52/72/92/112/132/152/172/192/212/232/252/272/29% of trips with messages05101520253035404550556065

About the Median Message Age Charts

  • These charts show the daily average age of the median message for Trip Updates and Vehicle Position messages over time.
  • The charts provides insights into how long it takes to get messages from the vehicles to riders. Lower latencies are better.
  • Higher latencies may indicate outdated hardware or technical failures.

Median Trip Update Message Age

Service date2/12/32/52/72/92/112/132/152/172/192/212/232/252/272/29Avg TU median message age12141618202224262830

Median Vehicle Positions Message Age

Service date2/12/32/52/72/92/112/132/152/172/192/212/232/252/272/29Avg VP median message age0123456

Source URLs


Technology Vendors

Microsoft
GTFS Static
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
GTFS Static
GMV Syncromatics Inc
Realtime

About the February Daily Service Level Charts

  • These charts show the total hours of transit service described by the active feed for each day.
  • Since service levels often vary by the day of the week, it is split into three charts for weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
  • Flat lines indicate consistent levels of service throughout the month.
  • Short drops may indicate temporary reduced service, such as for holidays, gaps in feed publishing, or potential inaccuracies.
  • Please reach out to our help desk at hello@calitp.org with any questions.

Service hours per weekday in the active feed

Service date2/12/32/52/72/92/112/132/152/172/192/212/232/252/272/29Total service hours020406080100120140

Service hours per Saturday in the active feed

Service date2/32/52/72/92/112/132/152/172/192/212/23Total service hours05101520253035404550556065

Service hours per Sunday in the active feed

Service date2/52/72/92/112/132/152/172/192/212/232/25Total service hours05101520253035404550556065

About the February Identifier Change Charts

  • These charts show the percentage of stop and route IDs that have changed since the previous month.
  • Stop and route IDs are important identifiers for GTFS feed consumers to correctly parse feeds.
  • It is a GTFS Best Practice to keep these consistent between feed versions whenever possible.
  • More than 5% being new or dropped is a cause for attention, especially if there hasn't been a major service or route change.
  • Please reach out to our help desk at hello@calitp.org with any questions.

Changes from February 01 to February 29

RoutesStopsPercentage of IDs0%20%40%60%80%100%AddedRemovedUnchanged

Consistency with the California Transit Data Guidelines

The following checks measure adherence to the GTFS Compliance (Schedule) and GTFS Compliance (Realtime) portions of the California Transit Data Guidelines.

The following symbols are used to denote each check's outcome on the given date:

  • Pass
  • Fail
  • Not applicable/data unavailable

Checks marked with an asterisk (*) are periodically performed manually. We can update these on request, so let us know if one of them looks off. For agencies participating in a regional GTFS feed, such as the Bay Area 511 feed, the "No errors in MobilityData GTFS Schedule Validator" check may show a Fail if there are any validation errors present in the regional feed, even if the single-agency feed contains no errors. We believe this is unlikely to impact the rider experience.

GTFS Schedule Compliance Check 2024-02-04 2024-02-18
A GTFS Schedule feed is listed present present
GTFS schedule feed downloads successfully present present
No errors in MobilityData GTFS Schedule Validator missing missing
GTFS Schedule feed is published at a stable URI (permalink) from which it can be “fetched” automatically by trip-planning applications* present present
Includes an open license that allows commercial use of GTFS Schedule feed* present present
GTFS Schedule feed ingested by Google Maps and/or a combination of Apple Maps, Transit App, Bing Maps, Moovit or local Open Trip Planner services* present present
GTFS RT Compliance Check 2024-02-04 2024-02-18
A Vehicle positions feed is listed present present
A Trip updates feed is listed present present
A Service alerts feed is listed present present
Vehicle positions RT feed is present present present
Trip updates RT feed is present present present
Service alerts RT feed is present present present
The Vehicle positions feed produces no errors in the MobilityData GTFS Realtime Validator present present
The Trip updates feed produces no errors in the MobilityData GTFS Realtime Validator present present
The Service alerts feed produces no errors in the MobilityData GTFS Realtime Validator present present
Vehicle positions feed is published at a stable URI (permalink) from which it can be “fetched” automatically by trip-planning applications* present present
Trip updates feed is published at a stable URI (permalink) from which it can be “fetched” automatically by trip-planning applications* present present
Service alerts feed is published at a stable URI (permalink) from which it can be “fetched” automatically by trip-planning applications* present present
Includes an open license that allows commercial use of Vehicle positions feed* present present
Includes an open license that allows commercial use of Trip updates feed* present present
Includes an open license that allows commercial use of Service alerts feed* present present
Realtime feeds ingested by Google Maps and/or a combination of Apple Maps, Transit App, Bing Maps, Moovit or local Open Trip Planner services* present present
MobilityData GTFS Schedule Validator notices observed (read more about the validator here)
Error Name Error Description Severity
unknown_file A file is unknown INFO
missing_recommended_field A recommended field is missing. WARNING
missing_feed_contact_email_and_url Best Practices for `feed_info.txt` suggest providing at least one of `feed_contact_email` and `feed_contact_url`. WARNING
equal_shape_distance_same_coordinates Two consecutive points have equal `shape_dist_traveled` and the same lat/lon coordinates in `shapes.txt`. WARNING