vbb — Enhanced Validation Report

location_without_parent_station

A location that must have parent_station field does not have it.

The following location types must have parent_station: entrance, generic node, boarding_area.

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duplicate_route_name

Two distinct routes have either the same route_short_name, the same route_long_name, or the same combination of route_short_name and route_long_name.

All routes of the same route_type with the same agency_id should have unique combinations of route_short_name and route_long_name.

Note that there may be valid cases where routes have the same short and long name, e.g., if they serve different areas. However, different directions must be modeled as the same route.

Example of bad data:

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Only the first 50 of 51 affected records are displayed below.

fast_travel_between_far_stops

A transit vehicle moves too fast between two far stops.

Two stops are considered "far" if they are more than 10 km apart. This normally indicates a more serious problem than too fast travel between consecutive stops.

The speed threshold depends on route type and are the same as fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops.

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mixed_case_recommended_field

This field has customer-facing text and should use Mixed Case (should contain upper and lower case letters).

This field contains customer-facing text and should use Mixed Case (upper and lower case letters) to ensure good readability when displayed to riders. Avoid the use of abbreviations throughout the feed (e.g. St. for Street) unless a location is called by its abbreviated name (e.g. “JFK Airport”). Abbreviations may be problematic for accessibility by screen reader software and voice user interfaces.

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non_ascii_or_non_printable_char

Non ascii or non printable char in ID field.

A value of a field with type ID contains non ASCII or non printable characters. This is not recommended.

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Only the first 50 of 6570 affected records are displayed below.

stop_too_far_from_shape

Stop too far from trip shape.

Per GTFS Best Practices, route alignments (in shapes.txt) should be within 100 meters of stop locations which a trip serves. This potentially indicates a problem with the location of the stop or the path of the shape.

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Only the first 50 of 253 affected records are displayed below.

stops_match_shape_out_of_order

Two stop entries are different than their arrival-departure order defined by shapes.txt.

This could indicate a problem with the location of the stops, the path of the shape, or the sequence of the stops for their trip.

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unexpected_enum_value

An enum has an unexpected value.

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big_gap_in_service

A service has a gap of more than 13 days between active service dates.

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Only the first 50 of 150 affected records are displayed below.

platform_without_parent_station

A platform has no parent_station field set.

This is different from location_without_parent_station since it is less severe.

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Only the first 50 of 424 affected records are displayed below.

transfer_distance_above_2_km

The transfer distance from stop to stop in transfers.txt is larger than 2 km.

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