valley-metro-bus — Source Data Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2026-03-23T16:11:35Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/valley-metro-bus_975ae0aa.zip. No country code was provided.

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Summary

Agencies included


Feed Info


Publisher Name:
City of Phoenix
Feed Email:
pubtrans@phoenix.gov
Feed Language:
English
Feed Start Date:
2026-01-26
Feed End Date:
2026-04-26

Files included


  1. agency.txt
  2. areas.txt
  3. calendar_dates.txt
  4. directions.txt
  5. feed_info.txt
  6. frequencies.txt
  7. routes.txt
  8. shapes.txt
  9. stop_areas.txt
  10. stop_times.txt
  11. stops.txt
  12. transfers.txt
  13. trips.txt

Counts


  • Agencies: 2
  • Blocks: 0
  • Routes: 112
  • Shapes: 567
  • Stops: 8031
  • Trips: 18150

Specification Compliance report

58 notices reported (0 errors, 51 warnings, 7 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total
mixed_case_recommended_field WARNING 2

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.

Good examples:
Field Text Dataset
"Schwerin, Hauptbahnhof" Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg
"Red Hook/Atlantic Basin" NYC Ferry
"Campo Grande Norte" Carris
Bad examples:
Field Text
"GALLERIA MALL"
"3427 GG 17"
"21 Clark Rd Est"

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) Name of the faulty file. fieldName (?) Name of the faulty field. fieldValue (?) Faulty value. csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "68CM" 83
"routes.txt" "route_long_name" "SR 51 RAPID" 111
route_long_name_contains_short_name WARNING 2

route_long_name_contains_short_name

Long name should not contain short name for a single route.

In routes.txt, route_long_name should not contain the value for route_short_name, because when both are provided, they are often combined by transit applications. Note that only one of the two fields is required. If there is no short name used for a route, use route_long_name only.

Good examples:

route_short_name/route_long_name Dataset
"N"/"Judah" Muni San Fransisco
"6"/"ML King Jr Blvd" Trimet Portland Streetcar
"55"/"Boulevard Saint Laurent" STM Montreal
"1"/"Rangiora/Cashmere" Metro Christchurch

Bad examples:

route_short_name/route_long_name
"604"/"604"
"14"/"Route 14"
"2"/"Route 2: Bellows Falls In-Town"

You can see more about this notice here.

routeId (?) The id of the faulty record. csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. routeShortName (?) The faulty record's `route_short_name`. routeLongName (?) The faulty record's `route_long_name`.
"ALEX" 85 "ALEX" "ALEX Circulator"
"MARY" 101 "MARY" "MARY Circulator"
same_name_and_description_for_stop WARNING 47

same_name_and_description_for_stop

Same name and description for stop.

The GTFS spec defines stops.txt stop_description as:

Description of the location that provides useful, quality information. Do not simply duplicate the name of the location.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. stopId (?) The id of the faulty record. stopDesc (?) The faulty record's `stop_desc`.
17 "10133" "Manistee Manor"
377 "1376" "Desert Botanical Gardens"
1590 "2572" "79th Av PNR"
2236 "30433" "Escalante Center"
2239 "30438" "Via Linda Senior Center"
2241 "3044" "Scottsdale CC East"
2323 "30581" "Avondale TC"
2776 "3567" "Phoenix Zoo"
2967 "3787" "Gila River Indian Community Service Cntr"
3052 "3879" "Glendale Public Library"
3322 "40162" "Pyle Center (Flag Zone)"
3456 "40341" "Sunnyslope Manor (Flag Zone)"
3475 "40363" "YWCA (Flag Zone)"
4329 "501" "Paradise Valley TC"
4859 "5675" "St. John's Manor"
5009 "5869" "Glendale Adult Center"
6351 "7737" "Estrella Mtn CC"
6411 "7834" "40th St/Pecos PNR"
7136 "8834" "South Mountain CC North"
7145 "8858" "Goodyear PNR"
7154 "8867" "Lone Butte Casino"
7210 "8936" "Mesa Riverview North"
7253 "8983" "Luke AFB Lightning Gate"
7262 "8991" "Pima Park"
7362 "9087" "Buckeye PNR"
7363 "9088" "West Mesa PNR"
7364 "9089" "Gilbert Rd/McDowell Rd PNR"
7366 "9090" "Power Rd PNR"
7371 "9096" "Vee Quiva Casino"
7528 "9310" "Komatke Health Ctr"
7705 "9503" "Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport"
7779 "9578" "Scottsdale PNR"
7798 "9616" "Paiute Neighborhood Center"
7810 "9635" "Eldorado Park"
7844 "9704" "Coyote Branch Library"
7847 "9707" "Gila Bend Family Resource Center"
7857 "9717" "Arrowhead Mall South"
7871 "9733" "Tempe Library"
7883 "975" "Arrowhead Mall TC North"
7898 "9773" "Metro Pkwy"
7899 "9774" "Metro Pkwy"
7936 "SKTR1" "44th St Station"
7937 "SKTR2" "East Economy Station"
7938 "SKTR3" "Terminal 3 Station"
7939 "SKTR4" "Terminal 4 Station"
7940 "SKTR5" "24th St Station"
7941 "SKTR6" "Rental Car Center Station"
unknown_column INFO 6

unknown_column

A column name is unknown.

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filename (?) The name of the faulty file. fieldName (?) The name of the unknown column. index (?) The index of the faulty column.
"trips.txt" "short_trip_no" 8
"routes.txt" "route_division" 10
"routes.txt" "alt_route_type" 11
"stop_times.txt" "early_allowed" 9
"stops.txt" "jurisdiction" 12
"stops.txt" "equipment" 13
unknown_file INFO 1

unknown_file

A file is unknown.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the unknown file.
"directions.txt"