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central-ohio — Source Data Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 8.0.1 at 2026-06-19T12:32:12Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/central-ohio_20bceec7.zip. No country code was provided.

Use this report alongside our documentation.

Summary

Agencies included

  • Central Ohio Transit Authority

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
Central Ohio Transit Authority
Publisher URL:
http://www.cota.com
Feed Email:
N/A
Feed Language:
English
Feed Start Date:
2026-05-04
Feed End Date:
2026-09-06

Files included

  1. agency.txt
  2. calendar.txt
  3. calendar_dates.txt
  4. fare_attributes.txt
  5. fare_rules.txt
  6. feed_info.txt
  7. google.log
  8. routes.txt
  9. shapes.txt
  10. stop_times.txt
  11. stops.txt
  12. transfers.txt
  13. trips.txt

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 299
  • Routes: 42
  • Shapes: 136
  • Stops: 2949
  • Trips: 5435

Specification Compliance report

8517 notices reported (0 errors, 8516 warnings, 1 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total
missing_feed_contact_email_and_url WARNING 1

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.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the validated record.
2
missing_recommended_field WARNING 1

missing_recommended_field

A recommended field is missing.

The given field has no value in some input row, even though values are recommended.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file. csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record. fieldName (?) The name of the missing field.
"fare_attributes.txt" 2 "agency_id"
mixed_case_recommended_field WARNING 8411

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.

Only the first 50 of 8411 affected records are displayed below.

filename (?) Name of the faulty file. fieldName (?) Name of the faulty field. fieldValue (?) Faulty value. csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "HANSON ST & E MAIN ST" 2
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "W MOUND ST & S WAYNE AVE" 3
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "MORSE CROSSING & EASTON WAY" 4
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "COTA TRANSIT TERMINAL BAY 4" 5
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "COTA TRANSIT TERMINAL BAY 7" 6
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SPRING ST TERMINAL BAY 2" 7
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SPRING ST TERMINAL BAY 3" 8
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "COTA TRANSIT TERMINAL BAY 9" 9
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SPRING ST TERMINAL BAY 4" 10
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "COTA TRANSIT TERMINAL BAY 3" 11
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "COTA TRANSIT TERMINAL BAY 6" 12
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "COTA TRANSIT TERMINAL BAY 8" 13
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SPRING ST TERMINAL BAY 1" 14
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SPRING ST TERMINAL BAY 5" 15
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "TECHCENTER DR & AEP" 16
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "S HIGH ST & HOSACK ST" 17
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "E LIVINGSTON AVE & BULEN AVE" 18
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & MOUNT VERNON AVE" 19
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E 2ND AVE" 20
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E 11TH AVE" 21
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & CHITTENDEN AVE" 22
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & WINDSOR AVE" 23
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E 15TH AVE" 24
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E 17TH AVE" 25
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "RIDGECLIFF RD & REDDING RD" 26
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E HUDSON ST" 27
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & GENESSEE AVE" 28
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E WEBER RD" 29
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & OAKLAND PARK AVE" 30
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & HUY RD" 31
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "INNIS RD & DERBYSHIRE DR" 32
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "INNIS RD & US POSTAL SERVICE" 33
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & HUY RD" 34
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & OAKLAND PARK AVE" 35
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E WEBER RD" 36
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & GENESSEE AVE" 37
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E HUDSON ST" 38
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E 24TH AVE" 39
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E 17TH AVE" 40
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E 15TH AVE" 41
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & CHITTENDEN AVE" 42
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & E 11TH AVE" 43
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & 2ND AVE" 44
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "CLEVELAND AVE & MOUNT VERNON AVE" 45
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "E BROAD ST & S DOUGLAS ST" 46
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "E BROAD ST & MAPLEWOOD AVE" 47
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "E BROAD ST & COLLINGWOOD AVE" 48
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "E BROAD ST & HOLIDAY LANES" 49
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "E BROAD ST & CARDINAL PARK DR" 50
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "E BROAD ST & CARDINAL PARK DR" 51
route_long_name_contains_short_name WARNING 1

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`.
"101" 38 "CMAX" "CMAX"
stop_too_far_from_shape_using_user_distance WARNING 102

stop_too_far_from_shape_using_user_distance

Stop time too far from shape.

A stop time entry that is a large distance away from the location of the shape in shapes.txt as defined by shape_dist_traveled values.

You can see more about this notice here.

Only the first 50 of 102 affected records are displayed below.

tripCsvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record from `trips.txt`. shapeId (?) The id of the shape that is referred to. tripId (?) The id of the trip that is referred to. stopTimeCsvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record from `stop_times.txt`. stopId (?) The id of the stop that is referred to. stopName (?) The name of the stop that is referred to. match (?) Latitude and longitude pair of the location. geoDistanceToShape (?) Distance from stop to shape.
2089 "56818" "1056125" 146406 "4THTOWN" "S 4TH ST & E TOWN ST" [39.95787580607901,-82.99529770562324] 121.59044735656805
2089 "56818" "1056125" 146407 "4THCAPN" "S 4TH ST & E CAPITAL ST" [39.96084546289333,-82.99590292992085] 123.13894943042702
2089 "56818" "1056125" 146408 "4THATHN" "N 4TH ST & E GAY ST" [39.96270826952204,-82.99622750376304] 122.6337453224183
2089 "56818" "1056125" 146410 "SPRFROW" "W SPRING ST & N FRONT ST" [39.96631542336957,-83.00120675659527] 124.45060426554188
2089 "56818" "1056125" 146411 "SPRMARW" "W SPRING ST & MARCONI BLVD" [39.96607917753049,-83.0031454965366] 126.23888700884399
2089 "56818" "1056125" 146412 "RIVNOTN" "RIVERSIDE DR & NOTTINGHAM RD" [40.0252533389408,-83.09146896645514] 124.68106447051555
2089 "56818" "1056125" 146413 "DALDUBN" "DUBLIN DALE DR PARK & RIDE" [40.10036321948154,-83.10707635202563] 132.89839032066033
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146433 "4THTOWN" "S 4TH ST & E TOWN ST" [39.95787580607901,-82.99529770562324] 121.59044735656805
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146434 "4THCAPN" "S 4TH ST & E CAPITAL ST" [39.96084546289333,-82.99590292992085] 123.13894943042702
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146435 "4THATHN" "N 4TH ST & E GAY ST" [39.96270826952204,-82.99622750376304] 122.6337453224183
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146437 "SPRFROW" "W SPRING ST & N FRONT ST" [39.96631542336957,-83.00120675659527] 124.45060426554188
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146438 "SPRMARW" "W SPRING ST & MARCONI BLVD" [39.96607917753049,-83.0031454965366] 126.23888700884399
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146439 "EMESTEN" "EMERALD PKWY & STERLING COMMERCE" [40.07515604930745,-83.1399898725565] 119.44848633632813
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146440 "EMEGLEN" "EMERALD PKWY & GLENDON CT" [40.0790190414955,-83.14173908302] 123.05157875803246
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146443 "PBLAZACE" "PAUL G BLAZER & ASHLAND CHEMICAL" [40.087969588237996,-83.13307947715964] 156.04692234545186
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146444 "BLA515E" "5151 BLAZER PKWY" [40.089357985153306,-83.13194657195635] 121.14750748236779
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146445 "BLA505E" "5050 BLAZER PKWY" [40.08863550002893,-83.12738299995057] 125.13204016125951
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146446 "FRAMONN" "FRANTZ RD & MONTEREY DR" [40.08944375046229,-83.12354818420202] 123.92503368683988
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146447 "METUMETW" "METRO PL N & UPPER METRO PL" [40.09574229519145,-83.12728780817869] 124.64728183090189
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146448 "METCRPW" "METRO PL N & CROWN PLAZA" [40.096222054087164,-83.13063098910294] 124.3455169408492
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146449 "METS565S" "565 METRO PL S" [40.09595437694388,-83.13227191465714] 123.1751382839852
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146450 "METS495E" "495 METRO PL S" [40.09443593548644,-83.13304307739425] 121.43973567840216
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146451 "MET485E" "485 METRO PL S" [40.09357095787434,-83.13046946063594] 124.4854711726301
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146452 "FRA161N" "FRANTZ RD & W BRIDGE ST" [40.097316392962284,-83.12478539297639] 123.61079667440207
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146453 "BRICORE" "W BRIDGE ST & CORBIN MILL DR" [40.099140000057595,-83.12179181818182] 123.7112758758916
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146454 "181WBRE" "181 W BRIDGE ST" [40.09922829473699,-83.1189121235504] 124.06395540002843
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146455 "BRIHIGE" "E BRIDGE ST & N HIGH ST" [40.09942585714878,-83.11486514285967] 123.64621464188237
2088 "56819" "1056128" 146456 "DALDUBN" "DUBLIN DALE DR PARK & RIDE" [40.100363721142394,-83.1070763295199] 132.84276625910846
2050 "56779" "1055997" 145904 "HIGSTANN" "S HIGH ST & E STATE ST" [39.958887097561444,-83.00002026828726] 104.62672399673131
2050 "56779" "1055997" 145905 "HIGBRONN" "S HIGH ST & E BROAD ST" [39.96074941501537,-83.00040358989185] 102.80939115850266
2050 "56779" "1055997" 145906 "HIGLONN2" "N HIGH ST & E LONG ST" [39.96346666879467,-83.00091880940771] 105.60855374438407
2050 "56779" "1055997" 145907 "LON4THE" "E LONG ST & N 4TH ST" [39.96531294346007,-82.99823581018342] 106.95074716662435
2050 "56779" "1055997" 145908 "LONWASE" "E LONG ST & N WASHINGTON AVE" [39.96643499285188,-82.98851489419319] 104.56809641722593
2050 "56779" "1055997" 145910 "STE418N" "4180 STELZER RD" [40.05870144827621,-82.91037231725791] 104.92397400017893
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146303 "4THCAPN" "S 4TH ST & E CAPITAL ST" [39.961043468716845,-82.99593896046794] 100.99605813127044
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146304 "4THATHN" "N 4TH ST & E GAY ST" [39.96289852881576,-82.99626476267449] 101.31082147674678
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146306 "SPRFROW" "W SPRING ST & N FRONT ST" [39.96628323962575,-83.00147126769055] 101.66429800740518
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146309 "NOREXIW" "W NORTH BROADWAY & RIVERSIDE EXIT" [40.029460000156725,-83.03447521621622] 100.84173539675254
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146310 "NORSHAW" "W NORTH BROADWAY & SHATTUCK AVE" [40.029339464993534,-83.04098823698986] 102.1662532283384
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146311 "NORCLEW" "W NORTH BROADWAY & CLEARVIEW AVE" [40.02883734106317,-83.04506349407046] 102.93897302632884
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146312 "KENKENBN" "KENNY RD & KENBROOK COMMON ST" [40.029912868095515,-83.04851091853607] 101.81345991433957
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146313 "KENHIGN" "KENNY RD & HIGHLAND DR" [40.039435646707425,-83.05056127549047] 101.3427452778028
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146314 "KENWINN" "KENNY RD & WINDHAM RD" [40.04600441252023,-83.05008119060706] 101.44362637347247
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146315 "KENFOLN" "KENNY RD & FOLKESTONE RD" [40.04912506122519,-83.04985757554634] 101.128540524013
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146316 "KENMERN" "KENNY RD & MERRIMAR CIR S" [40.05328233918132,-83.04960016959294] 101.18841946524104
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146317 "KENWEYN" "KENNY RD & WEYBRIDGE RD" [40.05556700000009,-83.04946600000277] 100.63949611457322
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146318 "GODCHEW" "GODOWN RD & CHEVIOT DR" [40.059768118645685,-83.04996645762304] 101.26317446371417
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146319 "GODCAMN" "GODOWN RD & CAMBRIAN DR" [40.06183684732154,-83.0537634630017] 101.00455366907889
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146321 "BETPORW" "BETHEL RD & PORTLAND ST" [40.06386000000455,-83.06133783333334] 102.37401796629436
2084 "56814" "1056110" 146322 "BETREEW" "BETHEL RD & REED RD" [40.06399706604813,-83.0661475648484] 103.26661497725907
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.
"google.log"