rtd-denver-flex — Source Data Validation Report

block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times

Trips with the same block id have overlapping stop times.

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missing_trip_edge

Missing trip edge arrival_time or departure_time.

First and last stop of a trip must define both arrival_time and departure_time fields. Per stop_times.txt, "If there are not separate times for arrival and departure at a stop, enter the same value for arrival_time and departure_time."

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stop_time_with_arrival_before_previous_departure_time

Backwards time travel between stops in stop_times.txt

For a given trip_id, the arrival_time of (n+1)-th stoptime in sequence must not precede the departure_time of n-th stoptime in sequence in stop_times.txt.

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stop_time_with_only_arrival_or_departure_time

Missing stop_times.arrival_time or stop_times.departure_time.

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fast_travel_between_consecutive_stops

A transit vehicle moves too fast between two consecutive stops.

The speed threshold depends on route type:

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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.

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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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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:

Bad examples:

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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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stop_without_stop_time

A stop in stops.txt is not referenced by any stop_times.stop_id.

Such stops are not used by any trip and normally do not provide user value. This notice may indicate a typo in stop_times.txt.

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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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unusable_trip

Trips must have more than one stop to be usable.

A trip must visit more than one stop in stop_times.txt to be usable by passengers for boarding and alighting.

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unused_trip

Trip is not be used in stop_times.txt

Trips should be referred to at least once in stop_times.txt.

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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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trip_headsign_matches_intermediate_stop

Trip headsign matches the name of an intermediate stop, not the last stop.

The trip_headsign matches the stop_name of a stop that is not the last stop of the trip. This may confuse passengers boarding after that stop, since the headsign suggests the vehicle is heading to a stop it has already passed.

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unknown_column

A column name is unknown.

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