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twin-cities-area-transportation-authority — Source Data Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 8.0.1 at 2026-07-25T06:35:38Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/twin-cities-area-transportation-authority_919509f7.zip. No country code was provided.

Use this report alongside our documentation.

Summary

Agencies included

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
Twin Cities Area Transportation Authority
Feed Email:
office@tcatabus.org
Feed Language:
English
Feed Start Date:
2025-01-01
Feed End Date:
2026-01-02

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. routes.txt
  8. shapes.txt
  9. stop_times.txt
  10. stops.txt
  11. transfers.txt
  12. trips.txt

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 0
  • Routes: 3
  • Shapes: 2
  • Stops: 28
  • Trips: 90

Specification Compliance report

14 notices reported (0 errors, 13 warnings, 1 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total
duplicate_route_name WARNING 1

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:

route_id route_short_name route_long_name
route1 U1 Southern
route2 U1 Southern

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber1 (?) The row number of the first occurrence. routeId1 (?) The id of the the first occurrence. csvRowNumber2 (?) The row number of the other occurrence. routeId2 (?) The id of the the other occurrence. routeShortName (?) Common `routes.route_short_name`. routeLongName (?) Common `routes.route_long_name`. routeTypeValue (?) Common `routes.route_type`. agencyId (?) Common `routes.agency_id`.
2 "B1" 3 "B2" "Blue" "Blue Line" 3 "TCATA"
equal_shape_distance_diff_coordinates_distance_below_threshold WARNING 4

equal_shape_distance_diff_coordinates_distance_below_threshold

Two consecutive points have equal shape_dist_traveled and different lat/lon coordinates in shapes.txt and the distance between the two points is greater than 0 but less than 1.11m.

When sorted by shape.shape_pt_sequence, the values for shape_dist_traveled must increase along a shape. Two consecutive points with equal values for shape_dist_traveled and small difference of coordinates (greater than 0 but less than 1.11 m distance) result in a warning.

You can see more about this notice here.

shapeId (?) The id of the faulty shape. csvRowNumber (?) The row number from `shapes.txt`. shapeDistTraveled (?) The faulty record's `shape_dist_traveled` value. shapePtSequence (?) The faulty record's `shapes.shape_pt_sequence`. prevCsvRowNumber (?) The row number from `shapes.txt` of the previous shape point. prevShapeDistTraveled (?) The previous shape point's `shape_dist_traveled` value. prevShapePtSequence (?) The previous record's `shapes.shape_pt_sequence`. actualDistanceBetweenShapePoints (?) Actual distance traveled along the shape from the first shape point to the previous shape point.
"BlueTCATA" 699 0.161 13 698 0.161 12 0.8248269797313496
"BlueTCATA" 798 1.392 112 797 1.392 111 0.8248648540547031
"BlueTCATA" 837 1.445 151 836 1.445 150 0.8248674580001318
"BlueTCATA" 842 1.451 156 841 1.451 155 0.824867716190351
expired_calendar WARNING 3

expired_calendar

Dataset should not contain date ranges for services that have already expired.

This warning takes into account the calendar_dates.txt file as well as the calendar.txt file.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record. serviceId (?) The service id of the faulty record.
2 "mtwtf"
3 "sat"
4 "GoodFridayHalfDay"
feed_expiration_date7_days WARNING 1

feed_expiration_date7_days

Dataset should be valid for at least the next 7 days.

The dataset expiration date defined in feed_info.txt is in seven days or less. At any time, the published GTFS dataset should be valid for at least the next 7 days.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. currentDate (?) Current date (YYYYMMDD format). feedEndDate (?) Feed end date (YYYYMMDD format). suggestedExpirationDate (?) Suggested expiration date (YYYYMMDD format).
2 "20260725" "20260102" "20260801"
route_long_name_contains_short_name WARNING 3

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`.
"B1" 2 "Blue" "Blue Line"
"B2" 3 "Blue" "Blue Line"
"R1" 4 "Red" "Red Line"
trip_coverage_not_active_for_next7_days WARNING 1

trip_coverage_not_active_for_next7_days

Trips data should be valid for at least the next seven days.

This notice is triggered if the date range where a significant number of trips are running ends in less than 7 days.

You can see more about this notice here.

currentDate (?) Current date (YYYYMMDD format). serviceWindowStartDate (?) The start date of the majority service window. serviceWindowEndDate (?) The end date of the majority service window.
"20260725" "20250102" "20260102"
unused_station INFO 1

unused_station

Unused station.

A stop has location_type STATION (1) but does not appear in any stop's parent_station.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. stopId (?) The id of the faulty stop. stopName (?) The name of the faulty stop.
29 "TCATA_1" "Arrive TCATA Transit Center Benton Harbor"