GTFS Schedule Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2025-12-12T21:03:50Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/birmingham-jefferson-county-transit-authority.zip. No country code was provided.

Use this report alongside our documentation.

Summary

Agencies included

  • Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
N/A
Publisher URL:
N/A
Feed Email:
N/A
Feed Language:
N/A

Files included

  1. agency.txt
  2. calendar.txt
  3. calendar_dates.txt
  4. fare_attributes.txt
  5. fare_rules.txt
  6. routes.txt
  7. shapes.txt
  8. stop_times.txt
  9. stops.txt
  10. trips.txt

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 137
  • Routes: 40
  • Shapes: 127
  • Stops: 1865
  • Trips: 1758

Specification Compliance report

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

Notice Code Severity Total
expired_calendar WARNING 2

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 "WE"
3 "WD"
missing_recommended_field WARNING 2

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"
"fare_attributes.txt" 3 "agency_id"
missing_recommended_file WARNING 1

missing_recommended_file

A recommended file is missing.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file.
"feed_info.txt"
mixed_case_recommended_field WARNING 1

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.
"trips.txt" "trip_headsign" "1st & 83rd" 654
stop_too_far_from_shape WARNING 6

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.

You can see more about this notice here.

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.
1740 "Hospital Run (OB)1" "201OB4" 71945 "280out31" "Hwy 280 Walmart" [33.42019820552921,-86.67691500508012] 131.4760900065013
1742 "Inbound Hospital Run" "201IB1" 71960 "280out31" "Hwy 280 Walmart" [33.420313,-86.677071] 119.09157601613144
1741 "201 Commuter Inbound" "201IB" 71949 "280out31" "Hwy 280 Walmart" [33.420315,-86.677071] 118.87002096774957
1257 "45J10" "45 Bessemer11" 34391 "4510S" "4th Ave N & 10th St" [33.392165,-86.963462] 149.55631909963304
1421 "51ib" "51 Cahaba2" 38900 "12I19" "1st Ave & 19th St N" [33.513190585856755,-86.80859981605843] 123.12385449783723
1736 "Hospital Run (OB)" "201OB" 71900 "280out31" "Hwy 280 Walmart" [33.42019820552921,-86.67691500508012] 131.4760900065013
stops_match_shape_out_of_order WARNING 1

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.

You can see more about this notice here.

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. stopTimeCsvRowNumber1 (?) The row number of the first faulty record from `stop_times.txt`. stopId1 (?) The id of the first stop that is referred to. stopName1 (?) The name of the first stop that is referred to. match1 (?) Latitude and longitude pair of the first matching location. stopTimeCsvRowNumber2 (?) The row number of the second faulty record from `stop_times.txt`. stopId2 (?) The id of the second stop that is referred to. stopName2 (?) The name of the second stop that is referred to. match2 (?) Latitude and longitude pair of the second matching location.
163 "4 IB" "PILOT4IB" 4762 "45OU45" "Vinesville Rd & Court I" [33.479106725682456,-86.90209010518471] 4761 "3133" "Court I & 55th St (IB)" [33.48058113685841,-86.90221751502713]
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.
"20251212" "20170201" "20181231"