GTFS Schedule Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2026-01-16T15:21:51Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/rhode-island.zip. No country code was provided.

Use this report alongside our documentation.

Summary

Agencies included

  • Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
Publisher URL:
http://www.ripta.com/
Feed Email:
N/A
Feed Language:
English
Feed Start Date:
2025-12-15
Feed End Date:
2026-01-16

Files included

  1. agency.txt
  2. calendar_dates.txt
  3. feed_info.txt
  4. route_timepoints.txt
  5. routes.txt
  6. shapes.txt
  7. stop_times.txt
  8. stops.txt
  9. trips.txt

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 522
  • Routes: 59
  • Shapes: 249
  • Stops: 3537
  • Trips: 4870

Specification Compliance report

84 notices reported (0 errors, 80 warnings, 4 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total
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 "20260116" "20260116" "20260123"
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 60

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.

Only the first 50 of 60 affected records are displayed below.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file. csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record. fieldName (?) The name of the missing field.
"feed_info.txt" 2 "feed_version"
"routes.txt" 2 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 3 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 4 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 5 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 6 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 7 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 8 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 9 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 10 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 11 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 12 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 13 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 14 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 15 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 16 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 17 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 18 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 19 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 20 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 21 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 22 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 23 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 24 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 25 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 26 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 27 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 28 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 29 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 30 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 31 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 32 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 33 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 34 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 35 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 36 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 37 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 38 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 39 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 40 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 41 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 42 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 43 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 44 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 45 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 46 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 47 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 48 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 49 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 50 "agency_id"
mixed_case_recommended_field WARNING 16

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.
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SANDY LANE AT ARMY RESERVE" 677
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SANDY LANE OPP TRENT" 682
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SANDY LANE BEFORE TRENT" 683
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "ELMGROVE NS ADELPHI" 1781
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "SMITH OPP DANFORTH" 1893
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "ARMISTICE NS YORK" 2394
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "RI-2 & RI-138" 2744
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "RI-2 & RI-138" 2758
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "RI-102 before RI-44" 2777
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "RI-102 after RI-44" 2783
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "RI-3 before RI-216" 2931
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "RI-138 before RI-1" 2995
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "GARDEN CITY DR AFTER HILLSIDE" 3053
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "56 RI-102" 3174
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "PRAIRIE AT RW MIDDLE SCHOOL" 3443
"trips.txt" "trip_headsign" "NOT IN SERVICE" 904
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.
"20260116" "20251215" "20260116"
unusable_trip WARNING 1

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.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. tripId (?) The faulty record's id.
904 "4373714"
unknown_column INFO 3

unknown_column

A column name is unknown.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file. fieldName (?) The name of the unknown column. index (?) The index of the faulty column.
"stops.txt" "stop_associated_place" 11
"trips.txt" "trip_type" 8
"trips.txt" "trip_footnote" 9
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.
"route_timepoints.txt"