missing_required_column 2 erreurs

A required column is missing in the input file.

missing_trip_edge 148 erreurs

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.”

Fichiers pertinents

• stop_times.txt

leading_or_trailing_whitespaces 2 erreurs

The value in CSV file has leading or trailing whitespaces.

This notice is emitted for values protected with double quotes since whitespaces for non-protected values are trimmed automatically by CSV parser.

The validator strips whitespaces from protected values. We do not see any use case when such a whitespace may be needed. On the other hand, some real-world feeds use trailing whitespaces for some values and omit them for the others. This is causing the largest problem when a primary key and a foreign key differ just by a whitespace: it is clear that they are intended to be the same, that is why we always strip whitespaces.

missing_recommended_file 1 erreur

A recommended file is missing.

mixed_case_recommended_field 3 erreurs

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"

Liens pertinents

• Best Practices for All Files

route_long_name_contains_short_name 38 erreurs

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"

Fichiers pertinents

• routes.txt

unknown_column 14 erreurs

A column name is unknown.

Liens pertinents

• Original Python validator implementation

unknown_file 1 erreur

A file is unknown.

Liens pertinents

• Original Python validator implementation