Investigate inactive feeds and look for redirects

[skalexch]

Problem

During the fare and flex error research, I came across some feeds that have been inactive for a long time, some up to 3 years.
Some of these feeds have newer versions (often without fares or fare errors). While for others, I could not find the URL of the new redirect.

Below is the list of feeds (for full research context, visit the Fare/Flex error research sheet).

feed_id	provider	status	REMARKS
mdb-14	North County Transit District (NCTD)	inactive	Has been inactive for a few months. This seems to have a redirect https://www.transit.land/feeds/f-9mu-northcountytransitdistrict (same error in Fares v2)
mdb-2207	Glenn Transit Service	inactive	Has been inactive for a year
mdb-227	Bellflower Bus	inactive	Has been inactive for a year. This looks like a potential redirect https://gtfs.dds.dot.ca.gov/gtfs_files/BellflowerGTFS.zip
mdb-31	Ventura County Transportation Commission	inactive	Has been inactive for a few months
mdb-314	Compton Renaissance	inactive	Has been inactive for 3 years.
mdb-609	Glendora Transportation Division	inactive	Has been inactive for 3 years. This seems to be a redirect https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/tld-2216_1 (error free fares v2)
mdb-806	Rosemead Explorer	inactive	Has been inactive for 1 year. This might be a redirect (fares removed) https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/tld-1342
mdb-877	City of Tracy (TRACER)	inactive	Has been inactive for 4 years, redirect has removed Fares v2https://www.transit.land/feeds/f-tracy~tracerMight be the same as this https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/tld-4127_1 which removed fares (we have another one that is flex)
mdb-2165	Continuum	inactive	Has been inactive for 3 years
mdb-2237	Thousand Oaks Transit	inactive	Has been inactive for 2 years. Cannot find flex anywhere. Thousand Oaks Transit (no flex) is part of this gtfs https://govcbus.com/gtfs

Issues to investigate

Check if the feeds are actually deprecated then

1. Check if the link I provided for the redirect is the correct one
2. Look for an up-to-date redirect

[skalexch]

@emmambd to decide on priorities

[canales]

Please add GoDurham to the list

feed_id	provider	status	REMARKS
mdb-377	GoDurham	inactive	Redirects should point to tld-98, but it shows empty in the API response (see below)

{
  "id": "mdb-377",
  "data_type": "gtfs",
  "created_at": "2024-02-08T00:00:00Z",
  "external_ids": [
    {
      "external_id": "377",
      "source": "mdb"
    },
    {
      "external_id": "go-durham/369",
      "source": "transitfeeds"
    }
  ],
  "provider": "GoDurham",
  "feed_contact_email": "support+test+durham-area-transit-authority-nc-us@trilliumtransit.com",
  "source_info": {
    "producer_url": "http://data.trilliumtransit.com/gtfs/durham-area-transit-authority-nc-us/durham-area-transit-authority-nc-us.zip",
    "authentication_type": 0,
    "authentication_info_url": "",
    "api_key_parameter_name": "",
    "license_url": "",
    "license_id": null,
    "license_is_spdx": null,
    "license_notes": null
  },
  "redirects": [],
  "status": "inactive",
  "official": true,
  "official_updated_at": "2025-01-22T20:19:42.509622",
  "feed_name": "",
  "note": "",
  "related_links": []
}

[ianktc]

feed_id	provider	status	REMARKS
mdb-14	North County Transit District (NCTD)	inactive	Has been inactive for a few months. This seems to have a redirect https://www.transit.land/feeds/f-9mu-northcountytransitdistrict (same error in Fares v2) Also found a feed at https://www.glenntransitservice.com/resources but it doesn't seem to have Fares v2
mdb-2207	Glenn Transit Service	inactive	Has been inactive for a year No Redirect Found elsewhere
mdb-227	Bellflower Bus	inactive	Has been inactive for a year. This looks like a potential redirect https://gtfs.dds.dot.ca.gov/gtfs_files/BellflowerGTFS.zip This feed appears to be expired, but I found another in the California portal: https://gtfs.remix.com/CalITP.zip
mdb-31	Ventura County Transportation Commission	inactive	Has been inactive for a few months Found a feed at https://www.goventura.org/vctc-transit/routes-schedules/ but it doesn't seem to have Fares v2
mdb-314	Compton Renaissance	inactive	Has been inactive for 3 years. Could not find an active feed, but found their website which lists the latest (still expired since mid 2025) GTFS files individually. https://www.comptoncity.org/our-city/visitors/transportation/compton-renaissance-local
mdb-609	Glendora Transportation Division	inactive	Has been inactive for 3 years. This seems to be a redirect https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/tld-2216_1 (error free fares v2) Found an active feed with error free Fares v2 on both California portal and agency website: https://www.cityofglendora.gov/files/assets/city/v/3/recreation-amp-human-services/transportation/documents/gtfs-6-2025.zip
mdb-806	Rosemead Explorer	inactive	Has been inactive for 1 year. This might be a redirect (fares removed) https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/tld-1342 Could not find any other feed, I think this is the best redirect https://passio3.com/rosemead/passioTransit/gtfs/google_transit.zip
mdb-877	City of Tracy (TRACER)	inactive	Has been inactive for 4 years, redirect has removed Fares v2https://www.transit.land/feeds/f-tracy~tracerMight be the same as this https://mobilitydatabase.org/feeds/gtfs/tld-4127_1 which removed fares (we have another one that is flex) Could not find any other feed with Fares v2, this is the best redirect
mdb-2165	Continuum	inactive	Has been inactive for 3 years Could not find any other feed elsewhere
mdb-2237	Thousand Oaks Transit	inactive	Has been inactive for 2 years. Cannot find flex anywhere. Thousand Oaks Transit (no flex) is part of this gtfs https://govcbus.com/gtfs No Redirect Found elsewhere
mdb-377	GoDurham	inactive	Redirects should point to tld-98, but it shows empty in the API response (see below) Will redirect to tld-98