Single Summary of Transit Report
The Single Summary of Transit report (SSoT) is published annually by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to describe the state of public transit using most the most currently available NTD data publications. It aggregates the data submitted to the National Transit Database by public transit agencies across the country, grouping and summarizing along relevant identifiers that might not otherwise be available using other NTD data publications.
The main goal of the SSoT is to present and summarize transit data in an easy-to-read format and provide a clear overview of public transit in the United States in terms of service provided and consumed. It also displays trends in key transit metrics over at least the last decade. The SSoT is the successor to the National Transit Summaries and Trends (NTST), which was published for report years 1999-2021. The archive of NTST publications may be accessed here.
The report is organized as follows:
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1. Introduction and Fast Facts About Transit in 2022
- Chapter 2. Overview of Public Transportation and Reporting Requirements
- Chapter 3. Overview of Transit Agency Organizations
- Chapter 4. Overview of Transit Modes
- Chapter 5. Overview of Urbanized Areas
- Chapter 6. Overview of Transit Markets
- Chapter 7. Geographic Coverage
- Chapter 8. Total Transit Workforce
- Chapter 9. Transit Asset Totals
- Chapter 10. Service Supplied
- Chapter 11. Ridership
- Chapter 12. Sources of Funds
- Chapter 13. Capital Funding
- Chapter 14. Operating Expenses
- Chapter 15. Service Efficiency
- Chapter 16. Cost Effectiveness
- Chapter 17. Asset Conditions & Targets
- Chapter 18. Safety
- Appendices