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WASHINGTON – According to a recent Federal Transit Administration (FTA) report on transit trends, ridership in the United States continues to increase, growing by more than 17% nationwide from 2022 to 2023. The increase reflects more Americans choosing to take buses, subways, light rail, and...
This document summarizes the results of a study on the effectiveness of wireless charging as an alternative to wired charging and includes recommendations for deploying wireless charging for public transportation, as mandated in the FY 2023 House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development...
This document presents a summary of the results of a review of Transit Asset Management (TAM) Plans and Asset Management (AM) programs nationwide.
This document summarizes the results of FTA’s Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) Initiative Grant goals by implementing innovative technology with an artificial intelligence dispatch to provide a dynamic, data-driven micro-transit service.
This document summarizes a report on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on transit accessibility and on transit trends. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees directed FTA to 1) report on the ways COVID-19 impacted transit agencies and transit riders throughout the Nation, including...
Capital Investment Grants Program drives transformative improvements in transit infrastructure, including IndyGo’s Blue Line, which will provide dependable, efficient transit service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit...
The 2025 NTD Safety and Security Reporting Policy Manual consists of the following sections:
Table of Contents Changes and Clarifications Introduction: The National Transit Database Reporting Requirements S&S-20: Safety and Security CEO Certification S&S-30: Security...This statutorily required annual report provides information on FTAʼs Technical Assistance and Workforce Development Program (49 U.S.C. § 5314). It includes information on technical assistance, standards development, training, human resources, and workforce development projects active in FY 2024...
This document announces project selections for the Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning, which supports comprehensive and site-specific planning efforts associated with new fixed guideway and core capacity improvement transit capital projects, and provides guidance for project...
This workbook is designed to support Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Group Plan Sponsors, and other transit planning agencies involved in Transit Asset Management (TAM). The aggregation component of the tool presents both TAM summary statistics (condition and performance) and aggregated information on asset inventories based on filter selections such as reporter type and TAM tier, as reported to FTA's National Transit Database (NTD).