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Public Transit

Protecting Transit Workers from Assault

FTA’s Stewart Mader, Program Analyst for Transit Safety and Oversight, provided an update on transit worker safety actions and gave an overview of collected from FTA’s Special Directives on Transit Worker Assault. 

2022 NTD Database File Dictionary

Defines terms found on NTD Reporting Forms and identifies the 2022 Database File in which they are included. Please note that this does not include terms in the 2022 Data Tables and Time Series files - each of those files includes its own data dictionary.

Keywords: annual, data, ntd, data element, data point, data description, data glossary, data dictionary

2022 Annual Database Vehicle Maintenance

Contains data on mechanical system failures for revenue vehicles. Categorized by other mechanical failures or major mechanical failures. Reported by mode and type of service.

Keywords: urban, 5307, full, revenue vehicle system failures, interrupted service, system malfunctions, vehicle malfunctions, failure statistics

2022 Annual Database UZA Sums

Presents allocation service data for each urbanized and rural areas.  Organized by UZAs or non-UZAs.

Last Updated April 12,2024

Keywords: urban, 5307, allocation, federal funding allocation, vehicle revenue hours, vrh, vehicle revenue miles, vrm, passenger miles traveled, pmt, unlinked passenger trips, upt, operating expenses, fixed guideway, directional route miles, passenger miles, 7 years, high intensity, drm, hib, state of good repair, sgr, service allocation, urbanized areas, uza, service across uza, segment age

2022 Annual Database Transit Way Mileage

Contains data on transit right-of-way mileage for non-rail mode operators as well as construction and asset condition information for track and special trackwork for rail mode operators.

2022 Annual Database Transit Stations

Contains data on transit stations (boarding/deboarding facility with platform in a separate right of way), organized by mode and type of service (TOS).

Keywords: urban, 5307,  full, ssw, small system, ada accessible, non-ada accessible, stations, multi-modal, elevators, escalators, stops, passenger stations, metro stops, transit centers, transit hubs

2022 Annual Database Maintenance Facilities

Contains data on transit facilities (garages or buildings where mechanics perform routine maintenance and repairs).

Last Updated April 12,2024

Keywords: facility type, general purpose, heavy maintenance, ownership type, size, capacity, number of revenue vehicles, maintenance facilities, leased facilities, transit building, vehicle garages, transit garages, maintenance garages

2022 Annual Database Transit Agency Employees

Contains employee resources reported by Labor object class, mode and type of service.

Keywords: urban, 5307, full, small system, salaries, salary, wages, wage, employees, work hours, overtime, vehicle maintenance, vehicle operations, non-vehicle maintenance, general administration, full time, part time, employee statistics, employee count, transit workers, transit operators, agency administration, agency workforce