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Defines terms found on NTD Reporting Forms and identifies the 2021 Database File in which they are included. Please note that this does not include terms in the 2021 Data Tables and Time Series files - each of those files includes its own data dictionary.
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The latest Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) update is available. This issue focuses on questions asked during the September Roundtable on Leadership, Tools, and Practices for Robust Safety Management Systems (SMS).
Details and summarizes public transportation agency facilities and passenger stations.
Contains data on maintenance facilities used by each public transportation agency, by mode,and type of service operated.
Contains metrics describing service consumption and service cost for each public transportation agency, by mode and type of service.
Provides expenses to operate public transportation services for each agency, by mode, and type of service operated. Divides expenses among NTD expense functions and object classes.
Provides miles of track and roadway operated on by each public transportation agency, as well as count of special track elements.
Correction 9/14/23: Added 2020s column to Guideway Age Distribution tab. This also resulted in the addition of several records to this tab.
Gives the age distribution and lifetime mileage of each agency's revenue fleets, and the age distribution of service fleets, by vehicle type. Gives vehicle count by type per agency.
The Annual National Transit Summaries and Trends (NTST) Report for NTD Report Year 2021.
Recommended Citation: United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. 2021. National Transit Summaries & Trends 2021. National Transit Database Website. https...
Contains data on hours worked by public transportation employees, head counts of employees, and wage rates.